Igor Olegovich Kalinin (; born 11 November 1995) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

He is product of Sports School #5 Sevastopol and Illichivets Mariupol sports schools. In 2014, after the annexation of

Kerch Kerch, also known as Keriç or Kerich, is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea. It has a population of Founded 2,600 years ago as the Colonies in antiquity#Greek colonies, ancient Greek colony Pantik ...

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, by Russia, which is home to the player, Kalinin received a Russian passport. He made his début for Illichivets Mariupol in game against

Sevastopol Sevastopol ( ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea. Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base th ...

in the

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on 27 April 2014 . From January 2015, he was part of

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk was based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team currently plays its games at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhzhia. The modern club as a ...

in the

. In December 2015, he left the club after the results of the investigation in which he was identified as the organizer of events to manipulate the results of the youth team matches. On 2 February 2018, he signed a 4.5-year contract with

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. On 3 August 2018, he was released from his Krasnodar contract by mutual consent. On 20 September 2018, he signed a 3-year contract with

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003. It has remained there through the 2021–2 ...

. On 14 June 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

. He made only one appearance in the Russian Cup in the first half of the 2019–20 season. In February 2020, he started the 2020 edition of the

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representing

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, and then on 21 February 2020 he joined Ural Yekaterinburg on loan with an option to purchase (finishing the FNL Cup with Ural). The loan was extended on 28 July 2020. At the end of the 2020–21 season, the purchase obligation was triggered in the loan contract, and Ural acquired his rights. On 12 June 2021, he signed a 5-year contract with

. On 8 September 2022, Kalinin joined

Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh () is a Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. The club will return to the Russian First League in the 2025–26 season ...

on loan until the end of the season. On 27 June 2023, the loan was extended for one more season. On 12 July 2024, the loan was extended once again.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalinin, Ihor 1995 births People from Kerch Sportspeople from Crimea Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalized citizens of Russia Living people Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ukraine men's youth international footballers 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Russian men's footballers FC Mariupol players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Krasnodar players FC Krasnodar-2 players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Tambov players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players FC Rostov players FC Fakel Voronezh players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen