FC Zenit signed a 3-year contract with a player of the Russian youth national team Ivan Soloviev. The midfielder will join the team in 1 August 2013 when his labour agreement with Dynamo will expire, the club's official site says.
Ivan Soloviev playing at the position of a left winger was born on 29 March 1993 in Kaluga. Alumni of CPF Dynamo Moscow by Lev Yashin. In the Russian Premier-League he debuted on 4 November 2012 in a match of Dynamo Moscow against Krasnodar. In season 2012/13 he played 7 matches for the Moscow club in the championship and tha national cup and assisted twice. In the Russian youth national team he debuted on 14 November 2012 in a match against Slovakia.