Ihor Kalinin

Igor Kalinin (Russian: Игорь Олегович Калинин – Igor Olegovich Kalinin; Ukrainian: Ігор Олегович Калінін – Ihor Olehovych Kalinin; born 11 November 1995) is a professional Ukrainian and Russian (since 2014) football left-back. He plays for FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan from FC Dynamo Moscow.

Igor Kalinin

Kalinin with Rubin Kazan in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Igor Olegovich Kalinin
Date of birth	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995
Place of birth	Kerch, AR Crimea, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Ural Yekaterinburg
Number	13
Youth career
2008–2011	Sports School #5 Sevastopol
2011–2012	FC Illichivets Mariupol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	FC Illichivets Mariupol	4	(0)
2015	FC Zorya Luhansk	1	(0)
2016	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	5	(0)
2017	FC Volgar Astrakhan	35	(2)
2018	FC Krasnodar	2	(0)
2018–2019	FC Rubin Kazan	6	(1)
2019–	FC Dynamo Moscow	0	(0)
2020–	→ FC Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	8	(0)
National team^‡
2012–2013	Ukraine U18	6	(1)
2013	Ukraine U19	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 October 2016

Career

He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and FC Illichivets Mariupol sports schools.

In 2014, after the annexation of Kerch, Crimea, by Russia, which is home to the player, Kalinin received a Russian passport.[1]

He made his début for FC Illichivets Mariupol in game against FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League on 27 April 2014 .[2]

From January 2015, he was part of FC Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League. In December 2015, he left the club after the results of the investigation in which he was identified as the organizer of events to manipulate the results of the youth team matches.[3]

On 2 February 2018, he signed a 4.5-year contract with FC Krasnodar.[1] On 3 August 2018, he was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent.[4]

On 20 September 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Rubin Kazan.[5]

On 14 June 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Dynamo Moscow.[6] He made only one appearance in the Russian Cup in the first half of the 2019–20 season, and on 21 February 2020 he joined FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan with an option to purchase.[7] The loan was extended on 28 July 2020.[8]

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2018

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Illichivets Mariupol	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2013–14		1	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2014–15		3	0	1	0	–		4	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Zorya Luhansk	2014–15	Ukrainian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	5	0	0	0	–		5	0
Volgar Astrakhan	2016–17	FNL	11	0	0	0	–		11	0
	2017–18		24	2	0	0	–		24	2
	Total		35	2	0	0	0	0	35	2
Krasnodar	2017–18	Russian Premier League	2	0	–		–		2	0
Krasnodar-2	2017–18	PFL	1	0	–		–		1	0
Career total			48	2	1	0	0	0	49	2

References

1. «КРАСНОДАР» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ИГОРЕМ КАЛИНИНЫМ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 2 February 2018.
2. Чемпіонат Прем'єр-ліги. 27 тур. Матч № 209. 27.04.2014 (in Ukrainian). UPL Official Web Site. 27 April 2014.
3. http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2016/01/27/640807/
4. "«КРАСНОДАР» ПОКИНУЛ ИГОРЬ КАЛИНИН" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 3 August 2018.
5. "Игорь Калинин – игрок «Рубина»" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 20 September 2018.
6. "Игорь Калинин переходит в «Динамо»!" [Igor Kalinin moves to Dynamo!] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 14 June 2019.
7. "«Урал» арендовал Игоря Калинина" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 21 February 2020.
8. "Юрий Бавин и Игорь Калинин остаются в «Урале»" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 28 July 2020.

External links

• Ihor Kalinin at the Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)