Ivan Zlobin

Ivan Zlobin
Personal information
Full name Ivan Sergeyevich Zlobin
Date of birth (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Tyumen, Russia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Famalicão
Number 1
Youth career
2003–2009 Tyumen
2009–2012 Konoplyov football academy
2012–2015 CSKA Moscow
2015 União Leiria
2016 → Benfica (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Benfica B 64 (0)
2019–2020 Benfica 0 (0)
2020– Famalicão 13 (0)
International career
2013 Russia U16 2 (0)
2014 Russia U17 8 (0)
2013 Russia U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:16, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Ivan Sergeyevich Zlobin (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Злобин; born 7 March 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Famalicão as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Early career

Born in Tyumen in Siberia, Zlobin began playing at hometown club FC Tyumen from the age of six. After impressing in a youth tournament at 12, he was approached by the Konoplyov football academy, Lokomotiv Moscow and Krasnodar, and opted for the first of those. When Roman Abramovich withdrew funding from the Tolyatti-based centre, Zlobin moved to CSKA Moscow. Though second choice to Ilya Pomazun, he won all five league games he played (conceding only one goal) and defeated Bayern Munich in the UEFA Youth League. Injuries removed him from play in early 2015.[1]

Zlobin joined Portuguese club União de Leiria in October 2015, aged 18.[2] He was one of several Eastern European players transferred to the club by agent and investor Alexander Tolstikov.[1]

Benfica

In January 2016, Zlobin was loaned out to Benfica, where he played for their under-19 team before signing a permanent five-year contract on 25 June that year.[3] On 28 November, he made his professional debut with the reserve team as a starter in a 1–0 home loss to Fafe in LigaPro.[4] In his first season, he was second-choice to André Ferreira, but still trained with the first team, where manager Rui Vitória likened him to Lev Yashin.[5]

On 29 January 2019, Zlobin was called to the bench for Benfica's 5–1 home Primeira Liga win over Boavista, as regular back-up Mile Svilar was injured.[6] Three days later he was promoted to the club's main team, alongside three other reserve players.[7] He made his first-team debut in a goalless home draw to Vitória de Guimarães in the Taça da Liga on 25 September.[8]

Famalicão

Zlobin signed for fellow top-flight club Famalicão on 22 August 2020, on a five-year deal.[9] He made his debut in the season opener on 18 September, a 5–1 home loss to his previous club.[10] Brazilian Luiz Júnior then took his place as the starting goalkeeper.[11]

On 26 February 2022, two days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zlobin posed for photographs at the Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho in Vila Nova de Famalicão with a Ukrainian fan and the flag of Ukraine.[12]

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. ^ a b Lisenko, Oleg (12 August 2016). ""Пример Крицюка мотивирует". Как вратарь ЦСКА попал в "Бенфику"" ["Krytsyuk's example is motivating". How the CSKA goalkeeper got to Benfica] (in Russian). Championat. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. ^ "União Leiria garante internacional russo de sub-17" [União Leiria confirm Russian under-17 international] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Ivan Zlobin assinou por cinco temporadas" [Ivan Zlobin signed for five seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Benfica II vs. Fafe 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Sabe quem é que Rui Vitória chama de Yashin no Benfica?" [Do you know who and what Rui Vitória called Yashin at Benfica?]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 May 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Zlobin a postos para terça-feira" [Zlobin ready for Tuesday]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ Sanches, João (1 February 2019). "Zlobin, Ferro, Florentino, and Jota permanently in the first team". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. ^ Marques, Valter; Magalhães, Sérgio (25 September 2019). "Bruno Lage elogia estreia de Zlobin pelo Benfica: "Tem uma qualidade incrível"" [Bruno Lage praises Zlobin's debut for Benfica: "He has incredible quality"]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. ^ "OFICIAL: Zlobin deixa Benfica e segue em definitivo para o Famalicão" [OFFICIAL: Zlobin leaves Benfica and transfers permanently to Famalicão] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. ^ Martins, Juliana (18 September 2020). "FC Famalicão sofre desaire caseiro frente ao SL Benfica" [FC Famalicão suffer home collapse against SL Benfica] (in Portuguese). ComUM. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Famalicão renova com Luiz Junior até 2026" [Famalicão renew with Luiz Júnior until 2026]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 February 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Russo Zlobin segurou bandeira ucraniana após o Famalicão-Tondela" [Russian Zlobin held Ukrainian flag after Famalicão-Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  13. ^ Benfica 5-0 Sporting Lisbon Soccerway