Kirill Kaplenko
 Kaplenko with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Orenburg | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Minsk | |||
| 2013–2014 | BATE Borisov | ||
| 2015–2016 | Krasnodar | ||
| 2017 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 48 | (0) |
| 2020– | → Orenburg (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Russia U-20 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2019 | |||
Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko (Russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Капленко; born 15 June 1999) is a Belarus-born Russian football player who plays for Orenburg on loan from FC Zenit Saint Petersburg as a central midfielder.
Club career[]
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 22 July 2017 in a game against FC Tyumen.[1]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Zenit St. Petersburg on 18 September 2017 in a game against FC Ufa.[2]
On 21 February 2020 he was loaned to Orenburg.[3] The loan was extended for the 2020–21 season on 30 July 2020.[4]
International[]
Kaplenko was born and raised in Belarus. Upon moving to Russia, he acquired Russian citizenship and was called up to the Russia national under-20 football team in September 2018.[5] In fall 2017 he was called up to the Belarus national under-21 football team for the U21 Euro qualifying matches against Czech Republic and Greece, but rejected the invitation, citing his intention to represent Russia.[6]
Career statistics[]
- As of 13 May 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 2017–18 | FNL | 10 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Personal life[]
His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.
References[]
- ^ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Zenit-Ufa game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Полузащитник Кирилл Капленко на правах аренды переходит в ФК "Оренбург"" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Трансферные новости" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 30 July 2020.
- ^ "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Kirill Kaplenko did not show up for U21 team camp.
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- Expatriate footballers in Russia
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- Russian Premier League players
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