Fedor Černych

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

Fedor Ivanovič Černych (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Черных; born 21 May 1991) is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a forward, attacking midfielder or winger for A Lyga club Kauno Žalgiris. Born in Russia, he plays and captains for Lithuania national team. With 101 caps, he is Lithuania's joint-most capped player, alongside Saulius Mikoliūnas.

Fedor Černych

Černych with Dynamo Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Fedor Ivanovič Černych
Date of birth	(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left winger, striker, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kauno Žalgiris
Number	19
Youth career
0000	Vilnius Football School
0000–2007	Granitas Vilnius [lt]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Granitas Vilnius [lt]
2009–2014	Dnepr Mogilev	85	(14)
2012	→ Naftan Novopolotsk (loan)	30	(5)
2014–2015	Górnik Łęczna	38	(12)
2015–2017	Jagiellonia Białystok	82	(18)
2018–2020	Dynamo Moscow	31	(3)
2019–2020	→ Orenburg (loan)	11	(0)
2020–2023	Jagiellonia Białystok	61	(6)
2023	AEL Limassol	29	(1)
2024	Kerala Blasters	10	(3)
2024–	Kauno Žalgiris	40	(7)
International career‡
2012–	Lithuania	101	(15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Career

Černych was born in Moscow into a Russian family of Lithuanian descent. When his parents broke up, he went to live in Vilnius, Lithuania with his maternal grandparents.

He started his career at Granitas Vilnius [lt], which then played in the LFF II league, South zone. In 2009, Černych signed a contract with Dnepr Mogilev.

Černych was loaned in 2012 to Naftan Novopolotsk when Dnepr Mogilev was relegated to the lower league.

In 2014, he signed for Polish club Górnik Łęczna. In an interview, he said that in Poland most of training was devoted to fitness.^[1]

On 26 January 2018, he signed with the Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.^[2] On 31 March 2018, he scored his first goal for Dynamo, securing a 2–1 victory over Arsenal Tula.^[3] On 21 October 2018, he scored the only goal of the game to help Dynamo defeat Zenit Saint Petersburg, which was leading the league at the time.^[4]

On 21 August 2019, Fedor was loaned to FC Orenburg.^[5]

On 8 September 2020, his contract with Dynamo Moscow was dissolved by mutual consent.^[6]

On 17 September 2020, he returned to former club Jagiellonia Białystok.^[7]

On 8 January 2023, Cypriot side AEL Limassol announced reaching an agreement in principle to sign Černych until June 2024, with an option for another year, with the move to be finalized following a medical examination.^[8]

On 10 January 2024, Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters announced the signing of Černych, subject to a medical.^[9]

Career statistics

Černych at Dnepr Mogilev, 2013

Club

As of 14 April 2018^[10][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dnepr Mogilev	2009	Belarusian Premier League	2	2	0	0	—		2	2
	2010	Belarusian Premier League	23	4	1	0	—		24	4
	2011	Belarusian Premier League	18	1	0	0	6[b]	1	24	2
	2013	Belarusian Premier League	32	4	0	0	—		32	4
	2014	Belarusian Premier League	10	3	4	0	—		14	3
	Total		85	14	5	0	6	1	96	15
Naftan (loan)	2012	Belarusian Premier League	30	5	2	1	2[b]	0	34	6
Górnik Łęczna	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	32	11	1	1	—		33	12
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	6	1	1	0	—		7	1
	Total		38	12	2	1	0	0	40	13
Jagiellonia	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	27	3	1	0	—		28	3
	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	34	12	2	1	—		36	13
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	21	3	1	0	4[b]	1	26	4
	Total		82	18	4	1	4	1	90	20
Dynamo Moscow	2017–18	Russian Premier League	9	1	0	0	—		9	1
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	22	2	2	0	—		24	2
Orenburg (loan)	2019–20	Russian Premier League	11	0	1	0	—		12	0
Jagiellonia Białystok	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	16	1	0	0	—		16	1
Career total			292	53	16	3	12	2	320	58

1. Includes Belarusian Cup, Polish Cup, Russian Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 12 October 2025^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Lithuania	2012	1	0
	2013	4	1
	2014	10	0
	2015	6	2
	2016	9	5
	2017	7	0
	2018	11	0
	2019	7	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	12	2
	2022	9	1
	2023	9	2
	2024	8	1
	2025	4	0
Total		101	15

As of match played 26 March 2024^[13]

Scores and results list Lithuania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Černych goal.

List of international goals scored by Fedor Černych

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2013	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	3	Latvia	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	14 June 2015	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	17	Switzerland	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
3	8 September 2015	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	19	San Marino	1–0	2–1
4	29 May 2016	Klaipėda Central Stadium, Klaipėda, Lithuania	24	Estonia	2–0	2–0	2016 Baltic Cup
5	1 June 2016	Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia	25	Latvia	1–2	1–2	2016 Baltic Cup
6	4 September 2016	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	27	Slovenia	1–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	8 October 2016	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	28	Scotland	1–0	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	11 October 2016	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	29	Malta	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	22 March 2019	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	49	Luxembourg	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
10	9 October 2021	LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania	68	Bulgaria	2–1	3–1	2022 World Cup qualification
11					3–1
12	11 June 2022	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	75	Faroe Islands	0–1	2–1	2022–23 UEFA Nations League
13	8 September 2023	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	84	Montenegro	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
14	17 October 2023	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	87	Hungary	1–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
15	26 March 2024	Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania	91	Gibraltar	1–0	1–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League relegation play-outs

Honours

Naftan Novopolotsk

• Belarusian Cup: 2011–12

Individual

• Lithuanian Footballer of the Year: 2016, 2017

See also

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps