Nikita Bozov

Nikita Bozov came through Spartak Moscow's academy, joining in 2014 after brief spells at Krasnogvardeets and Dynamo Moscow in the capital, and stayed in the system for nearly a decade, captaining the club's U19 and U21 sides along the way. He signed his first professional contract with Spartak in July 2021, and the wait for a senior debut ended on 25 May 2024, when he came off the bench against Orenburg in a goalless draw in the Russian Premier League. Earlier that year he had also featured for Spartak-2 in the second-tier Division B.

That solitary top-flight appearance for Spartak proved to be a launching point rather than a foothold. On 20 July 2024, Bozov moved to Baltika Kaliningrad on a five-year contract, though he spent his first season there out on the fringes, playing for the club's reserve side, Baltika-BFU, where he scored three goals in 16 Second League appearances.

Bozov has since been loaned to Torpedo Moscow. At international level, the right-footed defender has worked his way through Russia's youth ranks, from the U15s through to the U21s, gathering caps along the way including appearances in UEFA U17 Championship qualifiers.