Kirill Kaplenko

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

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, 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
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team 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)
2017–2019 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 48 (0)
2017–2022 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 (0)
2020–2022 → Orenburg (loan) 56 (2)
2022– Orenburg 29 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Russia U20 4 (0)
2022– Belarus 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

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] On 14 June 2022, Orenburg bought out his rights from Zenit.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] After failing to attract interest from Russian national team, in 2022 Kaplenko accepted invite from Belarus. He made debut for the team 17 November 2022 in a friendly match against Syria.

Career statistics
As of 27 November 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2016–17 Russian First League –––1[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18 100–––100
2018–19 220–––220
2019–20 Russian Second League 160–––160
Total 480000010490
Zenit St. Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 201000–30
2019–20 000000–00
Total 2010000030
Orenburg 2019–20 Russian Premier League 10–––10
2020–21 Russian First League 28100––281
2021–22 27100–2[lower-alpha 2]0291
2022–23 Russian Premier League 10030––130
Total 662300020712
Career total 11624000301232
  1. Appearance in the FNL Cup
  2. Appearances in the promotion play-offs

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. "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. "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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