Ivan Knyazev

Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev (; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian football defender.

Career

Knyazev made his debut in the Russian National Football League for Torpedo Moscow on 12 March 2013 in a game against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Torpedo on 16 August 2014 in a game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg.

On 15 March 2021, it was reported that FIFA opened an investigation into Knyazev on suspicion of violating anti-doping rules in 2013. On 18 July 2021, he received a two-year ban from playing from FIFA.

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1992 births

People from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Living people

Russian men's footballers

Men's association football defenders

Russia men's under-21 international footballers

FC Torpedo Moscow players

Riga FC players

Valmiera FC players

Dinamo Zugdidi players

Russian Premier League players

Latvian Higher League players

Russian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia

Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia

FC Kuban Krasnodar players

FC Irtysh Omsk players

FC Ural Yekaterinburg players

FC Zvezda Perm players

Sportspeople from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

Doping cases in association football