Soslan Dzhanayev


Soslan Totrazovich Dzhanaev is a Russian professional footballer of Ossetian descent who plays as a goalkeeper for PFC Sochi.

Club career

On 8 January 2019, he was released from his contract with FC Rubin Kazan by mutual consent.
On 27 February 2019, he signed with Polish club Miedź Legnica until the end of the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa season.
On 16 July 2019, he joined Russian Premier League newcomer PFC Sochi. On 20 October 2019 he saved two penalty kicks in a 1–1 away draw against FC Arsenal Tula. He also saved a penalty in the previous game, making it 3 penalty kick saves in 2 games.

International career

In September 2009, Dzhanayev was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for games against Germany and Azerbaijan. He was called up again in August 2016 for matches against Turkey and Ghana. He made his debut on 9 October 2016 in a friendly against Costa Rica. On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad. After a 3-year break, he was called up to the national team in August 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Scotland and Kazakhstan.

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Honours

Club

; Spartak Moscow
; FC Rostov