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Kirill Kaplenko

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Kirill Kaplenko
Kaplenko with Orenburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko
Date of birth (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Khimki
Number 55
Youth career
Dinamo Minsk
2013–2014 BATE Borisov
2015–2016 Krasnodar
2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 48 (0)
2017–2022 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 (0)
2020–2022Orenburg (loan) 56 (2)
2022–2023 Orenburg 32 (2)
2024 Baltika Kaliningrad 14 (2)
2024Baltika-BFU Kaliningrad 1 (0)
2024– Khimki 4 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Russia U20 4 (0)
2022– Belarus 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2024

Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko (Belarusian: Кірыл Дзмітрыевіч Капленка; Russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Капленко; born 15 June 1999) is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Khimki and the Belarus national team.

Club career

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He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 22 July 2017 in a game against Tyumen.[1]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for Zenit St. Petersburg on 18 September 2017 in a game against 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] On 14 June 2022, Orenburg bought out his rights from Zenit.[5]

On 9 February 2024, Kaplenko signed a contract with Baltika Kaliningrad until June 2028.[6]

On 25 August 2024, Kaplenko signed a contract with Khimki.[7]

International

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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.[8] 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.[9] After failing to attract interest from Russian national team, in 2022 Kaplenko accepted the invite from Belarus. He made his debut for the team on 17 November 2022 in a friendly match against Syria.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 23 October 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2016–17 Russian First League 1[a] 0 1 0
2017–18 10 0 10 0
2018–19 22 0 22 0
2019–20 Russian Second League 16 0 16 0
Total 48 0 1 0 49 0
Zenit St. Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Orenburg (loan) 2019–20 Russian Premier League 1 0 1 0
2020–21 Russian First League 28 1 0 0 28 1
2021–22 27 1 0 0 2[b] 0 29 1
Orenburg 2022–23 Russian Premier League 20 2 3 0 23 2
2023–24 12 0 4 0 16 0
Total 88 4 7 0 2 0 97 4
Baltika 2023–24 Russian Premier League 11 2 5 0 16 2
Baltika-BFU 2024 Russian Second League 1 0 1 0
Khimki 2024–25 Russian Premier League 4 0 3 0 7 0
Career total 154 6 16 0 0 0 3 0 173 6
  1. ^ Appearance in the FNL Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the promotion play-offs

International

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As of match played 26 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belarus 2022 2 0
2023 5 0
2024 2 0
Total 9 0

Personal life

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His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.

References

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  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. ^ "Полузащитник Кирилл Капленко на правах аренды переходит в ФК "Оренбург"" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 21 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Трансферные новости" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Кирилл Капленко - наш!" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  6. ^ "ВIТАЕМ, КIРЫЛ!" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Kirill Kaplenko s nami" [Kirill Kaplenko is with us!] (in Russian). FC Khimki. 25 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  9. ^ "Кирилл Капленко не явился в расположение сборной Беларуси U-21 без объяснения причин" [Kirill Kaplenko did not show up for U21 team camp] (in Russian). Tribuna. 28 August 2017.
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