Then he signed his first professional contract and played for the reserves team of FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France Ligue 1,[1] but he never made his debut for the main squad of the club.

Next, he signed a contract with FC Anzhi Makhachkala in Russian Premier League on 27 August 2010.

[2] He made his professional debut for Anzhi's main squad on 1 March 2011, when he started in a Russian Cup game against Zenit St. Petersburg.

His younger sister Oksana Slavova took part in the rhythmic gymnastics' World Championship in 2018.

In January and February 2015, he participated in Rendezvous im Paradies, an Austrian dating reality series on Puls 4.