Valery Sergeyevich Kichin (russian: Валерий Сергеевич Кичин; born 12 October 1992) is a Kyrgyz-Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

Career

Club

On 27 February 2013, Kichin signed a long-term contract with

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. On 2 July 2014, Kichin signed a three-year contract with

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

, moving to

FC Tyumen FC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the Russian Premier League now plays in the third-tier FNL 2. The club was previously known as ''Geolog'' (in 1961–1963 and 1983–1991, meaning Geologist), ''Priboy'' ...

on loan in January 2015. After returning to Anzhi at the end of the 2014–15 season, Kichin's contract with Anzhi was terminated by mutual consent on 30 June 2015. Kichin joined

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian club Dinamo Minsk in July 2019, where he played until February 2020. On 17 February 2020, he signed with

Russian Football National 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� ...

club

Torpedo Moscow Football Club Torpedo Moscow (russian: link=no, ФК "Торпедо" Москва, ''FK Torpedo Moskva''), known as Torpedo Moscow, is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow that was founded in 1924 and returned to the Russian Pre ...

until the end of the 2019–20 season.

International

He has been a member of the

Kyrgyzstan national football team The Kyrgyzstan national football team ( ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын улуттук курама командасы (''Kyrgyz Respublikasynyn uluttuk kurama komandasy''); russian: Сборная Кыргызской Респ� ...

since 2011.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 14 June 2022''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Dordoi Bishkek * Shoro Top League (2):

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Kyrgyzstan Cup The Kyrgyzstan Cup ('' ky, Кыргызстан Кубогу, Keurgeuzstan Kubogu'') is Kyrgyzstan's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer). Previous winners Previous winners of the cup are: Soviet time *1939 Dinamo Frunze *19 ...

(1): 2012

Personal life

He is an

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. He is a citizen of Russia since 19.

References

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* * * 1987 births Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani Christians Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Living people Kyrgyzstani footballers Kyrgyzstan under-21 international footballers Kyrgyzstan international footballers Association football fullbacks FC Dordoi Bishkek players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk players FC Ufa players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Tyumen players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Torpedo Moscow players Kyrgyz Premier League players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Belarusian Premier League players Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Kyrgyzstani expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Belarus Kyrgyzstani expatriate sportspeople in Belarus {{Russia-footy-bio-stub