Igor Leshchuk

Igor Alekseyevich Leshchuk (Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Лещук; born 20 February 1996) is a Russian football player who plays as goalkeeper for FC Dynamo Moscow.

Igor Leshchuk

Leshchuk with Dynamo in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Igor Alekseyevich Leshchuk
Date of birth	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Dynamo Moscow
Number	31
Youth career
0000–2019	FC Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–	FC Dynamo Moscow	42	(1)
2016–2017	→ FC Dynamo-2 Moscow	11	(0)
2020–2021	→ FC Dynamo-2 Moscow	3	(0)
International career‡
2010	Russia U15	2	(0)
2010–2011	Russia U16	4	(0)
2016–2017	Russia U21	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow on 28 August 2016 in a game against FSK Dolgoprudny.^[2]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Dynamo Moscow on 10 August 2019, when he had to come in for injured Anton Shunin in a game against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[3] He started the next 6 games as Shunin was recovering (including 2 clean sheets) and won the Dynamo fans' vote for "player of the month" for August 2019.^[4]

On 30 August 2021, he signed a new four-year contract with Dynamo.^[5] After another Shunin injury in September 2021, he kept clean sheet in 3 consecutive games and was voted as player of the month once again.^[6]

On 15 March 2023, Leshchuk saved two penalty kicks in the shootout to eliminate Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg from the Russian Cup.^[7]

He was voted player of the month by Dynamo fans for the third time for October 2023.^[8]

On 18 January 2024, Leshchuk extended his contract with Dynamo to 2028.^[9]

On 2 December 2024, Leshchuk scored a late added-time equalizer in a 1–1 away draw against Akhmat Grozny, with a header after a corner kick.^[10] He became only the second goalkeeper in the history of the Russian Premier League (which was originally organized under a different name in 1992) to score a goal after Andrei Novosadov in 2001, and the first to not score it from a penalty kick (like Novosadov did).^[11] Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, best Russian clubs participated in the Soviet Top League, and on all occasions in that league when goalkeepers scored a goal, it was from a penalty kick.^[12] Thus Leshchuk became the first ever goalkeeper in the history of Russian football to score a non-penalty-kick goal in a top-tier club league.

Career statistics

As of match played 8 March 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo Moscow	2014–15	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016–17	Russian First League	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2017–18	Russian Premier League	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	4	0	6	0	—		—		10	0
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	6	0	6	0	—		—		12	0
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	15	0	5	0	—		—		20	0
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	5	1	6	0	—		—		11	1
	Total		42	1	26	0	—		—		68	1
Dynamo-2 Moscow	2016–17	Russian Second League	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Dynamo-2 Moscow	2020–21	Russian Second League	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Career total			56	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	82	1