Daniil Lesovoy

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Lesovoy.
Daniil Lesovoy
Дании́л Лесово́й
Lesovoy with Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy
Date of birth (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 AEL Limassol (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
Number 22
Youth career
2004–2016 Dynamo Kyiv
2016–2017 Zenit St. Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 32 (1)
2018–2020 → Arsenal Tula (loan) 36 (5)
2020 Arsenal Tula 10 (2)
2020– Dynamo Moscow 51 (5)
2024 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 5 (0)
2024– → AEL Limassol (loan) 26 (4)
International career‡
2014 Ukraine U16 10 (3)
2014–2015 Ukraine U17 15 (3)
2018–2019 Russia U20 6 (1)
2019–2021 Russia U21 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2021

Daniil Olegovich Lesovoy (Russian: Дании́л Оле́гович Лесово́й; born 12 January 1998) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Cypriot club AEL Limassol on loan from Dynamo Moscow.

Club career

Born in Moscow, Russia, Lesovoy moved to Prague, Czech Republic at early age, and later moved to Kyiv, Ukraine.

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 18 March 2017 in a game against Spartak Nalchik.[2]

On 28 July 2018, he joined Arsenal Tula on loan for the 2018–19 season.[3]

On 4 July 2019, the loan was extended for the 2019–20 season.[4]

On 3 July 2020, Arsenal used their purchase option in the loan contract and signed a 3-year contract with Lesovoy.[5]

On 7 September 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Dynamo Moscow.[6] On 7 August 2021, he underwent a knee surgery which left him unable to play until 2022.[7]

On 2 February 2024, Lesovoy joined Maccabi Haifa in Israel on loan with an option to buy.[8]

On 1 August 2024, Lesovoy was loaned to AEL Limassol in Cyprus for the 2024–25 season.[9]

International career

After representing Ukraine on under-16 and under-17 level, he debuted for Russia national under-20 football team in September 2018.[10]

In November 2020, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the games against Moldova, Turkey and Serbia.[11]

On 11 May 2021, he was named as a back-up player for Russia's UEFA Euro 2020 squad.[12]

Personal life

His great-grandfather Leonid Kostandov was the minister of the chemical industry of the Soviet Union and was interred at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2016–17 Russian First League 8 0 – – 4[a] 1 12 1
2017–18 Russian First League 24 1 – – – 24 1
Total 32 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 36 2
Arsenal Tula 2018–19 Russian Premier League 13 2 4 0 – – 17 2
2019–20 Russian Premier League 27 3 2 0 2 0 – 31 3
2020–21 Russian Premier League 6 2 – – – 6 2
Total 46 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 54 7
Dynamo Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 22 5 2 0 1 0 – 25 5
2021–22 Russian Premier League 8 0 4 0 – – 12 0
2022–23 Russian Premier League 13 0 9 0 – – 22 0
2023–24 Russian Premier League 8 0 5 0 – – 13 0
Total 51 5 20 0 1 0 0 0 72 5
Career total 129 13 26 0 3 0 4 1 162 14
  1. ^ Appearances in the FNL Cup

References

  1. ^ "Daniil Lesovoy" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Даниил Лесовой проведет сезон в "Арсенале"" (in Russian). Zenit St. Petersburg. 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Даниил Лесовой проведет следующий сезон в тульском "Арсенале"" [Daniil Lesovoy will spend the next season at Arsenal Tula] (in Russian). Zenit St. Petersburg. 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ ""АРСЕНАЛ" ВЫКУПИЛ ТРАНСФЕР ДАНИИЛА ЛЕСОВОГО" [Arsenal bought out the transfer of Daniil Lesovoy] (in Russian). Arsenal Tula. 3 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Даниил Лесовой стал игроком "Динамо"!" (in Russian). Dynamo Moscow. 7 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Даниил Лесовой прооперирован в Италии" (in Russian). Dynamo Moscow. 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Даниил Лесовой перешёл в "Маккаби" из Хайфы на правах аренды" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 2 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Даниил Лесовой перешёл в АЕЛ на правах аренды" (in Russian). AEL Limassol. 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Croatia U-20 vs. Russia U-20 game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 7 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Состав на Молдавию, Турцию и Сербию" [Line-up for Moldova, Turkey and Serbia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 November 2020.
  12. ^ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Лесовой рассказал о прадедушке, который был министром в СССР" (in Russian). RB Sport. 5 November 2024.


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