Biography
In early youth, Ivan Fedotov decided to become a famous athlete. Now he is a professional hockey player speaking in the KHL Championship. In 2021, a guy who played for Russian clubs had an honor to defend the gate of the national national team on EuroChocket and the World Championships in Riga. By decision of the coach, Valery Bragin, he became one of the three goalkeepers.Childhood and youth
Biography Ivan Dmitrievich Fedotova began in Finland. The future athlete was born in November 1996 in the city of Lappeenranta. Shortly after the birth of the baby transported to St. Petersburg.
Mother, in the Maiden wearing the Finnish surname, often visited the relatives left abroad. The boy, in childhood, for a long time, gave a grandmother and grandfather for a long time, learned several foreign phrases, who helped communicate with the peers, but could not master the complex Somomi language. He spent most of the time in the company of representatives of the older generation, who loved holidays and travel around the country.
Father in his youth was an avid fan and a regular visitor of international tournaments. After in the late 2000, the World Hockey Championship was held in the northern capital of Russia, the head of the family offered Wan to sign up to the sports section. Soon it became clear that the child feels perfectly on the ice.
Adjustion by the club of Fedotov studied Olympic reserve in the specialized children's-youth sports school at the St. Petersburg club of SKA under the supervision of the coach of Igor Sergeevich Schukin. The mentor took a couple of months to see the potential of a professional goalkeeper in the ward.
In adolescence, Ivan was engaged in teachers from Moscow and Moscow region. Socialists from children's teams CSKA and Crystal have invested in him. A beginner hockey player took part in urban and regional tournaments. He did conscientiously work, but not enough stars from the sky.
Hockey
In 2013, Fedotov first went on ice as a professional goalkeeper. In MHL, the native Lappeenranta defended the gate of the Youth Club "Reactor", based in Neftekamsk and who was "the younger brother" "Neftekhimika" speaking in the KHL.After three seasons, the goalkeeper, who had 109 games, moved to the main team and took his debut in the match of the Continental Hockey League in the match against the Novosibirsk Siberia. "Naive, nothing knowing the guy" replaced the experienced Alexander of the ship, but, despite attempts to benefit, the game did not impress coaches, and Ivan's career in Russia stalled.
Not wanting to sit on the bench, Fedotov went over the ocean and in 2015 on the draft was chosen by the Philadelphia Flyers team under the 188th number. Once at the basic camp of Americans together with compatriots Mikhail Vorobyev, Radael Phazoeyev and Ivan Provorov, appreciated the professionalism of the mentors and acquired an experience that is not comparable with anything.
In 2016, the athlete returned to his homeland to defend the Gate of the Ufa Toros and Salavat Yulaeva. During this period, the composition of goalkeepers was so strong that the young hockey player was released on the ice only 4 times. This situation did not suit the ambitious athlete, and he went to the center of the Ural region, adopting the proposal of managers of the Chelyabinsk teams "Tractor" and "Chetmet".
Staying in a squad, which was led by the famous masters, like Petores Buchera, Vladimir Yursinov - Jr., and then Anwar Giatutulin, had a beneficial effect on statistics. In the 30 matches of Fedotov 15 times led the team to victory, reflecting 92.3% of the throws flying to his gate, and came to the number of KHL leaders in this indicator.
Personal life
Ivan does not like to talk about personal life in an interview to journalists. According to official data, a professional hockey player has no wife or children. In "Instagram" Fedotov rarely comments or publishes. However, there are photos in the company of colleagues and friends.
Once, the athlete was mentioned that she strives to become a comprehensively developed person. He loves an active rest along with reading books. To relax, the goalkeeper allows themselves to spend an hour or another games on the PlayStation console. All this helps to communicate with the peers and find a common language with educated representatives of the older generation.
Ivan Fedotov now
In 2021, the management of the Tractor agreed to let go of a goalkeeper into the capital of Russia. Chelyabinsk team received solid monetary compensation from Moscow CSKA.After it became known about the transition, Fedotov apologized to the Ural fans, saying that he plans to move on and in the near future it expects to sign a contract with the NHL professional club.
Career's useful for the development of the Russian national team, regularly participating in the world championships. For a native Lappeenranta training before traveling to Riga - the capital of the main annual tournament of the planet - the EuroChocature game was played against the most "evil" rivals - Chekhov.
After the defeat with the score of 0: 4, a squall of critics fell on Ivan. However, the chief mentor Valery Bragin did not do hasty conclusions. Goalkeeper, supported by comrades, carried out work on mistakes and tuned to victory, despite the offended failure.
Achievements
- 2020 - the best goalkeeper of February in KHL