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Ilya Kirsh

A Zenit academy graduate from Nakhodka: every youth national team, five loans and the long road to the other edge of Russia.

Position: Centre-back
Number: #3
Born: 21 September 2004 (21)
Nationality: Russia
Height: 192 cm
Joined from: Pari NN
At Baltika since: July 2026

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Ilya Kirsh: the boy from one edge of Russia who chose the long road to the other

How a Zenit academy graduate from Nakhodka, with every Russian youth team and five loans behind him, ended up at Baltika — and why he is paid for his head, not his centimetres.

9 July 2026 Read on this site