Kirill Kaplenko

Kirill Kaplenko
Kaplenko with Zenit St. Petersburg in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko
Date of birth (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg/Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
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– → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 10 (0)
National team‡
2018– Russia U-20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2018

Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko (Russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Капленко; born 15 June 1999) is a Belarus-born Russian football player who plays for FC Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Zenit-2 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]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zenit St. Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 20100020
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2017–18 FNL 100––100
Career total 1201000120

Personal life

His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 22 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Zenit-Ufa game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Kirill Kaplenko did not show up for U21 team camp.
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