Sergey PogrebnyakSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorRussian child prodigy Sergey Pinyaev frightened football fans. On Wednesday evening, the media reported that the 17-year-old midfielder was in intensive care straight from the training session of the Wings of the Soviets. Later, the club dispelled the rumors, but confirmed the fact of hospitalization. Who is Pinyaev? A midfielder at the age of 17 began his third season in adult football. Pinyaev is a graduate of Chertanovo, where since 2020 he has been fighting for the main team with the guys from the FNL (now the First League). He is also the author of the «youngest» goal in the history of the league. They started talking about Sergey a few years ago. When he was 13 years old, Manchester United drew attention to the guy, calling for an internship. The matter was not limited to one trip to England. Later, Pinyaev went to train with the Red Devils several more times. English clubs cannot sign underage foreign players, so a year ago Pinyaev moved to the Wings of the Soviets, playing in the Russian Premier League (RPL). Last season, he often came on as a substitute, but in the first round of the new one he already appeared in the starting lineup.
