Background
He is a son of the Olympic medalist race walker Mikhail Shchennikov.
He is a son of the Olympic medalist race walker Mikhail Shchennikov.
He also plays for the Russian national team Club He made his debut for the main squad in the Russian Cup game against Football Club Torpedo Vladimir on August 6, 2008. He came on as a substitute in an October 24, 2008 Union of European Football Associations Cup game against Deportivo Louisiana Coruña, making his debut in European competition before playing in any domestic league games.
He was one of the 50 nominees in the 2011 Golden Boy awards, but was not eventually included to the short list.
Shchennikov was a part of the Russia under-21 side that competed in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification. He has also played 19 games for Russia national under-21 team
He made his senior national team debut on 15 August 2012 in a friendly against Côte d"Ivoire.
