Ilya Zhigulyov

Russian footballer

Ilya Zhigulyov
Personal information
Zhigulyov with Tosno in 2018
Full name	Ilya Konstantinovich Zhigulyov
Date of birth	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Severskaya, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pari NN
Number	4
Youth career
	Krasnodar Krai Football Academy
2013–2016	Krasnodar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2021	Krasnodar-2	88	(8)
2016	→ Milsami Orhei (loan)	12	(3)
2017–2021	Krasnodar	17	(0)
2018	→ Tosno (loan)	10	(0)
2018–2019	→ Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	5	(0)
2020–2021	→ Rotor Volgograd (loan)	26	(0)
2021–2022	Zagłębie Lubin	13	(0)
2022–	Pari NN	25	(0)
International career^‡
2017–2018	Russia U21	17	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Ilya Konstantinovich Zhigulyov (Russian: Илья Константинович Жигулёв; born 1 February 1996) is a Russian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Pari NN.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 1 November 2013 in a game against FC Druzhba Maykop.^[2]

He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 28 February 2017 in a Russian Cup game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg.^[3] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Krasnodar on 5 March 2017 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow.

On 9 February 2018, he joined FC Tosno on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.^[4] He played as FC Tosno won the 2017–18 Russian Cup final against FC Avangard Kursk on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.^[5]

On 30 August 2018, he signed with FC Ural Yekaterinburg for another season-long loan, reuniting with his former Tosno coach Dmytro Parfenov.^[6]

On 4 August 2020, he joined FC Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.^[7]

On 20 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.^[8] On 20 April 2022, he left the club by mutual consent.^[9]

On 1 September 2022, Zhigulyov moved to Russian Premier League club Pari NN on a two-year contract.^[10]

Honours

Club

Tosno

Russian Cup: 2017–18

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2023

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krasnodar-2	2013–14	Russian Second League	12	1	–		–		–		12	1
	2014–15	Russian Second League	17	3	–		–		–		17	3
	2015–16	Russian Second League	24	2	–		–		4^[a]	0	28	2
	2016–17	Russian Second League	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2017–18	Russian Second League	4	1	–		–		–		4	1
	2018–19	Russian First League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2019–20	Russian First League	24	1	–		–		–		24	1
	2020–21	Russian First League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2021–22	Russian First League	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	Total		88	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	92	8
Milsami Orhei (loan)	2016–17	Divizia Națională	12	3	–		–		–		12	3
Krasnodar	2016–17	Russian Premier League	7	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	–		9	0
	2017–18	Russian Premier League	8	0	0	0	4^[b]	0	–		12	0
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	23	0
Tosno (loan)	2017–18	Russian Premier League	10	0	3	0	–		–		13	0
Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)	2018–19	Russian Premier League	5	0	2	1	–		2^[a]	0	9	1
Rotor Volgograd (loan)	2020–21	Russian Premier League	26	0	0	0	–		–		26	0
Zagłębie Lubin	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	13	0	2	0	–		–		15	0
Nizhny Novgorod	2022–23	Russian Premier League	12	0	3	0	–		2^[c]	0	17	0
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	13	0	3	0	–		–		16	0
	Total		25	0	6	0	–		–		33	0
Career total			199	11	14	1	5	0	8	0	223	12

^ ^a ^b Appearances in the FNL Cup
^ ^a ^b Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in Relegation playoffs

References

^ "Ilya Zhigulyov" (in Russian). FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ Ilya Zhigulyov at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
^ "Ural-Krasnodar game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 28 February 2017.
^ ИЛЬЯ ЖИГУЛЁВ ПРОВЕДЕТ ОСТАТОК СЕЗОНА В «ТОСНО» (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 9 February 2018.
^ "Tosno-Avangard game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 May 2018.
^ ""Урал" арендовал Илью Жигулёва" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 30 August 2018.
^ "Полузащитник Илья Жигулёв пополнил ряды СК "Ротор"" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 4 August 2020.
^ "ILYA ZHIGULEV WZMACNIA KGHM ZAGŁĘBIE LUBIN!" (in Polish). Zagłębie Lubin. 20 September 2021.
^ "Ilya Zhigulev odchodzi z KGHM Zagłębia Lubin" (in Polish). Zagłębie Lubin. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "Илья Жигулев – в "Пари НН"" (in Russian). Zagłębie Lubin. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.