Kirill Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Кирилл Викторович Погребняк; born 27 June 1992) is a Russian former
football
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second striker
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...
.
Career
Pogrebnyak made his professional debut for
Tom Tomsk
FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk).
History
The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...
on 17 July 2011 in the
Russian Cup game against
Metallurg-Oskol.
He scored his first goal for the club against
Sibir Novosibirsk on 1 September 2012. It was Pogrebnyak's equaliser that led Tom Tomsk to the penalty shootout where they won 4–3.
On 3 August 2013, Pogrebnyak was moved to
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 12 March 2019, he signed a one-year contract with
Allsvenskan
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club
Falkenbergs.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of
Pavel Pogrebnyak
Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к ; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spart ...
and twin of Nikolai Pogrebnyak.
References
External links
*
Player page on the official FC Tom Tomsk website*
*
1992 births
Twin sportspeople
Footballers from Moscow
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Fakel Voronezh players
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
Falkenbergs FF players
Russian Premier League players
Allsvenskan players
Russian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
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