Kirill Panchenko is a Russian footballer playing as a striker. He started his career in big football from the lowest leagues. He took part in tournaments under the umbrella of KFK (physical culture clubs) and grew up to play for the national team. He was considered one of the most promising young football players of domestic origin.
Kirill Viktorovich Panchenko is a native of the city of Lipetsk. Born on October 16, 1989. The boy's family was athletic. His father, Victor, was a professional football player and played in the Russian Premier League. Therefore, young Cyril showed his love for sports from childhood. The boy especially loved to play football.
Panchenko's sports biography began with the transition to the CSKA sports school. According to Kirill himself, since childhood he was rooting for this "army" club and dreamed of going on the field in the future in a shirt of "red-blue". However, the future striker failed to gain a foothold in the junior team of CSKA. After that, Kirill decided to change his sports school. Panchenko received his further football education at the football boarding school of the Moscow Lokomotiv. I was attracted to play for the youth club "railway workers", but the practice was not enough for a player who wanted to take to the field in every match.
The beginning of a club career
In 2008, Kirill Panchenko left Moscow to play for the team from the second division, Stavropol Dynamo. The striker's transition from the youth team to the senior league was difficult. In his first season, although Panchenko played for Dynamo more than thirty games, he could not fully demonstrate his talent. Cyril hit the rivals' goal only two times.
The following year, 2009, the forward made an attempt to play in a club playing in a higher division. Kirill moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but failed to join the squad on a permanent basis (played only six matches). After that, he returned to Stavropol and played out the season at the Stavropol - 2009 club.
Panchenko's career in big Russian football
Training work, football thought, game intelligence, and creativity in ball possession have nevertheless attracted the attention of breeders from ambitious teams. In 2010, Panchenko began his journey to Mordovia. In the debut season for Kirill, the team played in the First Division of the Russian Football Championship, following which they were able to break into the FNL. In 2011 - 2012, as part of his club, Kirill Panchenko played more than fifty games, in which he was able to score 15 times. The striker's performance made a significant contribution to the success of Mordovia, which at the end of the season, thanks to a place in the standings, made it to the Premier League.
In the summer of 2012, Kirill Panchenko made his debut in the major league of Russian football. The first team against which the forward played in the Premier League was Lokomotiv Moscow. This game became memorable for Kirill. He became the author of the first goal of Mordovia in the Premier League. Before the winter break in the championship, Kirill was able to distinguish himself three more times. Panchenko played 28 matches for Mordovia in the Premier League and scored five goals.
After the club from Saransk, Panchenko played for Tom. True, in this team he did not manage to spend more than one season, because in 2014 the Lipetsk striker began his journey in a large Russian club, which the forward dreamed of since childhood - a career in PFC CSKA.
On July 11, Panchenko and the army team signed a five-year contract. The forward scored his first goal for CSKA in August 2014, hitting the Torpedo goal.
Already in 2014, Kirill was able to try himself at the highest European level - in the UEFA Champions League match. As part of the group stage of the main club football tournament of the Old World, Panchenko played against the Roman "Roma". The game ended disappointingly for the "army men", the CSKA players suffered a crushing defeat with a score of 1: 5. As part of the domestic championship, CSKA won silver medals at the end of the 2014-2015 season.
The 2015-2016 season was a triumphant one for Panchenko. His famous CSKA won the league title, and Kirill himself appeared on the field 14 times in the “golden” season for the “red-blue” season. In these games, the forward was able to distinguish himself only twice. Despite all his diligence, Cyril did not manage to reserve a place for himself on the field from the first minutes. More often, the striker came out on substitutions. Affected by the lack of game practice. These factors led to the fact that in 2016 Panchenko moved to another Moscow club - Dynamo.
Kirill Panchenko's career at Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo played the 2016-2017 season in the FNL championship. Kirill was called upon to help the team win the division and return to the elite league of national football. And so it happened. His 24 goals in 34 games not only made him the FNL's top scorer, but also propelled Dynamo into the Premier League.
For the next two seasons, Kirill defended Dynamo's colors. Repeatedly went to the field with the captain's armband. In Dynamo Panchenko became the real leader of attacks. He scored not only himself, but also handed out assists to partners.
Panchenko's career is also notable for the fact that when he was a player in the lower division, the footballer was involved in the Russian national team. It happened in October 2016, when Panchenko came on as a substitute in a friendly against Qatar.
Kirill Panchenko is an exemplary family man. He met his future wife Yana in Saransk when he played for a local club. Kirill's wife just recently (before the beginning of 2019) gave birth to a daughter. Cyril became a father for the second time.
