Kirill Gotsuk

Kirill Gotsuk started out at six with the local side Orlyonok in Yelets before joining his hometown club's professional set-up, FC Yelets, in 2009. He spent time at Metallurg Lipetsk and Shinnik Yaroslavl before a move to Krylia Sovetov Samara in 2017.

On loan at Avangard Kursk, he helped the club reach the final of the Russian Cup, losing to Tosno. He left with two individual honours from that spell: he was named Best Defender of the FNL Cup and awarded the title of Master of Sports of Russia, both in 2019. He transferred to Pari NN in January 2020, where he became captain and one of the club's most consistent performers. He was central to Pari NN's 2020/21 promotion campaign, which took the club up to the Russian Premier League, and was again named Best Defender, this time of the FNL, for that season. He made his Premier League debut for the club in July 2021 and went on to become one of the most capped players in the club's history since its re-establishment in 2015.

After his contract at Pari NN expired, Gotsuk joined Serikspor in the Turkish second tier, but he left before the end of the deal.

He also holds a degree from the Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Safety of Life Activity at Yelets State University.