 Safonov with Krasnodar in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matvei Yevgenyevich Safonov | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavropol, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Krasnodar | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Krasnodar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Krasnodar | 135 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | → Krasnodar-2 | 18 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Russia U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Russia U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Russia U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Russia U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Russia U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Russia U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2021– | Russia | 12 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023 | |||
Matvei Yevgenyevich Safonov (Russian: Матвей Евгеньевич Сафонов; born 25 February 1999) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Krasnodar and the Russia national team.
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Krasnodar on 13 August 2017 in a game against FC Amkar Perm.[1]
On 9 October 2020, he was called up to Russia national football team for the first time for UEFA Nations League games against Turkey and Hungary.[2]
On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[3] He made his debut on 1 June in a friendly against Poland. On 2 June, he was included in the final squad.[4] On 16 June, he played in Russia's second group game against Finland, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory.[5] He played again on 21 June in the last group game against Denmark, allowing 4 goals in a 1–4 loss, as Russia was eliminated.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Krasnodar | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 135 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 0 | ||
| Krasnodar-2 | 2017–18 | Russian Second League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3[d] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Russian First League | 16 | 0 | — | — | 3[d] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Russian First League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 153 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 187 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
