Anton Shkarin


Anton Pavlovich Shkarin is a Russian beach soccer player who currently plays as defender for Krylya Sovetov Samara.
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Career

Shkarin began his beach soccer career at Spartak-Shchyolkovo before spending three more seasons at another local club, FC Strogino, and then moving to Lokomotive Moscow in 2010. He debuted for the national team at the 2005 Euro Beach Soccer Cup.
In the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Shkarin scored the first goal against Spain and helped his team win 5-1.
In December 2018, Shkarin switched to Spartak Moscow. For Lokomotive he scored 62 goals in a record 243 appearances.
In 2019, Anton Shkarin, Artur Paporotnyi, Maxim Chuzhkov and Yuri Krashennikov scored a goal each at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup bringing the score 7–1 against Italy.

Personal life

Shkarin enrolled at the MGSU as a structural architect.
On 8 July 2012, Shkarin made an offer to his girl Marina on the beach field after the match against Spain. They then married and she gave birth to Pavel. Shkarin lives in Fryazino.

Achievements

National team

Clubs

  • Russian National champion: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
  • Russian Cup champion: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • Russian Super Cup: 2011

Individually

  • '''Merited Master of Sports'''