Mikhail Afanasyev (Belarusian: Міхаіл Афанасьеў, Russian: Михаил Афанасьев; born 4 November 1986) is a Belarusian former professional footballer.

Club career

He was signed by FC Amkar Perm in February 2008.[2] Afanasyev joined Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino in January 2020.[3]

International career

Afanasyev was the captain of the Belarus U21 team and participated in all three of the Belarusians' games at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. He conceded a handball in the game against Italy U21, resulting in a penalty, which contributed to the 1–2 loss. Afanasyev holds the record for the most matches played and is also the highest goal scorer for the U-21 side.[1] On 13 November 2009, he made his international debut for the Belarus B team, against Saudi Arabia B team in a friendly match.[4]

Honours

MTZ-RIPO Minsk

References

  1. ^ a b "Mihail Afanasyev profile" (in Russian). BATE Borisov official website. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Amkar land Belarus starlet Afanasiev". UEFA. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Михаил Афанасьев вернулся в Жодино" (in Russian). Torpedo Zhodino official website. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Саудовская Аравия (В) – Беларусь (В) – 2:1 (1:0)". Belarusian Football Federation. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2010.


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