Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev (Russian: Денис Дмитриевич Черышев; born 26 December 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish club Valencia CF on loan from Villarreal CF, and the Russian national team.
A youth product of Real Madrid, he made his senior debut for the reserves in 2009 and with the first team in 2012. He then had loan spells at Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia before joining Villarreal permanently in 2016, and returned to Valencia on loan two years later.
Having earned 45 caps and scored 23 goals in its youth categories, Cheryshev made his debut for Russia in 2012. He was a participant at the 2018 World Cup.Early years
Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Cheryshev started his career at Sporting de Gijón, where his father Dmitri was playing at the time. He soon followed him to his next club, Burgos, entering its youth system at the age of 9.[2]
During his spell, Cheryshev was selected to play for the youth levels of the Castile and León regional team.[3]
Real Madrid
Cheryshev joined Real Madrid in 2002, and completed his formative years in their academy.[4] Still a junior, he appeared in nine Segunda División games with Real Madrid Castilla during the 2008–09 season; it was also during this time he formed a long-lasting friendship with future Spanish national team player Nacho.[5]
Over the next two years, Cheryshev played 61 matches and scored 11 goals for the reserve side. He was an important attacking unit as the latter campaign ended in promotion to Segunda División, after a five-year absence.[6]
Cheryshev made his debut in division two on 17 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against Villarreal.[7] On 27 November, he made his official debut for the first team in a 3–0 home win (7–1 on aggregate) over Alcoyano in the season's Copa del Rey.[8][9]
Pupil FSM. Participant in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He became one of 16 footballers who managed to score at the age of 17 in the highest league of the Russian Championship - on April 16, 2006, Pavel distinguished himself for Torpedo in the match against Krylya Sovetov.
In early 2007, he moved to CSKA, was announced in the summer. He made his debut on July 29, 2007 in a home game against the club “Khimki”, coming out in the first team [9]. The first goal for CSKA scored in a match against Ramen “Saturn” on August 10, 2008 [10].
In October 2011, Mamaev was transferred to CSKA youth for disciplinary reasons [11].
In 2012, he negotiated with several European clubs about his transfer [12], in particular, his transfer to Manchester United was 80% ready [13] - he had already signed a contract, and then it turned out that there was not enough matches for the national team [14] [15]. Since then, Mamaev ceased to be part of the main team of his team and was eventually rented (with the option to purchase the contract) to Krasnodar [16], where he became a player in the main team. He was able to distinguish himself in the game against CSKA October 27, 2013 (5: 1), scoring the “goal of prestige” [17]. Krasnodar was planning to buy out a soccer player’s contract from the Moscow club [18], which he did at the end of the autumn part of the championship [19] [20]. On April 16, in the Russian Cup semi-final against CSKA (0: 1), which ended in victory for Krasnodar, the Achilles tendon ruptured and dropped out of the game for five months. On October 2, 2014, he returned to the pitch in a match with Everton.
Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev (Russian: Денис Дмитриевич Черышев; born 26 December 1990) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish club Valencia CF on loan from Villarreal CF, and the Russian national team.
A youth product of Real Madrid, he made his senior debut for the reserves in 2009 and with the first team in 2012. He then had loan spells at Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia before joining Villarreal permanently in 2016, and returned to Valencia on loan two years later.
Having earned 45 caps and scored 23 goals in its youth categories, Cheryshev made his debut for Russia in 2012. He was a participant at the 2018 World Cup.Early years
Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Cheryshev started his career at Sporting de Gijón, where his father Dmitri was playing at the time. He soon followed him to his next club, Burgos, entering its youth system at the age of 9.[2]
During his spell, Cheryshev was selected to play for the youth levels of the Castile and León regional team.[3]
Real Madrid
Cheryshev joined Real Madrid in 2002, and completed his formative years in their academy.[4] Still a junior, he appeared in nine Segunda División games with Real Madrid Castilla during the 2008–09 season; it was also during this time he formed a long-lasting friendship with future Spanish national team player Nacho.[5]
Over the next two years, Cheryshev played 61 matches and scored 11 goals for the reserve side. He was an important attacking unit as the latter campaign ended in promotion to Segunda División, after a five-year absence.[6]
Cheryshev made his debut in division two on 17 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away loss against Villarreal.[7] On 27 November, he made his official debut for the first team in a 3–0 home win (7–1 on aggregate) over Alcoyano in the season's Copa del Rey.[8][9]
In early 2007, he moved to CSKA, was announced in the summer. He made his debut on July 29, 2007 in a home game against the club “Khimki”, coming out in the first team [9]. The first goal for CSKA scored in a match against Ramen “Saturn” on August 10, 2008 [10].
In October 2011, Mamaev was transferred to CSKA youth for disciplinary reasons [11].
In 2012, he negotiated with several European clubs about his transfer [12], in particular, his transfer to Manchester United was 80% ready [13] - he had already signed a contract, and then it turned out that there was not enough matches for the national team [14] [15]. Since then, Mamaev ceased to be part of the main team of his team and was eventually rented (with the option to purchase the contract) to Krasnodar [16], where he became a player in the main team. He was able to distinguish himself in the game against CSKA October 27, 2013 (5: 1), scoring the “goal of prestige” [17]. Krasnodar was planning to buy out a soccer player’s contract from the Moscow club [18], which he did at the end of the autumn part of the championship [19] [20]. On April 16, in the Russian Cup semi-final against CSKA (0: 1), which ended in victory for Krasnodar, the Achilles tendon ruptured and dropped out of the game for five months. On October 2, 2014, he returned to the pitch in a match with Everton.