Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chernikov (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Черников; born 1 February 2000) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FC Krasnodar and Russia national team.

[1] He made his Russian Football National League debut for Krasnodar-2 on 22 July 2018 in a game against FC SKA-Khabarovsk.

[citation needed] He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 25 September 2019 in a Russian Cup game against FC Nizhny Novgorod.

[3] He was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in October 2021 for the World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Croatia.

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