{{short description|Russian-born Kazakhstani footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Postnikov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yevgeny Postnikov | fullname = Yevgeny Ivanovich Postnikov | image = Evgeni Postnikov (2014).jpg | caption = Postnikov playing for FC Astana in a match against AIK on 7 August 2014 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR | height = 1.89 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs1 = FC Oskol | years1 = 2004–2005 | years2 = 2006–2007 | years3 = 2008–2009 | years4 = 2009–2010 | years5 = 2010–2011 | years6 = 2012–2013 | years7 = 2014–2021 | years8 = 2016 | clubs1 = Dynamo Moscow | clubs2 = Daugava Daugavpils | clubs3 = Zodiak-Oskol Stary Oskol | clubs4 = Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | clubs5 = Ventspils | clubs6 = Shakhtyor Soligorsk | clubs7 = Astana | clubs8 = → Ventspils (loan) | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = 19 | caps3 = 47 | caps4 = 15 | caps5 = 47 | caps6 = 59 | caps7 = 149 | caps8 = 8 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 3 | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = 4 | goals6 = 3 | goals7 = 2 | goals8 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam1 = Kazakhstan | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Yevgeny Ivanovich Postnikov''' ({{langx|ru|Евгений Иванович Постников}}; born 16 April 1986) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani former professional footballer.<ref>{{Sportbox.ru|Futbol/Evgeniy-Ivanovich-Postnikov-Futbol-16041986}}</ref>
==Career== In February 2014, Postnikov went on trial with both Irtysh Pavlodar and Astana,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Евгений Постников покинул "Иртыш" и отправился на просмотр в "Астану"|url=http://football.by/news/54644.html|website=football.by/|publisher=Football.by|access-date=25 July 2014|language=ru}}</ref> going on to sign a contract with Astana in March 2014, whilst also taking Kazakhstani citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Постников стал казахстанцем http://sports.kz/news/postnikov-stal-kazahstantsem|url=http://sports.kz/news/postnikov-stal-kazahstantsem|website=sports.kz/|publisher=Sports.kz/|access-date=25 July 2014|language=ru}}</ref> On 24 August 2016, Astana announced that before Postnikov was loaned to FK Ventspils, he had signed a new contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Постников продлил контракт с Астаной|url=http://fca.kz/rus/news/5278/|website=fca.kz|publisher=FC Astana|access-date=25 August 2016|language=ru|date=24 August 2016}}</ref> On 17 February 2021, Postnikov left Astana after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Евгений Постников покинул Астану |url=https://fcastana.kz/news/evgeniyi-postnikov-pokinul-astanu |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=17 February 2021 |language=Russian |date=17 February 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|Match played 30 November 2020}}<ref>{{Soccerway|evgeny-postnikov/126191}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Ventspils |2010 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|LMT Virslīga |18||1|| || ||2||0||colspan="2"|–||20||1 |- |2011 |28||3||3||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||35||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !46!!4!!3!!0!!6!!0!!-!!-!!55!!4 |- |rowspan="3" valign="center"|Shakhtyor Soligorsk |2012 |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Belarusian Premier League |30||1||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||34||1 |- |2013 |29||2||2||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||33||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !59!!3!!4!!0!!4!!0!!-!!-!!67!!3 |- |rowspan="8" valign="center"|Astana |2014 |rowspan="7" valign="center"|KPL |14||0||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0 |- |2015 |28||0||5||0||12||1||1||0||46||1 |- |2016 |16||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||18||0 |- |2017 |28||1||1||0||9||0||1||0||39||1 |- |2018 |19||0||0||0||14||1||1||0||35||1 |- |2019 |31||1||0||0||14||1||1||0||46||2 |- |2020 |13||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||15||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !149!!2!!10!!0!!58!!3!!6!!0!!223!!5 |- |valign="center"|Ventspils (loan) |2016 |LMT Virslīga |8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !262!!10!!17!!0!!68!!3!!6!!0!!353!!13 |}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|Kazakhstan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2018||7||0 |- |2019||1||0 |- !Total||8||0 |} ''Statistics accurate as of match played 21 March 2019''<ref name="NFT Stats">{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/70776/Yevgeny_Postnikov.html |title=Yevgeny Postnikov |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>
== Honours == ;Ventspils * LMT Virslīga (1): 2011 * Latvian Cup (1): 2010–11 ;Astana * Kazakhstan Premier League (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 * Kazakhstan Super Cup (1): 2015
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Postnikov, Yevgeny}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Russian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Russian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Category:FC Dynamo Moscow reserves players Category:FC Daugava players Category:FK Ventspils players Category:FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players Category:FC Astana players Category:Kazakhstani men's footballers Category:Kazakhstan men's international footballers Category:Footballers from Belgorod Oblast Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen