Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko (Russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Капленко; born 15 June 1999) is a Belarus-born Russian football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Orenburg.
![]() Kaplenko with Orenburg in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko | ||
Date of birth | (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Minsk, Belarus | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive 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) |
2017–2022 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 48 | (0) |
2020–2022 | → Orenburg (loan) | 56 | (2) |
2022– | Orenburg | 9 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Russia U-20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2019 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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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 |
His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.
FC Orenburg – current squad | |
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