Daniil Fomin

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Fomin.

Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin (Russian: Дании́л Дми́триевич Фоми́н; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team.

Daniil Fomin

Fomin with Dynamo Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin
Date of birth	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tikhoretsk, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Moscow
Number	74
Youth career
2003–2009	Altair Tikhoretsk
2009–2017	Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Krasnodar-2	53	(7)
2016–2019	Krasnodar	0	(0)
2017–2019	→ Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	62	(6)
2019–2020	Ufa	27	(6)
2020–	Dynamo Moscow	141	(27)
International career‡
2015–2016	Russia U-19	6	(0)
2017–2018	Russia U-21	10	(1)
2020–	Russia	18	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 March 2025

Club career

Krasnodar

Fomin made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 7 October 2014 in a game against FC Torpedo Armavir.^[1] He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar in the Russian Cup game against PFC Spartak Nalchik on 21 September 2016.^[2]

Ufa

On 26 June 2019, Fomin signed a contract with FC Ufa.^[3] He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for FC Ufa on 14 July 2019 in a game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg and scored a goal on his debut in a 2–3 loss.^[4]

Dynamo Moscow

On 3 August 2020, Fomin signed a 5-year contract with FC Dynamo Moscow.^[5]

On 29 May 2022, Fomin missed the penalty kick in the 2022 Russian Cup Final against FC Spartak Moscow deep in added time that would have equalized the score.^[6] Before that kick, he converted 23 consecutive penalty kick attempts in his career, and 25 out of 26 overall.

On 10 September 2024, Fomin extended his contract with Dynamo to 2029.^[7]

International career

He was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Belgium and San Marino in November 2019.^[8] He made his debut on 11 October 2020 in a Nations League game against Turkey.^[9]

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.^[10] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.^[11] He did not appear in any games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.^[12][13][14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 August 2025^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Russian Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krasnodar-2	2014–15	Russian Second League	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
	2015–16	Russian Second League	20	2	—		—		4[a]	1	24	3
	2016–17	Russian Second League	24	4	—		—		1[a]	0	25	4
	Total		53	7	0	0	0	0	5	1	58	8
Krasnodar	2016–17	Russian Premier League	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	2017–18	Russian First League	31	3	3	0	—		—		34	3
	2018–19	Russian First League	31	3	3	0	—		2[b]	2	36	5
	Total		62	6	6	0	0	0	2	2	70	8
Ufa	2019–20	Russian Premier League	27	6	2	0	—		—		29	6
Dynamo Moscow	2020–21	Russian Premier League	29	6	2	1	1[c]	0	—		32	7
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	29	10	6	2	—		—		35	12
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	28	5	10	0	—		—		38	5
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	25	1	9	2	—		—		34	3
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	26	5	8	1	—		—		34	6
	2025–26	Russian Premier League	4	0	2	1	—		—		6	1
	Total		141	27	37	7	1	0	0	0	179	34
Career total			283	46	46	7	1	0	7	3	337	56

1. Appearances in the FNL Cup
2. Appearances in the promotion play-offs
3. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 19 March 2025^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Russia	2020	3	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	3	0
	2023	5	0
	2024	1	0
	2025	1	1
Total		18	1

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 March 2025	VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia	Grenada	4–0	5–0	Friendly