Ilya Konstantinovich Zhigulyov (Russian: Илья Константинович Жигулёв; born 1 February 1996) is a Russian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Pari Nizhny Novgorod.

Ilya Zhigulyov
Zhigulyov with Tosno in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ilya Konstantinovich Zhigulyov
Date of birth (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Severskaya, Russia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Pari NN
Number 4
Youth career
Krasnodar Krai Football Academy
2013–2016 Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021 Krasnodar-2 88 (8)
2016Milsami Orhei (loan) 12 (3)
2017–2021 Krasnodar 17 (0)
2018Tosno (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021Rotor Volgograd (loan) 26 (0)
2021–2022 Zagłębie Lubin 13 (0)
2022– Pari NN 25 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Russia U21 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Club career

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He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 1 November 2013 in a game against FC Druzhba Maykop.[2]

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 28 February 2017 in a Russian Cup game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[3] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Krasnodar on 5 March 2017 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow.

On 9 February 2018, he joined FC Tosno on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[4] He played as FC Tosno won the 2017–18 Russian Cup final against FC Avangard Kursk on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.[5]

On 30 August 2018, he signed with FC Ural Yekaterinburg for another season-long loan, reuniting with his former Tosno coach Dmytro Parfenov.[6]

On 4 August 2020, he joined FC Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.[7]

On 20 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.[8] On 20 April 2022, he left the club by mutual consent.[9]

On 1 September 2022, Zhigulyov moved to Russian Premier League club Pari NN on a two-year contract.[10]

Honours

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Club

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Tosno

Career statistics

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As of match played 9 December 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Krasnodar-2 2013–14 Russian Second League 12 1 12 1
2014–15 Russian Second League 17 3 17 3
2015–16 Russian Second League 24 2 4[a] 0 28 2
2016–17 Russian Second League 2 0 2 0
2017–18 Russian Second League 4 1 4 1
2018–19 Russian First League 1 0 1 0
2019–20 Russian First League 24 1 24 1
2020–21 Russian First League 1 0 1 0
2021–22 Russian First League 3 0 3 0
Total 88 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 92 8
Milsami Orhei (loan) 2016–17 Divizia Națională 12 3 12 3
Krasnodar 2016–17 Russian Premier League 7 0 1 0 1[b] 0 9 0
2017–18 Russian Premier League 8 0 0 0 4[b] 0 12 0
2018–19 Russian Premier League 2 0 2 0
2019–20 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 17 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 23 0
Tosno (loan) 2017–18 Russian Premier League 10 0 3 0 13 0
Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 2018–19 Russian Premier League 5 0 2 1 2[a] 0 9 1
Rotor Volgograd (loan) 2020–21 Russian Premier League 26 0 0 0 26 0
Zagłębie Lubin 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 13 0 2 0 15 0
Nizhny Novgorod 2022–23 Russian Premier League 12 0 3 0 2[c] 0 17 0
2023–24 Russian Premier League 13 0 3 0 16 0
Total 25 0 6 0 33 0
Career total 199 11 14 1 5 0 8 0 223 12
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FNL Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in Relegation playoffs

References

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  1. ^ "Ilya Zhigulyov" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Ilya Zhigulyov at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Ural-Krasnodar game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ ИЛЬЯ ЖИГУЛЁВ ПРОВЕДЕТ ОСТАТОК СЕЗОНА В «ТОСНО» (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 9 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Tosno-Avangard game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. ^ ""Урал" арендовал Илью Жигулёва" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 30 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Полузащитник Илья Жигулёв пополнил ряды СК "Ротор"" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ "ILYA ZHIGULEV WZMACNIA KGHM ZAGŁĘBIE LUBIN!" (in Polish). Zagłębie Lubin. 20 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Ilya Zhigulev odchodzi z KGHM Zagłębia Lubin" (in Polish). Zagłębie Lubin. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Илья Жигулев – в "Пари НН"" (in Russian). Zagłębie Lubin. 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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