Ilya Shkurin ( be, Ілля Шкурын; russian: Илья Шкурин; born 17 August 1999) is a Belarusian professional

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who plays as

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for Polish club

Stal Mielec Stal Mielec () is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. Historically, the club has enjoyed great successes within Poland's Ekstraklasa, winning the title twice (in 1973 and 1976) but had under ...

. He is also under contract with Russian club

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

, but that contract is suspended. He will join Stal on a permanent basis on 1 July 2024.

Club career

In the 2019 season, he became the top scorer of the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belaru ...

with 19 goals scored. On 8 January 2020, Shkurin was transferred to

FC Dynamo Brest FC Dynamo Brest ( be, ФК Дынама Брэст, ''FK Dynama Brest''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Брест) is a Belarusian professional football club based in Brest. The club plays in the Belarusian Premier League, the top divis ...

, and the next day he was re-sold by Dynamo to the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 200 ...

club

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English: ...

. He signed a 4,5-year contract with CSKA. Shkurin was handed the number 99 shirt until the end of the 2019–20 season, due to

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

rules stipulating he couldn't use the number 11 as it had previously been used by

Lucas Santos Lucas Santos da Silva, known as Lucas Santos or Lucas Silva (born 7 March 1999) is a Brazilian soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Portuguesa-RJ. Club career He made his professional debut in the Campeonato Cario ...

that season. On 9 July 2021, he joined FC Dynamo Kyiv on a season-long loan. On 27 February 2022, he was loaned to Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

side

Raków Częstochowa Robotniczy Klub Sportowy Raków Częstochowa Spółka Akcyjna (commonly referred to as Raków Częstochowa, or simply Raków) is a Polish professional football club, based in Częstochowa, that competes in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of na ...

until the end of the year. On 5 September 2022, Shkurin's loan spell with Raków Częstochowa was terminated, and he suspended his contract with CSKA Moscow for the 2022–23 season, having taken advantage of the FIFA ruling relating to the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...

. On the same day, he joined

Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish sp ...

in Israel for the 2022–23 season. On 5 July 2023, Shkurin returned to Poland to join

until the end of the season. On 8 January 2024, Shkurin signed a one-year deal with Stal, with an option for another year, and will join them permanently on 1 July once his contract with CSKA expires.

International career

Amid the 2020 Belarusian protests, Shkurin refused to play for the national team until the resignation of president

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

Career statistics

Honours

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top goalscorer:

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Player of the Month: November 2023

References

External links

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Profile at FC Vitebsk website
1999 births Living people Footballers from Vitebsk Belarusian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Vitebsk players FC Energetik-BGU Minsk players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Raków Częstochowa players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players Stal Mielec players Belarusian Premier League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players Liga Leumit players Belarusian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Israel {{Belarus-footy-forward-stub