Kirill Kaplenko
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 Kaplenko with Orenburg in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Minsk | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2025 | Khimki | 5 | (0) |
| 2025 | Spartak Kostroma | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | Dinamo Minsk | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Russia U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Belarus | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 Dinamo Minsk and the Belarus national team.
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.
