Denis Cheryshev

Denis Cheryshev
Cheryshev lining up for Russia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev
Date of birth (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Nizhny Novgorod, Soviet Union[2]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Panionios
Number 26
Youth career
1996–2000 Sporting Gijón
2000–2002 Burgos Promesas
2002–2009 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Real Madrid B 104 (22)
2012–2016 Real Madrid 2 (0)
2013–2014Sevilla (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015Villarreal (loan) 26 (4)
2016Valencia (loan) 7 (3)
2016–2019 Villarreal 35 (2)
2018–2019Valencia (loan) 27 (2)
2019–2022 Valencia 62 (1)
2022–2024 Venezia 33 (4)
2024– Panionios 4 (0)
International career
2005–2006 Russia U15 16 (9)
2006–2007 Russia U17 6 (5)
2008–2009 Russia U18 5 (2)
2011–2013 Russia U21 18 (7)
2012–2021 Russia 33 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024

Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev (Russian: Денис Дмитриевич Черышев, IPA: [dʲɪˈnʲis ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕerɨʂɨf]; born 26 December 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Super League Greece 2 club Panionios.

A youth product of Real Madrid, he made his debut for the reserves in 2009 and with the first team in 2012. He then had loan spells at Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia before joining Villarreal permanently in 2016, and returned to Valencia on loan two years later. In June 2019, he signed permanently for the latter.

Having earned 45 caps and scored 23 goals in its youth categories, Cheryshev made his debut for Russia in 2012. He was a participant at the 2018 World Cup, scoring four goals as the team reached the quarter-finals with him as one of the tournament's top scorers, and Euro 2020.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 – List of players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Denis Cheryshev". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 December 2021.