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Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy (Russian: Даниил Олегович Лесовой; born 12 January 1998) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Cypriot club AEL Limassol on loan from Dynamo Moscow.
![]() Lesovoy with Dynamo Moscow in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Moscow, Russia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AEL Limassol | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2016 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
2016–2017 | Zenit St. Petersburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 32 | (1) |
2018–2020 | → Arsenal Tula (loan) | 36 | (5) |
2020 | Arsenal Tula | 10 | (2) |
2020– | Dynamo Moscow | 51 | (5) |
2024 | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2024– | → AEL Limassol (loan) | 1 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Ukraine U16 | 10 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Ukraine U17 | 15 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Russia U20 | 6 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Russia U21 | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:33, 24 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2021 |
Born in Moscow, Russia, Lesovoy moved to Prague, Czech Republic at early age, and later moved to Kyiv, Ukraine.
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 18 March 2017 in a game against Spartak Nalchik.[2]
On 28 July 2018, he joined Arsenal Tula on loan for the 2018–19 season.[3]
On 4 July 2019, the loan was extended for the 2019–20 season.[4]
On 3 July 2020, Arsenal used their purchase option in the loan contract and signed a 3-year contract with Lesovoy.[5]
On 7 September 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Dynamo Moscow.[6] On 7 August 2021, he underwent a knee surgery which left him unable to play until 2022.[7]
On 2 February 2024, Lesovoy joined Maccabi Haifa in Israel on loan with an option to buy.[8]
On 1 August 2024, Lesovoy was loaned to AEL Limassol in Cyprus for the 2024–25 season.[9]
After representing Ukraine on under-16 and under-17 level, he debuted for Russia national under-20 football team in September 2018.[10]
In November 2020, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the games against Moldova, Turkey and Serbia.[11]
On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[12]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 2016–17 | Russian First League | 8 | 0 | – | – | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
2017–18 | Russian First League | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
Total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||
Arsenal Tula | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 3 | ||
2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||||
Total | 46 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7 | ||
Dynamo Moscow | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 5 | |
2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
Total | 51 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5 | ||
Career total | 129 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 162 | 14 |