Kirill Vadimovich Shchetinin (russian: Кирилл Вадимович Щетинин; born 17 January 2002) is a Russian

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player who plays as an

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for FC Rostov.

Club career

He appeared for

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

Under-19 team in the

2018–19 UEFA Youth League The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League was the sixth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played on 29 April 2019 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between English side ...

. He moved to the youth team of

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

in August 2019 and played for Zenit U19 in the

2019–20 UEFA Youth League The 2019–20 UEFA Youth League was the seventh season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. Following the round of 16, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in ...

. On 26 July 2021, he joined FC Rostov on loan. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Rostov on 23 October 2021 in a game against FC Arsenal Tula. On 12 June 2022, Shchetinin moved to Rostov on a permanent basis and signed a 4.5-year contract. On 16 June 2022, Russian Premier League gave Shchetinin "Goal of the Year" award for his goal against

International career

In the

2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth football cham ...

qualification, he became the top goalscorer with 8 goals for Russia. At the final tournament, he scored once as Russia did not advance from the group stage.

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* * * 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kursk Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Rostov players Russian Premier League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-stub