Football player Sergei Pinyaev became the youngest scorer in the history of the Russian national team
Lokomotiv midfielder Sergei Pinyaev set a record for the Russian national team. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The footballer became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the national team. He scored in a friendly against Iraq at the age of 18 years 4 months and 24 days.
The previous record holder was Dmitry Sychev. He scored for the national team at the age of 18 years 6 months and 23 days in a friendly against Yugoslavia on 19 May 2002.
In November, Pinyaev broke the record of Igor Akinfeev and became the youngest debutant of the national team. He entered the field in a friendly match against the team of Tajikistan (0:0) at the age of 18 years and 15 days.
Pinyaev is a graduate of the Chertanovo Academy. In 2017, he trained at the Manchester United academy. Since the summer of 2021, he has played for the Samara Krylya Sovetov, and in January 2023 he moved to Lokomotiv.
Source: Lenta
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