Igor Olegovich Kalinin (russian: Игорь Олегович Калинин; born 11 November 1995) is a Russian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a left-back for

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

on loan from Rostov.

Career

He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and

Illichivets Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of ...

sports schools. In 2014, after the annexation of Kerch,

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, by Russia, which is home to the player, Kalinin received a Russian passport. He made his début for

in game against

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

in the Ukrainian Premier League on 27 April 2014 . From January 2015, he was part of 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. On 2 February 2018, he signed a 4.5-year contract with

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

. On 3 August 2018, he was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent. On 20 September 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with Rubin Kazan. On 14 June 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. He made only one appearance in the Russian Cup in the first half of the 2019–20 season. In February 2020, he started the 2020 edition of the

FNL Cup National Football League Cup is a Russian football competition, held among the best teams of Russian Football National League in the winter break. History The first cup was held in 2012. On 1 December 2011, it was reported that the cup rules were ...

representing Tambov, and then on 21 February 2020 he joined Ural Yekaterinburg on loan with an option to purchase (finishing the FNL Cup with Ural). The loan was extended on 28 July 2020. At the end of the 2020–21 season, the purchase obligation was triggered in the loan contract, and Ural acquired his rights. On 12 June 2021, he signed a 5-year contract with Rostov. On 8 September 2022, Kalinin joined

on loan until the end of the season. On 27 June 2023, the loan was extended for one more season. On 12 July 2024, the loan was extended once again.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinin, Ihor 1995 births People from Kerch Naturalized citizens of Russia Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's youth international footballers Russian men's footballers FC Mariupol players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Krasnodar players FC Krasnodar-2 players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Tambov players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Rostov players FC Fakel Voronezh players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players