Yegor Filipenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vsevolodovich and the family name is Filipenko.

Yegor Vsevolodovich Filipenko (Belarusian: Ягор Усеваладавіч Філіпенка; Russian: Егор Всеволодович Филипенко; born 10 April 1988) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg as a central defender.

Yegor Filipenko
Ягор Філіпенка

Filipenko playing for Belarus in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Yegor Vsevolodovich Filipenko
Date of birth	(1988-04-10) 10 April 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Ural Yekaterinburg
Number	24
Youth career
0000–2001	Smena Minsk
2001–2005	BATE Borisov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	BATE Borisov	23	(2)
2008–2011	Spartak Moscow	16	(1)
2009	→ Tom Tomsk (loan)	2	(0)
2010	→ Sibir Novosibirsk (loan)	18	(0)
2011	→ BATE Borisov (loan)	20	(2)
2012–2014	BATE Borisov	64	(4)
2015–2016	Málaga	8	(0)
2016–2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18	(0)
2018	→ Ashdod (loan)	14	(0)
2018–2020	BATE Borisov	60	(2)
2021–2022	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	35	(3)
2022–	Ural Yekaterinburg	44	(1)
International career‡
2004–2005	Belarus U17	4	(0)
2006	Belarus U19	4	(0)
2009–2011	Belarus U21	21	(3)
2007–2017	Belarus	52	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 September 2017

He spent most of his career at BATE Borisov, winning seven Belarusian Premier League titles. He also spent time playing in Russia, Spain and Israel.

A full international for Belarus, Filipenko earned 52 caps in a decade-long international career starting in 2007. He scored the goal which qualified them to the 2012 Olympic tournament.

Club career

Belarus and Russia

Filipenko was born in Minsk and was part of Smena Minsk's youth team.^[2] He then joined FC BATE Borisov's youth setup, and made his senior debuts for the latter in 2006.

In 2008 Filipenko moved to Spartak Moscow, but had difficulties retaining his place in the first team following the resignation of Stanislav Cherchesov and was sent out on a number of loans to other Eastern European teams.^[3] On 27 September 2009, Filipenko scored his first and only goal for the Moscow side in a 5–0 home win against one of his former clubs Tom Tomsk.^[4]

In February 2012 Filipenko returned to former club BATE Borisov, featuring regularly and scoring a career-best three goals in 2013. He was also crowned champions of the Belarusian Premier League four times in a row while playing for BATE.

Málaga

On 5 January 2015, Filipenko signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Málaga CF.^[5] Five days later he was featured in their matchday squad for the first time, remaining an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw with Villarreal CF at La Rosaleda.^[6] He made his debut on the 13th, replacing Marcos Alberto Angelleri for the last 25 minutes of a 2–3 away defeat to Levante UD in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey, Málaga nonetheless advanced on aggregate.^[7]

Filipenko made his Spanish top-flight debut on 6 December 2015, starting in a goalless draw at Athletic Bilbao and being replaced by Juanpi at half time.^[8]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

After only 11 matches in 18 months in Spain, Filipenko signed a two-year deal at Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. on 14 June 2016.^[9] On 7 July, he made his debut in the 1–0 away victory against ND Gorica in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualification.^[10]

BATE Borisov (third spell)

Filipenko rejoined BATE Borisov for the third time in the summer of 2018, remaining with the Barysaw side until January 2021. In total, he has made 236 official appearances for the team, 21 as captain.^[11]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 8 September 2022, Filipenko joined Ural Yekaterinburg in Russia.^[12]

International career

Filipenko challenging Spain's Adrián in 2011

Filipenko made his senior international debut on 12 September 2007, replacing Henadz Bliznyuk for the last 16 minutes of a 0–1 defeat to Slovenia at the Arena Petrol in Celje, for UEFA Euro 2008 qualification.^[13]

On 25 June 2011, at the finals in Denmark, Filipenko scored the only goal of the game in the Olympic Play-Off against the Czech Republic in the 88th minute. This took Belarus to the Olympic football championship for the first time in their history.^[14] However, he did not take part in the tournament, in which Belarus were eliminated in the group stage.

His first international goal came on 10 September 2013 in a World Cup qualifier against France at the Central Stadium in Gomel, opening the scoring with a 32nd-minute header, albeit in a 2–4 defeat.^[15] On 30 March 2015, Filipenko captained the Belarusians during the first half of the goalless draw with Gabon in a friendly match in Belek, Turkey.^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 July 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
BATE Borisov	2006	Belarusian Premier League	3	0	1	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2007		20	2	5	0	7[a]	0	—		32	2
	Total		23	2	6	0	7	0	0	0	36	2
Spartak Moscow	2008	Russian Premier League	11	0	2	0	4[b]	0	—		17	0
	2009		5	1	—		—		—		5	1
	Total		16	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	22	1
Tom Tomsk (loan)	2009	Russian Premier League	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Sibir Novosibirsk	2010		18	0	2	0	2[c]	0	—		22	0
BATE Borisov	2011	Belarusian Premier League	20	2	0	0	10[d]	0	1[e]	0	31	2
	2012		19	0	1	0	5[d]	1	—		25	1
	2013		22	3	0	0	2[c]	0	—		24	3
	2014		23	1	1	0	9[d]	0	1[e]	0	34	1
	Total		84	6	2	0	26	1	2	0	114	7
Málaga	2014–15	La Liga	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2015–16		8	0	2	0	—		—		10	0
	Total		8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2016–17	Israeli Premier League	17	0	3	0	8[c]	0	5[f]	0	33	0
	2017–18		1	0	1	0	3[c]	0	4[f]	0	9	0
	Total		18	0	4	0	11	0	9	0	42	0
Ashdod	2017–18	Israeli Premier League	14	0	2	0	—		—		16	0
BATE Borisov	2018	Belarusian Premier League	13	1	1	0	11[g]	1	—		25	2
	2019		23	0	2	0	3[h]	0	1[e]	0	29	0
	2020		24	1	5	1	1[c]	0	—		30	2
	Total		60	2	8	1	15	1	1	0	84	4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2021	Belarusian Premier League	25	2	4	0	4[i]	0	1[e]	0	34	2
	2022		10	1	0	0	2[j]	0	1[e]	0	13	1
	Total		35	3	4	0	6	0	2	0	47	3
Ural Yekaterinburg	2022–23	Russian Premier League	13	1	8	0	—		—		21	1
	2023–24		16	0	2	0	—		1[k]	0	19	0
	2024–25	Russian First League	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		30	1	10	0	—		1	0	41	1
Career total			308	15	44	1	71	2	15	0	438	18

1. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Cup
2. Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in the Belarusian Super Cup
6. Appearances in the Toto Cup
7. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, five appearances, one goal in the UEFA Europa League
8. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
9. Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
10. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
11. Appearance in the relegation play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Belarus	2007	5	0
	2008	10	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	5	0
	2013	8	1
	2014	5	0
	2015	6	0
	2016	6	0
	2017	5	0
Total		52	1

Scores and results list Belarus' goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2013	Central Stadium, Gomel, Belarus	France	1–0	2–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

BATE Borisov

• Belarusian Premier League: 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
• Belarusian Cup: 2019–20
• Belarusian Super Cup: 2011, 2014

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Toto Cup : 2017–18^[17]

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

• Belarusian Premier League: 2021
• Belarusian Super Cup: 2021

Belarus U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2011^[18][19]