Ioan Yakovlev
Personal information
Full name Ioan Yakovlev[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998
Place of birth Narva, Estonia
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Levadia
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2009 Sillamäe Kalev
2010–2013 Levadia
2014 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Levadia III 6 (1)
2015–2016 Levadia U21 58 (15)
2017 Narva Trans 35 (2)
2018–2019 Tallinna Kalev 32 (3)
2018 Tallinna Kalev U21 5 (1)
2019 Atlético Saguntino 0 (0)
2019–2020 Arandina 17 (1)
2020 Peña Deportiva 0 (0)
2020–2021 Arandina 12 (1)
2021 Torrijos 3 (0)
2022 Tallinna Kalev 33 (6)
2023– Levadia 32 (3)
International career‡
2023– Estonia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2023

Ioan Yakovlev (born 19 January 1998) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Meistriliiga club Levadia and the Estonia national team.

Club career

Yakovlev played for Tallinna Kalev in Meistriliiga for the 2022 season. He was awarded Meistriliiga Player of the Month in May.[2] At the end of the season his goal on 15 October 2022 against Paide Linnameeskond was tied in the Goal of the Season vote.[3] He finished the season with 6 goals in 33 matches and the highest number of assists in the league (13).[4]

In December 2022 he signed a 2 and a half year deal with FCI Levadia.[4]

International career

Yakovlev made his senior international debut for Estonia on 8 January 2023, in a 1–1 draw against Iceland in a friendly.[5]

Personal

He held Estonian citizenship, but had to give it up and take Russian citizenship when he joined the academy of Zenit Saint Petersburg.[6] Yakovlev regained Estonian citizenship in 2022.[7]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Ioan Yakovlev" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. ↑ "Premium liiga kuu parimate auhinnad rändavad Levadiasse ja Kalevisse" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Premium liiga aasta värav" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 Naudi, Meelis (1 December 2022). "FCI Levadia sõlmis lepingu Premium liiga suurima söödumeistriga". Delfi.
  5. ↑ "Meeste koondis leppis maavõistluses Islandiga viiki" [The men's national team drew against Iceland in a friendly] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Pulk, Meinhard (29 January 2020). "Hispaanias keerulise aasta seljatanud Jakovlev on koduklubis kerkinud üheks fännide lemmikuks ja soovib Eesti passi tagasi saada". Soccernet.ee.
  7. ↑ Mikhailov, Sergey (16 October 2022). "Иоан Яковлев получил эстонский паспорт и надеется на вызов в сборную" [Ioan Yakovlev received an Estonian passport and hopes for a call up to the national team]. rus.err.ee.
  8. ↑ "Premium liiga kuu parimate auhinnad rändavad Levadiasse ja Kalevisse" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Avilov ja Pähn" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 3 November 2022.


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