Former television commentator and now blogger Vasily Utkin, while briefly communicating with subscribers on his Telegram channel, told which football player with a Russian passport he found the strongest.
“With a hint – Malcolm,” Utkin replied simply.
Brazilian player Malcolm, Zenit St. He received Russian citizenship while playing in St. Petersburg. On February 24, 2023, he issued a Russian passport together with another Brazilian, Claudinho, from Zenit.
Malcolm joined St. Petersburg on 2 August 2019, transferring from Catalan Barcelona. He moved to the St. Petersburg club. The transfer amount was 40 million Euros and 5 million Euros was paid to the Spanish club as a bonus. He became the RPL’s top scorer in the 2022/23 season, scoring 23 goals. In the same season, Malcolm was named the best football player of the year according to the Russian Football Union (RFU). During his time in Russia, he managed to become the national champion four times, won the Russian Cup once and the country’s Super Cup three times.
On August 23, 2023, Zenit officially announced that Malcom will leave for Saudi Al-Hilal.
Previously president of RPL Alaev named The best foreign player in the RPL.