Kirill Kaplenko

Kirill Kaplenko
	Kaplenko with Orenburg in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko
Date of birth	15 June 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Baltika Kaliningrad
Number	8
Youth career
	Dinamo Minsk
2013–2014	BATE Borisov
2015–2016	Krasnodar
2017	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
2017–2022	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2020–2022	→ Orenburg (loan)
2022–2023	Orenburg
2024–	Baltika Kaliningrad
International career‡
2018–2019	Russia U20
2022–	Belarus
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

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 Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad and the Belarus national team.

Club career[edit]

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]

International[edit]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 27 November 2022

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	0	0	0	0	1	0	49	0
Zenit St. Petersburg	2017–18	Russian Premier League	2	0	1	0	0	0	–		3	0
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Orenburg	2019–20	Russian Premier League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2020–21	Russian First League	28	1	0	0	–		–		28	1
	2021–22	Russian First League	27	1	0	0	–		2^[b]	0	29	1
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	10	0	3	0	–		–		13	0
	Total		66	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	71	2
Career total			116	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	123	2

^ Appearance in the FNL Cup
^ Appearances in the promotion play-offs

International[edit]

As of match played 21 November 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Belarus	2022	2
Belarus	2023	5
Total		7

Personal life[edit]

His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.

References[edit]

^ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 22 July 2017.
^ "Zenit-Ufa game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2017.
^ "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.
^ "Трансферные новости" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Кирилл Капленко - наш!" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "ВIТАЕМ, КIРЫЛ!" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 9 February 2024.
^ "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
^ "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.

External links[edit]

Profile by Russian Football National League
Kirill Kaplenko at Soccerway
Kirill Kaplenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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[9] Appearance in the FNL Cup

[10] Appearances in the promotion play-offs

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

[8] "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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