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Ivan Taranov (footballer)

Ivan Taranov
Ivan Taranov 2012.jpg
With Krylia Sovetov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ivan Nikolayevich Taranov
Date of birth (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth Tomsk, Russian SFSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Central Defender
Club information
Current team
Krylia Sovetov
Number 4
Youth career
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 PFC CSKA Moscow 27 (0)
2008– Krylia Sovetov 202 (7)
National team
2011 Russia-2 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2011

Ivan Nikolayevich Taranov (Russian: Иван Николаевич Таранов; born 22 June 1986 in Tomsk) is a Russian football defender. He currently plays for Krylia Sovetov.

Spotted playing at a footballing school in Prokhladny, Taranov was spirited away to a boarding school by Black Sea side FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk where he spent two years learning his craft. After a season in the Novorossiysk side's reserve team in 2001 Taranov opted to move on to Moscow to join CSKA's reserves. Taranov represented his country at Under-19 level, making the step up to the U21 side with a substitute appearance against Luxembourg in October 2005. Given his senior league debut the same year, he played in CSKA's 2006 Russian Cup final victory against Spartak Moscow and has recently been featured in the first team more often.

He received first senior national team call-up against Republic of Macedonia in 2006, but did not play.

He made 3 appearances in UEFA Champions League 2006-07.



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