Plays football for 7 years. Played for a youth League of the city of Krasny Sulin, then for Volgograd "Olympia" under the leadership of Leonid Slutsky. In 2000-2001 played for the second team of Shakhtar Donetsk. At 18, made his debut in the first team of the club "Rostselmash" and won a place in the first team. In the South of Russia spent 4 years. In 2004 advocated "Terek" and became the best scorer of the team, scoring 9 goals in 30 matches. Since December 2005 stood for "Moscow". In the first season he played 34 matches and scored 11 goals in the second - 35 caps and 16 goals, becoming the top scorer in the Premier League (scored same amount of goals with the Spartacist Roman Pavlyuchenko).
In June 2008 he signed a contract with Rubin Kazan, the transfer amount was 4.5 million euros. In the match against Saturn, which Kazantsev champion, scored a goal and gave an assist. In the summer of 2009 passed in Samara "wings of the Soviets" for lease[2]. In January 2010 he moved to Rostov on loan for a year[3].
In January 2011, "growth" extended rental player for another season[4]. In the summer of 2012 he signed a two-year contract with FC Rostov[5], but after 6 rounds in championship has not scored a single goal, and his contract was terminated by mutual consent of the parties.
18 September 2012 signed a one-year contract with Czech side Viktoria from Pilsen[6].
In the second half of 2013 played for Amateur football club "TPF" in the primacy of the Rostov region. The team consists of Taganrog poultry won the Cup of "the Hammer".[7]
In January 2014 as a free agent joined the Novosibirsk Sibir[8], and a year later left her because of debts on wages and weak performance in 12 games in the 2014/15 season he failed to score a single goal[9]. 1 February 2015 finished his career[10].
March 26, 2008 he made his debut in the Russian national team in a friendly match with the national team of Romania (0:3). At the European championship 2008 in the national team became the bronze medalist. In his debut match against Spain (1:4) in the 70th minute to replace Vladimir Bystrov, but remember only a failed transfer[11]. In the remaining matches to Guardiola.