Ilya Olegovich Kutepov (Russian: Илья Олегович Кутепов, IPA: [ɪˈlʲja ɐˈlʲeɡəvʲɪtɕ kʊˈtʲepəf]; born 29 July 1993) is a Russian professional football player who plays as centre-back for Veles Moscow.
Kutepov with Torpedo Moscow in 2022
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ilya Olegovich Kutepov | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Stavropol, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1][2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Veles Moscow | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Dynamo Stavropol | ||
| 2005–2007 | ShBFR Gelendzhik | ||
| 2007–2010 | Konoplyov football academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Akademiya Togliatti | 24 | (0) |
| 2012–2022 | Spartak Moscow | 93 | (1) |
| 2013–2021 | → Spartak-2 Moscow | 70 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 | Torpedo Moscow | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Veles Moscow | 21 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Russia U-16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Russia U-17 | 9 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Russia U-19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | Russia U-18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Russia U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Russia | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2020 | |||
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 10 December 2012 for FC Spartak Moscow in a game against FC Rubin Kazan.[3] During his time at the club, he won the 2016-17 Russian Premier League, 2017 Russian Super Cup and 2021-22 Russian Cup. He left Spartak upon the expiration of his contract on 2 June 2022.[4]
On 1 July 2022, Kutepov signed a contract with Torpedo Moscow for one season with an option for the second year.[5]
He was called up to the senior Russia squad in August 2016 for matches against Turkey and Ghana.[6] He made his debut on 9 October 2016 in a friendly against Costa Rica.[citation needed]
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[7] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[8] He started and played every minute of every game as Russia was eliminated in the quarterfinal shoot-out by Croatia.[citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Togliatti | 2009 | PFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Akademiya Tolyatti | 2010 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| FC Spartak-2 Moscow | 2013–14 | PFL | 21 | 3 | – | – | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 2 | – | – | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2015–16 | FNL | 24 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 6 | ||
| FC Spartak Moscow | 2012–13 | RPL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5[b] | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 93 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 114 | 2 | ||
| Torpedo Moscow | 2022–23 | RPL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 193 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 218 | 8 | ||
| Russia | ||||
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| Year | Apps | Goals | ||
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | ||
Russia U21
