Kirill Kosarev

Kirill Kosarev
Kosarev with Russia U19 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Kirill Andreyevich Kosarev
Date of birth (2001-08-01) 1 August 2001
Place of birth Samara, Russia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
Number 91
Youth career
Krylia Sovetov Samara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara 18 (1)
2018–2020 Murom 26 (5)
2019–2020 → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2023 Rubin Kazan 6 (0)
2021 → Tom Tomsk (loan) 16 (3)
2021 → Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Nizhny Novgorod (loan) 9 (1)
2022 → Volgar Astrakhan (loan) 13 (1)
2023–2024 Volgar Astrakhan 29 (2)
2024–2025 Tyumen 9 (1)
2025 Saturn Ramenskoye 13 (4)
2025– Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 29 (16)
International career‡
2018 Russia U17 5 (0)
2019 Russia U18 4 (3)
2019–2020 Russia U19 9 (4)
2021 Russia U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2021

Kirill Andreyevich Kosarev (Russian: Кирилл Андреевич Косарев; born 1 August 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a striker for Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg.

Club career

On 24 June 2020, Kosarev signed a 4-year contract with Rubin Kazan.[1]

Kosarev made his debut for Rubin Kazan on 16 September 2020 in a Russian Cup game against Chernomorets Novorossiysk.[2] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin on 31 October 2020 in a game against Arsenal Tula.[3]

On 20 February 2021, he was loaned to Tom Tomsk until the end of the 2020–21 season.[4]

On 28 July 2021, Kosarev joined Hrvatski Dragovoljac on loan for the 2021–22 season.[5]

After playing in four friendlies for Hrvatski Dragovoljac, he was recalled from loan and on 20 August 2021 he joined Nizhny Novgorod on loan instead.[6] He reunited with Aleksandr Kerzhakov, who was his manager at Tom Tomsk in the previous season. He scored his first Russian Premier League goal for Nizhny Novgorod on 7 November 2021 in a game against Akhmat Grozny.[7]

On 22 February 2022, Kosarev was loaned to Volgar Astrakhan.[8]

Honours

Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg

Career statistics

As of 25 May 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara 2017–18 Russian Second League 181–––181
Murom 2018–19 Russian Second League 21310–5[a]0273
2019–20 Russian Second League 5221––73
Total 265310050346
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (loan) 2019–20 Russian Second League 10–––10
Rubin Kazan 2020–21 Russian Premier League 3010––40
2021–22 Russian Premier League 00–––00
2022–23 Russian First League 3011––41
Total 6021000081
Tom Tomsk (loan) 2020–21 Russian First League 163–––163
Nizhny Novgorod (loan) 2021–22 Russian Premier League 9120––111
Volgar Astrakhan (loan) 2021–22 Russian First League 131–––131
Volgar Astrakhan 2022–23 Russian First League 80–––80
2023–24 Russian First League 21241––253
Total 292410000333
Career total 11813113005013416
  1. ↑ Appearances in the FNL Cup

References

  1. ↑ ""РУБИН" ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С КИРИЛЛОМ КОСАРЕВЫМ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rubin v Arsenal Tula game report". Russian Premier League. 31 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "КИРИЛЛ КЛИМОВ И КИРИЛЛ КОСАРЕВ ПРОВЕДУТ ОСТАТОК СЕЗОНА В АРЕНДЕ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 20 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "МИХАИЛ МЕРКУЛОВ И КИРИЛЛ КОСАРЕВ ПРОДОЛЖАТ КАРЬЕРУ В ХОРВАТИИ" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Кирилл Косарев – в "Нижнем"!" (in Russian). FC Nizhny Novgorod. 20 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Akhmat v Nizhny Novgorod game report". Russian Premier League. 7 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Футболист клуба РПЛ стал "волгарём"" (Press release) (in Russian). Volgar Astrakhan. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.