Mikhail Merkulov

Mikhail Merkulov
Merkulov with Rubin Kazan in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kamyshin, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Rotor Volgograd 9 (0)
2012Energiya Volzhsky (loan) 11 (0)
2015 MITOS Novocherkassk 10 (0)
2015–2020 Ural Yekaterinburg 86 (0)
2015Baikal Irkutsk (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2021 Rubin Kazan 9 (0)
2021–2023 Rijeka 4 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Russia U19 6 (0)
2015 Russia U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikhail Viktorovich Merkulov (Russian: Михаил Викторович Меркулов; born 26 January 1994) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

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He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Rotor Volgograd on 5 June 2011 in a game against FC MITOS Novocherkassk.[1]

He made his Russian Premier League for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast on 28 April 2016 in a game against PFC CSKA Moscow.

On 6 June 2020, he signed a two-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan after his contract with Ural had ended.[2]

On 28 July 2021, he moved to Croatian club Rijeka.[3] Merkulov retired in September 2023 due to injury.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 13 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Rotor Volgograd 2011–12 PFL 4 0 0 0 4 0
FC Energiya Volzhsky 2012–13 11 0 0 0 11 0
FC Rotor Volgograd 2012–13 FNL 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
2013–14 2 0 1 0 3 0
2014–15 PFL 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total (2 spells) 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 0
FC MITOS Novocherkassk 2014–15 PFL 10 0 0 0 10 0
FC Baikal Irkutsk 2015–16 FNL 13 0 2 0 15 0
FC Ural Yekaterinburg 2015–16 Russian Premier League 4 0 4 0
2016–17 11 0 3 0 14 0
2017–18 25 0 1 0 26 0
Total 40 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Career total 83 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 93 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Three appearances in FNL Cup
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References

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  1. ^ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012.
  2. ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ И КИРИЛЛ КОСАРЕВ ПРОДОЛЖАТ КАРЬЕРУ В ХОРВАТИИ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ ""Я УСТАЛ ОТ ФУТБОЛА. ХОЧЕТСЯ ОСВОИТЬ НОВУЮ ПРОФЕССИЮ". ИНТЕРВЬЮ ИГРОКА, ЗАВЕРШИВШЕГО КАРЬЕРУ В 29 ЛЕТ" (in Russian). Match TV. 6 September 2023.