Igor Olegovich Kireev (; born 17 February 1992) is a Russian former professional

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player who played as a

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Club career

Kireev made his

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debut on 14 March 2010 for Spartak Moscow in a game against

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. On 17 February 2014,

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announced loaning Kireev out to Spartak Nalchik for the remaining part of 2013–14 season. He scored for Avangard Kursk but in vain as

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won the 2017–18 Russian Cup final against Avangard 2–1 on the 9 May 2018 in the

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.https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Coupe-de-russie-tosno-souleve Before that, he scored the winning goal in the semi-final that allowed Avangard to advance to the final.

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* * * 1992 births People from Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast Footballers from Kursk Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Russian Premier League players Russian First League players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Rostov players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Amkar Perm players FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Avangard Kursk players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Irtysh Omsk players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1992-stub