Andrei Solomatin

Andrei Solomatin
Personal information
Full name Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin
Date of birth (1975-09-09) 9 September 1975
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position
Youth career
Torpedo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Torpedo Moscow 8 (1)
1992–1994 TRASKO Moscow 54 (8)
1995–2001 Lokomotiv Moscow 143 (7)
2001–2003 CSKA Moscow 53 (3)
2004 Kuban Krasnodar 8 (0)
2004 Seongnam 2 (0)
2005 Obolon Kyiv 9 (0)
2005 Krylia Sovetov Samara 9 (0)
2006 Spartak Nizhny Novgorod 16 (0)
2006 Anzhi Makhachkala 13 (1)
2007 Torpedo Moscow 5 (0)
Total 320 (20)
International career
1995–1997 Russia U-21 23 (3)
1999 Russia-2 1 (0)
1998–2003 Russia 13 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Chertanovo Moscow
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Соломатин; born 9 September 1975) is a Russian football manager and a former player. Since 2023, he has been part of a Russian irregular unit in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Club career

He played mostly for Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA Moskva.

International

He played 13 matches for the Russian national team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Military career

In August 2023, Solomatin announced that he was joining the Espaniola Battalion of the Russian Military Forces as a volunteer. Serving in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was initially stationed near Bakhmut under the callsign "Soloma".[2] He was promoted to deputy brigade commander by August 2025.[3]

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow

CSKA Moscow

International goals

Results list Russia's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 May 2002 Moscow, Russia  Belarus 1 goal 1–1 LG Cup

References

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (27 March 2015). "Andrei Yuryevich Solomatin – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Бывший игрок сборной России по футболу Андрей Соломатин уехал добровольцем на войну". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ Solomatin, Andrei (8 August 2025). "«Когда народ поймет, что это наше общее дело»: Андрей Соломатин о победе на Украине". RTVI (Interview) (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.