Playing position Role Football player Number 91 Height 1.80 m | 2007–2009 Spartak Moscow Weight 72 kg Name Pavel Yakovlev Career start 2009 | |
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Full name Pavel Vladimirovich Yakovlev Date of birth (1991-04-07) April 7, 1991 (age 24) Place of birth Lyubertsy, Russian SFSR Current team FC Krylia Sovetov Samara (#91 / Forward) | ||
Pavel Vladimirovich Yakovlev (Russian: Павел Владимирович Яковлев; born 7 April 1991) is a Russian football player who plays for Anzhi Makhachkala.
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Career
Pavel Yakovlev was born in the Moscow suburb of Lyubertsy and started his football education at local Zvezda football school. The youngster was noted by Saturn and Spartak youth scouts, and he moved to the Spartak youth academy.
He made his debut for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League on 13 June 2009 in a game against FC Khimki.
Although at school and in the reserves Yakovlev played chiefly as a striker, in the main squad of his team he is often used as a winger.
On 31 August 2016, Yakovlev signed a three-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.
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International career
Yakovlev is a part of the Russia U-21 side that is competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.