Ilya Sergeyevich Gaponov (russian: Илья Сергеевич Гапонов; born 25 October 1997) is a Russian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He plays as a

centre-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 ...

for

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

for

FC Strogino Moscow FC Strogino Moscow (russian: ФК Строгино Москва) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and ...

on 20 July 2015 in a game against

FSK Dolgoprudny FC Olimp-Dolgoprudny (russian: ФК «Олимп-Долгопрудный») was a professional association football club from Dolgoprudny, Russia. It made its debut in the second-highest Russian Football National League in the 2021–22 season ...

. He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Spartak Moscow on 25 April 2019 in a game against FC Arsenal Tula, as a starter. On 22 February 2022, Gaponov joined

on loan. On 30 May 2022, Gaponov moved to Krylia Sovetov on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.

Career statistics

References

External links

* * 1997 births Sportspeople from Oryol Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Strogino Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-defender-1997-stub