Kudrjashov joins Krylya
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
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FC Spartak Moskva midfielder Dmitri Kudrjashov will spend the 2003 season on loan at FC Krylya Sovetov Samara.
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In a surprise move, the talented 19-year-old has become the latest of several high-profile signings by Krylya Sovetov, who will have the option to buy the player outright at season's end.
Midfield reinforcements
A Russian Under-21 international, Kudrjashov has found himself surplus to requirements at Spartak following the arrivals of Dmitri Smirnov from FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moskva and Maxim Demenko from FC Rostselmash Rostov-Na-Donu, both midfielders.
League form
Kudrjashov scored five goals in 22 league games for Spartak last term after his winter transfer from French side AS Saint-Etienne, where he had played for three years.
Spending spree
He joins another Spartak player, Petr Nemov, also on a year's loan, in Samara. In a busy pre-season, Krylya Sovetov have also acquired SC Rotor Volgograd goalkeeper Andrei Chichkin, 19-year-old Brazilian defender Leilton Silva dos Santos from EC Vitória, and former Brazilian international Jose Ivanaldo de Souza from Clube Atlético Mineiro.
