Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Sunday, October 12, 2025, 16:22 / Updated Sunday, October 12, 2025 16:33
Nikita Stoinov (20 years old), the central defender of Dinamo, was emergency to Israel's national team for Italy from the 2026 World Championship preliminaries.
Nikita Stoinov is an international Youth of Israel and could have the chance of debut in the big team's shirt at the match scheduled on October 14 from 9:45 pm.
Nikita Stoinov, summoned by emergency at the Israeli national
The decision of the coach Ran Ben-Shimon comes in the context of the injury of Idan Nehmias, according to those from Sports.walla.co.il. The defender was injured in the 3-0 goal in the confrontation of Norway-Israel, score 5-0.
Nikita Stoinov is an international youth for Israel, and now, in the absence of solutions, she has received the summons of Ran Ben-Shimon. Dinamo's defender represented Israel at all youth representatives.
Nikita Stoinov has arrived this summer at Dinamo and is one of the most praised footballers in “pack”. Although he is only 20 years old, he was quickly imposed in the first “11” of the “dogs” and has already checked 9 matches, being a holder in the center of the defensive compartment, along with Kennedy Boateng.
Dinamo paid 450,000 euros to bring him to Bucharest from Maccabi Netanya. The specialized sites quoted him at 550,000 euros at the last update.
Nikita was also summoned to the action of the U21 team of the October Israel. It evolved 2 days ago in the qualifications for Euro 2027 in Israel U21 – Slovenia U21 1-1. Stoinov was integralist and saw the yellow card in the 66th minute.
He is our player, under contract. It is very important for us to have a balance between young and experienced players. The scouting department analyzes many players to analyze them. There were many. The level of selection is high, we want to play in the European cups.
Although he is very young, he already has a season played. And now, he is a player from the first 11. And many things can improve. Dinamo can get a lot of money on it in the future
–Zeljko kopic About Nikita Stoinov
