Artur Paporotnyi
Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (Russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011. Since 2013, he is playing for BSC Kristall.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Mirny, Soviet Union | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kristall | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | City | 6 | (3) |
| 2011 | Mayna Vira | 11 | (9) |
| 2012 | Strogino | 14 | (5) |
| 2013– | Kristall | 294 | (181) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Russia national beach soccer team | 129 | (84) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:48, 28 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
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Career
Paporotnyi was born 28 November 1985 in Mirny, Bryansk Oblast. As a child he played basketball; as a reminder he often performs a basketball shot hand movement on the pitch. Then he started playing association football, he also tried himself in futsal.[1] In 2009, he switched to beach soccer, debuting for City. His first coach was S. Stepanov.[2][3]
He debuted for the Russia national beach soccer team in 2011. His first match was against Romania at the 2011 Euro Beach Soccer League. After that he was chosen for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which Russia won.
In 2019, Artur Paporotnyi, Anton Shkarin, Maxim Chuzhkov and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the qualification tournament for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.[4]
Achievements
Some of Paporotnyi's notable achievements:
National team
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champion: 2011
- Euro Beach Soccer League champion: 2011, 2017
- Euro Winners Cup champion: 2014, 2015
Clubs
- Russian National champion: 2013, 2015, 2016
- Russian Cup champion: 2015, 2017
Individually
- 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal – Best Player[5]
References
- Не затерявшийся в песках. Часть 1-я
- Artur Paporotnyi
- Папоротный: обольщаться не стоит, дальше будет совсем другой футбол [Paporotnyi: You should not flatter yourself, then there will be a completely different football] (in Russian). 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- Крашенников стал MVP европейской квалификации на ЧМ-2019 по пляжному футболу [Krashennikov became the MVP of the European qualification at the 2019 World Cup beach soccer] (in Russian). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- "Impressive Russia see off Portugal to land Euro title". 17 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2019.