Denis Cheryshev

Early years

Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Cheryshev started his career at Sporting de Gijón, where his father Dmitri was playing at the time. He soon followed him to his next club, Burgos, entering locals Burgos Promesas at the age of nine. During his spell, Cheryshev was selected to play for the youth levels of the Castile and León regional team.

Real Madrid

Cheryshev joined Real Madrid in 2002, and completed his formative years in their academy. Still a junior, he appeared in nine Segunda División games with Real Madrid Castilla during the 2008–09 season; it was also during this time he formed a long-lasting friendship with future Spanish national team player Nacho. Over the next two years, Cheryshev played 61 matches and scored 11 goals for the reserve side. He was an important attacking unit as the latter campaign ended in promotion to Segunda División after a five-year absence. Cheryshev made his debut in division two on 17 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 away loss against Villarreal. On 27 November, he played his official game with the first team, in a 3–0 home win (7–1 on aggregate) over Alcoyano in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, becoming the first Russian player to feature for the club. In September 2013, Cheryshev was loaned to fellow top-tier Sevilla for the remainder of the campaign with the possibility of a permanent deal. As a result of persistent injury concerns,…

Prior to making his international debut with Russia, Cheryshev was also eligible to represent Spain as he held dual nationality. In a 2011 interview with Marca he indicated that he felt more Spanish than Russian, but accepted a call up to the Russian team in November 2012. He made his debut eight days later in a 2–2 friendly draw with the United States, the same opposition his father Dmitri had played against 20 years earlier. Cheryshev played his first competitive game on 14 August 2013, when he came on as a half-time substitute in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland in Belfast; after just five minutes on the pitch, he had to be stretchered off in an eventual 1–0 loss. He was called up to a provisional 25-man squad for the finals on 16 May 2014, being the only player present not playing his club football in Russia. He was, however, left out of Fabio Capello's final list and also later missed the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament due to injury. After an absence of more than two years, Cheryshev appeared for the national team again on 27 March 2018 in a friendly with France. On 11 May, he was included in an extended squad for that year's World Cup, also being named as one of the final 23 players. He made his debut in the competition on 14 June, replacing the injured Alan Dzagoev midway through the first half of the group stage opener against Saudi Arabia in Moscow and scoring twice in a 5–0 win. He scored his third goal of the tournament against Egypt in a 3–1…

Club

As of match played on 26 April 2025

International

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

Real Madrid Castilla

Segunda División B: 2011–12 Sevilla

UEFA Europa League: 2013–14 Real Madrid

UEFA Champions League: 2015–16 Valencia

Copa del Rey: 2018–19 Individual

FIFA World Cup Fantasy Team: 2018