Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zhironkin (russian: Виталий Михайлович Жиронкин; born 10 March 2000) is a Russian

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player who plays for Leningradets.

Club career

On 1 July 2019, Zhironkin joined

FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika is an association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. Currently the club plays in the Russian First League, the second tier of the Russian football pyramid. History The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kalin ...

on loan for the 2019–20 season. Zhironkin made his debut in the

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for

on 13 July 2019 in a game against

FC 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 Pr ...

. On 20 July 2020, CSKA announced that Zhironkin had returned to Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 13 January 2021, the loan was terminated early. On 1 February 2021, he joined KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 2 July 2021, he was loaned to

FC Volgar Astrakhan Volgar FC (russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian First League. History The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food in ...

for the 2021–22 season. On 27 January 2022, the loan was terminated early and he moved to Kairat Moscow on a new loan. On 11 July 2022, Zhirnokin moved to Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on a permanent basis.

References

External links

Profile by Russian Football National League
* * 2000 births People from Balakovo Footballers from Saratov Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast players Russian First League players Russian Second League players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-stub