Kirill Sergeyevich Kurochkin (russian: Кирилл Серге́евич Курочкин; born 30 June 1988) is a former

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n footballer.

Career

He made his debut for

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 Footb ...

in a Russian Cup game against

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

on 8 August 2007. Dynamo lost 3–9.

Personal life

In February 2017, he was convicted of

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and given a 3-year

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. His suspended sentence was extended in the summer 2018 to 2020 due to another drug possession charge.

References

1988 births Sportspeople from Saransk Living people Russian footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Mordovia Saransk players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1988-stub