Vladimir Pisarskiy

Vladimir Vasilyevich Pisarsky (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Писарский; born 27 February 1996) formerly Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sychevoy (Russian: Владимир Александрович Сычевой) is a Ukrainian-born Russian football player, who plays as a centre-forward for Russian Premier League side Krylia Sovetov Samara. He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Irtysh Omsk on 13 October 2020 in a game against FC Akron Tolyatti. Pisarsky made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Orenburg on 16 July 2022 against PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. In his second RPL game a week later against FC Ural Yekaterinburg, he came on as a substitute at half-time and scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 victory. On 13 November 2022, Pisarsky scored his second RPL hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over FC Krasnodar and went into the 3.5-months-long league winter break on top of goalscoring table, tied with Quincy Promes at 14 goals. On 25 December 2022, Pisarsky signed a 3.5-year contract with PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, also changing his last name to Pisarsky. Pisarsky was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time in November 2022 for friendly games against Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. He made his debut against Tajikistan on 17 November 2022. He acquired citizenship of Russia in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. He changed his last name from Sychevoy (the last name of his biological father) to Pisarsky (the last name of his stepfather who raised him since young age) in December 2022.