Aleksandr Kharitonov

Aleksandr Kharitonov is a Russian midfielder, born in Krasnoyarsk on 4 April 1983.

The player started his professional football career at the age of 17, when he debuted with the FC Metallurg Krasnoyarsk in 2000.

During the period from 2002 to 2004, Aleksandr played for FC Tom Tomsk helping them to earn a promotion to the Russian Premier League with a series of eye-catching displays.

In 2005 Kharitonov moved to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast where he initially was the first-team regular, but later lost his status due to the managers reshuffle. So, he spent some time on loan at FC Khimki and FC Tom Tomsk. In the 2009 season he clinched a full-time contract with the latter club and played there for three years amassing 8 goals in 76 matches. The player soon established himself as one of the club’s leaders and finally became the team’s captain during the 2011/2012 season.

In 2012 Kharitonov joined FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod and one year later switched for Yenisey.

When the footballer was playing for FC Saturn, he was regularly called-up to join the Russia U21 squad, where he debuted in March 2005 during a friendly against FC St. Gallen 1879.