Kazbek Mukailov

Two goals on debut, in the Russian Cup against Dynamo Moscow, and Krasnodar had a forward who had barely been seen outside the academy. That was 13 August 2025, a 4-0 win, and the first senior football of Mukailov's career.

He had come to Krasnodar from RSdYUSSh-2 Makhachkala, where he trained between 2015 and 2019, and stayed in the club's academy until 2025. The youth sides he played in were among the strongest in the country in that period: Krasnodar took the Youth Football League U19 title in 2021/22 and the U17 title the season before that.

His Russian Premier League debut came a month after the cup tie, against Akron Tolyatti on 13 September 2025. He then spent 2024 to 2026 in Krasnodar-2 before the move that took him out of the club for a year: on 20 August 2026 Krylya Sovetov Samara took him on loan for the rest of the 2026-27 season, with a return to Krasnodar set for 30 June 2027.

The youth national teams have used him steadily rather than in bursts. Two caps at U17 level in 2023, then five appearances and four goals for the U18 side across 2024 and 2025 — his most productive spell in Russia colours. Three U19 caps followed in 2025, and three at U21 from that year, with a goal against Kyrgyzstan U23. He has not been called into the senior squad.