Nikolai Zabolotny

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Archilovich and the family name is Zabolotny.

Nikolai Zabolotny

Zabolotny with PFC Sochi in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Archilovich Zabolotny
Date of birth	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990
Place of birth	Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	PFC Sochi
Number	12
Youth career
2007–2009	FC Zenit St. Petersburg
2010–2011	FC Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	FC Zenit St. Petersburg	0	(0)
2010–2013	FC Spartak Moscow	6	(0)
2012–2013	→ FC Rostov (loan)	1	(0)
2013	→ FC Spartak-2 Moscow	9	(0)
2014–2017	FC Ural Yekaterinburg	72	(0)
2018	FC Rotor Volgograd	13	(0)
2018–	PFC Sochi	80	(0)
International career‡
2008	Russia U18	7	(0)
2009	Russia U19	4	(0)
2010–2013	Russia U21	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2013

Nikolai Archilovich Zabolotny (Russian: Николай Арчилович Заболотный; born 16 April 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PFC Sochi.

Club career

During his time with FC Zenit St. Petersburg, he received several call-ups to the senior squad in 2008 and 2009, but remained on the bench in all of those games.

He made his debut for the main FC Spartak Moscow squad on 2 April 2011 in a Russian Premier League game against FC Kuban Krasnodar.

On 8 September 2017, his contract with FC Ural Yekaterinburg was dissolved by mutual consent.

On 30 May 2023, Zabolotny extended his contract with PFC Sochi.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 November 2022

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2008	RPL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2009		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spartak Moscow	2010	RPL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2011–12		6	0	1	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2012–13		0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Rostov	2012–13	RPL	1	0	1	0	–		–		2	0
Spartak-2 Moscow	2013–14	PFL	9	0	–		–		–		9	0
Ural Yekaterinburg	2013–14	RPL	11	0	–		–		–		11	0
	2014–15		29	0	1	0	–		–		30	0
	2015–16		10	0	0	0	–		–		10	0
	2016–17		22	0	4	0	–		–		26	0
	Total		72	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	77	0
Rotor Volgograd	2017–18	FNL	13	0	0	0	–		5	0	18	0
Sochi	2018–19		35	0	0	0	–		–		35	0
	2019–20	RPL	5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
	2020–21		9	0	2	0	–		–		11	0
	2021–22		7	0	0	0	3	0	–		10	0
	2022–23		3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
	Total		59	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	65	0
Career total			160	0	10	0	3	0	5	0	178	0