Kirill Yuryevich Romanov (russian: Кирилл Юрьевич Романов; born 20 January 1990) is a Russian

beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

player who is playing as forward or defense. Romanov started for TIM and IBS before switching to

BSC Kristall BSC Kristall (russian: ПФК «Кристалл»), or simply Kristall, is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup, having won four times in 2014, 2 ...

, where he is currently serving as captain.

Career

Romanov was born 20 January 1990 in Leningrad. He was introduced to football in

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, where his parents emigrated. After returning to Saint Petersburg in 2005 he entered the sports school "Kolomyagi". From 2008 to 2009, Romanov played for TIM and from 2009 to 2012 for IBS, both clubs located in Saint Petersburg. Since the 2011–12 season he is playing for

. As the captain of BSC Kristall, Romanov scored 206 goals in 384 appearances.Kirill Romanov
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Personal life

Romanov married Irina on 29 September 2017.

Achievements

National team

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the ''Beach Soccer World Champions ...

champion: 2013, 2021 *

Euro Beach Soccer League The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in ...

champion: 2013, 2014, 2017 *

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup The Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an international beach soccer tournament which is held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates every November as the finale of the competitive international beach soccer season. The invitation-only tournament h ...

champion: 2012, 2015

Clubs

*Russian National Championship champion: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 *Russian Cup champion: 2015, 2017 *Russian Super Cup champion: 2018 *

Euro Winners Cup The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) fro ...

champion: 2014, 2015

References

External links

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on BSC Kristall {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanov, Kirill 1990 births Living people Russian beach soccer players Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg European Games gold medalists for Russia Beach soccer players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in beach soccer Beach soccer players at the 2019 European Games