The nominees for the award for the best young footballer of 2023 in the Russian Premier League “First Five” have been named, according to the website of the Children’s Football League (DFL) named after Viktor Gorlov.
Candidates included: Sergei Volkov , Nikita Krivtsov (both are Krasnodar), Daniel Denisov (“Spartacus”), Artem Karpukas (“Locomotive”), Viktor Alexandrov (“BET NN”), Kirill Kravtsov (“Sochi”), Victor Melekhine , Andrei Langovich , Kirill Shchetinin (all – “Rostov”), Yaroslav Gladyshev , Constantin Tioukavine (both are Dynamo), Igor Dmitriev , Ilya Ichkov (both are from the Urals), Nikita Saltykov , Vladislav Chitov (both – “Wings of the Soviets”), Yaroslav Mikhailov (“Orenburg”).
For women, the following nominees are: Maria Barvinok, Medea Zharkova, Valentina Smirnova, Snezhana Yastrebinskaya (all – “Krasnodar”), Sofya Artsimovich, Polina Gefko, Polina Gusarova, Maria Durnova, Sofia Ivanova (all – “Wings of the Soviets” ), Karina Vasilyeva, Kristina Yanushkyavichyus (both “Yenisei”), Tatyana Danilochkina, Varvara Dudorova, Kira Petukhova, Yana Svistunova, Anastasia Trenkina (both “Chertanovo”), Svetlana Karagezyan, Yana Sholgina (both “Rubin”), Anna Peshkova (“Rostov”), Ksenia Konovaeva (“Ryazan-VDV”), Elizaveta Lazareva (“Zenit”).
— In 2023, the best young player in the RPL will be selected for the 21st time. We are very pleased with the trend observed in recent years: more and more young footballers are playing regularly for Premier League teams. This is why the list of candidates is so long. For some candidates, this may be a step forward. But we hope this will give them extra motivation.
Since last year, the “First Five” award has been awarded in the Super League. Women’s football is developing very actively in our country, as evidenced by the number of young female footballers. It will be all the more interesting to follow the voting process to find out who will win the title of the best this year,” said DFL President Maria Zharkova.
Last year, the winner of the award was Lokomotiv footballer Sergei Pinyaev, who then played for Krylia Sovetov. Among the women, the prize was awarded to Tatyana Petrova (CSKA).
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