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

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. He plays for

FC 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 Le ...

on loan from

FC Rostov FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...

Career

He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and

FC 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 Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...

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

FC Sevastopol FC Sevastopol ( uk, ФК «Севастополь») was a Ukrainian football club based in Sevastopol. The club was a spiritual descendant of the Soviet clubs from Sevastopol such as Chaika Sevastopol. After the completion of 2013–14 Ukraini ...

in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

on 27 April 2014 . From January 2015, he was part of

FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( uk, ФК «Зоря» Луганськ ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team play their games at Slavutych-Arena in Zapo ...

in the

. 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

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the R ...

. 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

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

. On 14 June 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...

. 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

FC Tambov FC Tambov (russian: ФК Тамбов) was a Russian football team from Tambov. It last played in the Russian Premier League, having won promotion to the top division of Russian football in 2019, before dissolving in 2021. History FC Tambov start ...

, and then on 21 February 2020 he joined

FC Ural Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

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

. 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.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinin, Ihor 1995 births People from Kerch Naturalised 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