Dmitri Poloz

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Poloz (Дми́трий Дми́триевич По́лоз; born 12 July 1991) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker.

Club career
Poloz was born in Stavropol. He began to play football for his hometown club Dynamo Stavropol and joined the youth ranks of Lokomotiv Moscow in 2008. On 15 July 2009, he made his professional debut for Lokomotiv Moscow in a 1-2 away loss to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk in the Russian Cup.

Rostov
On 10 January 2012, Poloz signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rostov. On 17 March 2012, he made his debut for a new club in a league game against Terek Grozny. On 7 December 2012, he scored his first league goal in a 2–3 home loss to Krasnodar.

Zenit St Petersburg
On 28 June 2017, Poloz signed a three-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Loan to Rubin Kazan
On 26 July 2018, he joined FC Rubin Kazan on loan for the 2018–19 season.

Sochi
On 4 July 2019, he moved to PFC Sochi.

Return to Rostov
On 23 August 2020, he returned to FC Rostov in exchange for Ivelin Popov. On 28 November 2020, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in a 4–1 victory over FC Dynamo Moscow, two of his goals were from the penalty spot. Poloz left Rostov in June 2023.

International career
On 3 September 2014, Poloz made his national team debut in a friendly against Azerbaijan.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up. He was not included in the finalized World Cup squad.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.

Honours

 * Rostov
 * Russian Cup: 2013–14