Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko (russian: Кирилл Викторович Панченко; born 16 October 1989) is a Russian

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

On 25 June 2013, Panchenko signed with

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. A year later, in July 2014, Panchenko signed for reigning

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champions

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

on a five-year contract. Upon signing for CSKA, Panchenko played in the shirt number 11 until

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left the club, then he took number 8. On 16 June 2016, he was loaned to

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for the 2016–17 season. On 23 February 2017, Dynamo announced they have agreed on terms with Panchenko and will activate the buy-out clause to gain his full rights after the loan deal expires at the end of the season. CSKA confirmed the permanent transfer on 23 May 2017. On 6 August 2020, he signed with

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for the term of 3 years, with an option to terminate the contract early in case of Tambov's relegation from the

. On 11 October 2020 he moved to

on a two-year contract.

Personal life

His father Viktor Panchenko was also a professional footballer, and was the top scorer during the 1993 Russian Premier League season. He is married to Yana, with whom he has a daughter named Kristina.

International

In October 2016, he was called up to the

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for a friendly against

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. He made his debut for the squad on 10 November 2016 in a friendly game against

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Honours

;Individual *

Russian National Football League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

top scorer: 2016–17 (24 goals for FC Dynamo Moscow)

Club statistics

Club

References

External links

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Player profile
at CSKA Moscow official website * 1989 births Sportspeople from Lipetsk Living people Russian people of Ukrainian descent Russian footballers Russia national football B team footballers Russia international footballers Association football forwards FC Dynamo Stavropol players FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Tom Tomsk players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Tambov players FC Arsenal Tula players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-forward-1980s-stub