Magomed-Shapi Kamilyevich Suleymanov (Russian: Магомед-Шапи Камильевич Сулейманов; born 16 December 1999) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City.
Career
Suleymanov made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 12 March 2017 in a game against FC Angusht Nazran.[1]
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Krasnodar on 16 July 2017 in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.[2]
In his second main squad appearance on 27 July 2017 in a 2017–18 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round game against Lyngby he scored the winning goal in the 93rd minute, giving his team a 2–1 victory.[3] He thus became the youngest Russian player ever to score in UEFA's club competitions (at the age of 17 years 7 months and 11 days), beating the mark set by Sergey Rodionov in 1980.[4]
In his first appearance of the 2018–19 season on 26 August 2018 he scored his first Russian Premier League goal, an 88th-minute equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against FC Orenburg. In the next game on 1 September 2018, he scored another goal in added time, giving Krasnodar a 2–1 victory over the reigning champions FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He scored again, for the third time in four games on 24 September 2018 against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.
On 21 February 2019, he scored a late free-kick goal that helped Krasnodar eliminate Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League Round of 32 on the away-goals rule.[5] On 14 March 2019, in the Round of 16 return leg, he scored a late goal once again, this time against Valencia, that would have qualified Krasnodar for the quarterfinal, but Valencia equalized with 30 seconds left in injury time and Krasnodar was eliminated.[6] On 31 March 2019, he had his first Russian Premier League multi-goal game, scoring twice against his hometown club FC Anzhi Makhachkala in a 5–0 victory.[7]
On 13 August 2019, with Krasnodar making its debut appearance in the Champions League qualifiers, he scored twice in a 3–2 away victory over FC Porto to help his club overcome the first leg 0–1 home loss and advance to the play-off round.[8]
On 8 September 2021, Krasnodar announced his loan to Turkish club Giresunspor for the 2021–22 season.[9]
He returned to Krasnodar in June 2022.[10]
On 17 August 2022, Suleymanov joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva in Israel on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[11]
On 3 July 2024, Greek club Aris where Suleymanov played on loan in the 2023–24 season, announced his permanent transfer to Aris.[12]
On 3 February 2025, Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City signed Suleymanov to a two-year contract through 2027, with a club option for 2028.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 November 2022[14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Krasnodar-2 | 2016–17 | Russian Professional Football League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Russian Football National League | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Krasnodar | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8[a] | 3 | 31 | 11 | ||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10[b] | 2 | 38 | 6 | ||
| 2020–21 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10[c] | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 86 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 122 | 23 | ||
| Giresunspor (loan) | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva (loan) | 2022–23 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| Career total | 167 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 210 | 34 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four appearances and two goals in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Eight appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
Individual
- UEFA Youth League top assists: 2017–18
References
- ^ "Game Report by PFL". Russian Professional Football League. 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Krasnodar-Lyngby game report by UEFA". UEFA. 27 July 2017.
- ^ Сулейманов — самый молодой автор гола российских команд в еврокубках в истории (in Russian). Championat. 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen v Krasnodar game report". UEFA. 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Krasnodar v Valencia game report". UEFA. 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Krasnodar v Anzhi game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Porto v Krasnodar game report". UEFA. 13 August 2019.
- ^ "МАГОМЕД-ШАПИ СУЛЕЙМАНОВ АРЕНДОВАН "ГИРЕСУНСПОРОМ"" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 8 September 2021.
- ^ ""КРАСНОДАР" ВЫШЕЛ ИЗ ОТПУСКА" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "שאפי סולימאנוב כאן!" (in Hebrew). Hapoel Be'er Sheva. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ ΑΡΗΣ" [Announcement of PAE ARIS] (in Greek). Aris Thessaloniki. 3 July 2024.
- ^ City, Sporting Kansas. "Sporting KC acquires attacking midfielder Manu Garcia and winger Shapi Suleymanov in transfers from Aris Thessaloniki". Sporting Kansas City.
- ^ Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 June 2021.