Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zhironkin (; born 10 March 2000) is a Russian
football
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player who plays for
Spartak Kostroma.
Club career
On 1 July 2019, Zhironkin joined
Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2019–20 season. Zhironkin made his debut in the
Russian Football National League
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for Baltika on 13 July 2019 in a game against
Torpedo Moscow
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.
On 20 July 2020, CSKA announced that Zhironkin had returned to Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 13 January 2021, the loan was terminated early.
On 1 February 2021, he joined
KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.
On 2 July 2021, he was loaned to
Volgar Astrakhan for the 2021–22 season. On 27 January 2022, the loan was terminated early and he moved to
Kairat Moscow on a new loan.
On 11 July 2022, Zhirnokin moved to
Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on a permanent basis.
References
External links
Profile by Russian Football National League*
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2000 births
People from Balakovo
Footballers from Saratov Oblast
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players
FC Volgar Astrakhan players
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players
FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast players
FC Volga Ulyanovsk players
FC Spartak Kostroma players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players
21st-century Russian sportsmen
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