Vitaly Zhironkin

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

Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zhironkin (Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жиронкин; born 10 March 2000) is a Russian football player.

Vitaly Zhironkin

Personal information
Full name	Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zhironkin
Date of birth	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Balakovo, Russia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2022	CSKA Moscow	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Baltika Kaliningrad (loan)	10	(0)
2020–2021	→ Baltika Kaliningrad (loan)	7	(0)
2021	→ KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (loan)	13	(6)
2021–2022	→ Volgar Astrakhan (loan)	10	(1)
2022	→ Kairat Moscow (loan)	12	(6)
2022–2023	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	31	(10)
2023–2024	Leningradets	26	(3)
2024	Volga Ulyanovsk	9	(1)
2025	Spartak Kostroma	1	(0)
International career‡
2017	Russia U17	7	(3)
2017	Russia U18	3	(0)
2018	Russia U19	4	(1)
2019	Russia U20	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 August 2019

Club career

On 1 July 2019, Zhironkin joined Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2019–20 season.^[1] Zhironkin made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Baltika on 13 July 2019 in a game against Torpedo Moscow.^[2]

On 20 July 2020, CSKA announced that Zhironkin had returned to Baltika Kaliningrad on loan for the 2020–21 season.^[3] On 13 January 2021, the loan was terminated early.^[4]

On 1 February 2021, he joined KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.^[5]

On 2 July 2021, he was loaned to Volgar Astrakhan for the 2021–22 season.^[6] On 27 January 2022, the loan was terminated early^[7] and he moved to Kairat Moscow on a new loan.^[8]

On 11 July 2022, Zhirnokin moved to Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on a permanent basis.^[9]