Kirill Kosarev

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.

Kirill Kosarev

Kosarev with Russia U19 in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Kirill Andreyevich Kosarev
Date of birth	(2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Samara, Russia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	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	0	(0)
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 6 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2021

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]

Career statistics

As of 25 May 2024

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara	2017–18	Russian Second League	18	1	–		–		–		18	1
Murom	2018–19	Russian Second League	21	3	1	0	–		5[a]	0	27	3
	2019–20	Russian Second League	5	2	2	1	–		–		7	3
	Total		26	5	3	1	0	0	5	0	34	6
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (loan)	2019–20	Russian Second League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
Rubin Kazan	2020–21	Russian Premier League	3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	2022–23	Russian First League	3	0	1	1	–		–		4	1
	Total		6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Tom Tomsk (loan)	2020–21	Russian First League	16	3	–		–		–		16	3
Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	2021–22	Russian Premier League	9	1	2	0	–		–		11	1
Volgar Astrakhan (loan)	2021–22	Russian First League	13	1	–		–		–		13	1
Volgar Astrakhan	2022–23	Russian First League	8	0	–		–		–		8	0
	2023–24	Russian First League	21	2	4	1	–		–		25	3
	Total		29	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	33	3
Career total			118	13	11	3	0	0	5	0	134	16

1. Appearances in the FNL Cup