Anton Sosnin: biography of the football player

Anton Sosnin - a pupil of the St. Petersburg football school. He plays on the position of defender and midfielder. Currently, he is in favor of the Moscow "Dynamo".

At the beginning of a career

Anton Sosnin was born on January 27, 1990 in Leningrad. Even in elementary school my father gave it to the football section. The boy showed diligence and diligence. The first youth team was the Petersburg "Smena". In this team he spent from 2003 to 2007.

In 2006, 16-year-old Sosnin drew attention to the mentor of the double of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" Igor Chugainov. He began to follow the career of the young defender and soon invited him to his team. Until 2010, Sosnin was a player, "Zenith", however, not a single match for the club and did not.

Debut in the Premier League

In 2010, at the age of 20, Anton Sosnin made his debut in the Premier League. The football player goes to rent from "Zenith" in Samara "Wings of the Soviets". His first match in the elite Russian football division took place on September 12. The player went on the field in a match against Nalchinsk Spartak. The meeting ended with a victory of the Samarans with a score of 2: 0. Sosnin successfully coped not only with defensive functions, but also showed himself in the attack. He gave an assist to Serbian partner Nenad Djordjevic.

Despite the victory over the team from Kabardino-Balkaria, the club for which Anton Sosnin played, in the final table was significantly lower - in 13th place, one point from the relegation zone. While "Spartacus" from Nalchik finished 6th. In his first season in the Premier League Sosnin played 11 matches.

At the very end of the year, "Wings of the Soviets" signed an official contract with Anton. In the transition season of 2011/12, Sosnin was the main player of the team, having spent 31 matches on the field. As a result of the first stage, "Wings of the Soviets" took the 14th place and fought for survival. In the decisive games they managed to protect themselves from the relegation, having risen to the 12th place.

The player of "Kuban"

At the very beginning of 2012 Sosnin Anton Vasilievich signed a contract with the Krasnodar "Kuban". At that time, the team played in the Premier League, in which he played the transitional tournament. The first two seasons in the new team he could not gain a foothold in the first team and regularly go on the field. For two years he played a total of only 8 games.

At the same time the team was very successful. In 2012/13, finished in 5th place, just 2 points behind Makhachkala's Anji, who won bronze medals. In 2013/2014 "Kuban" remained the 8th. In the championship and the country's Cup Sosnin was still on the field as a rare guest, but in the European Cup matches the coaching staff used it regularly.

The struggle for victory in the Europa League "Kuban" began with the third qualifying round. The opponents went to Scottish "Motherwell". Against the representative of the British football school, Krasnodar played confidently, beating 2-0 away and 1-0 at home. In the decisive round for the exit to the group tournament "Kuban" met with the Dutch "Feyenoord". And again, two wins - 1: 0 at home and 2: 1 away.

In the group, the Russian club got into the company with the Spanish "Valencia", the English "Swansea" and the Swiss "St. Gallen". In six matches Krasnodar managed to win only one victory - at home over "St. Gallen" 4: 0, visiting Russians lost 0: 2. Lost at home 0-2 "Valencia", and a return match in Spain and two games with "Swansea" completed with the same score 1: 1.

As a result, with six points, they took only the third place in the group. Sosnin held five games this season.

In "Kuban" Sosnin played until 2015, after a total of 48 matches in all tournaments, which scored one goal.

In the camp of "white and blue"

In May 2015, the media reported on the transfer of Sosnin to Moscow's Dynamo. Anton came to the team in a difficult period for her, when she fought for the right to remain in the elite of Russian football. And unsuccessful. Having won only 5 wins in 30 matches, the Dynamo took the penultimate place and flew to the First Division.

By that time there were already a lot of football fans who know well who Sosnin Anton is. Biography, matches, player statistics - it's all extremely interesting. Sosnin did not leave the team and, together with her, is now trying to return to the Premier League. At the winter break, "Dynamo" went to the rank of leader of the Football National League.

However, it's too early to rejoice at the "white-blue" fans. The team is experiencing serious financial difficulties and it is possible that it will not be able to continue participating in the championship of Russia due to lack of funds.

At the moment, Sosnin played for Dynamo 25 games in all tournaments, which have not yet scored goals scored.