Kirill Kaplenko

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Kaplenko.
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)
2020–2022 → Orenburg (loan) 56 (2)
2022–2023 Orenburg 32 (2)
2024 Baltika Kaliningrad 14 (2)
2024 → Baltika-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

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

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

Club

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

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

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. ^ "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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