Konstantin Igorevich Pliyev (; born 26 October 1996) is a Russian

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player who plays as

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Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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for

FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Spartak Vladikavkaz () was a Russian football club based in Vladikavkaz (formerly Ordzhonikidze), North Ossetia–Alania. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League during the communist era, and won its first and only league t ...

on 12 August 2014 in a game against FC Anzhi-2 Makhachkala. His loan by

FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika () is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. History The club was founded on 22 December 1954 as ''Pishchevik Kaliningrad''. In ...

from

FC Rostov FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-199 ...

was terminated on 25 December 2018. On 9 July 2019, he joined

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (; ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the Russian Premier League. Founded 1958 in Russia, in 1958, Rubin played its first-ever top flight season in 2003 Russia ...

on loan for the 2019–20 season. On 25 September 2020, he was loaned to

FC Ufa FC Ufa (, ) is a Football in Russia, Russian football club based in Ufa that plays in the Russian First League. History During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second President of the Bashkortostan, Republic of Bashkortostan, began consi ...

for the 2020–21 season. On 25 February 2021, he moved to Ufa permanently in exchange to

Kirill Folmer Kirill Alekseyevich Folmer (; born 25 February 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays in the right midfielder position for Sibir Novosibirsk. He can also play as a central midfielder or attacking midfielder. Club career He made hi ...

going in the opposite direction.

Career statistics

Personal life

His older brother Zaurbek Pliyev is also a football player.

References

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* 1996 births Footballers from Vladikavkaz Ossetian footballers Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Rostov players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Ufa players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1996-stub