# Ilya Zhigulyov

Ilya Konstantinovich Zhigulyov (Russian: Илья Константинович Жигулёв; born 1 February 1996) is a Russian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.

## Club career

He made his professional debut in the Russian Professional Football League for FC Krasnodar-2 on 1 November 2013 in a game against FC Druzhba Maykop.
He made his debut for the main squad of FC Krasnodar on 28 February 2017 in a Russian Cup game against FC Ural Yekaterinburg. He made his Russian Premier League debut for Krasnodar on 5 March 2017 in a game against FC Spartak Moscow.
On 9 February 2018, he joined FC Tosno on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. He played as FC Tosno won the 2017–18 Russian Cup final against FC Avangard Kursk on 9 May 2018 in the Volgograd Arena.
On 30 August 2018, he signed with FC Ural Yekaterinburg for another season-long loan, reuniting with his former Tosno coach Dmytro Parfenov.
On 4 August 2020, he joined FC Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.
On 20 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin. On 20 April 2022, he left the club by mutual consent.
On 1 September 2022, Zhigulyov moved to Russian Premier League club Pari NN on a two-year contract. On 23 January 2025, Zhigulyov left Pari NN by mutual consent.

## Honours
### Club
#### Tosno

* Russian Cup: 2017–18

## Career statistics

    As of match played 9 December 2023
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2013–14 | Russian Second League | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2014–15 | Russian Second League | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 3 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2015–16 | Russian Second League | 24 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2016–17 | Russian Second League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2017–18 | Russian Second League | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 1 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2018–19 | Russian First League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2019–20 | Russian First League | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 1 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2020–21 | Russian First League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Krasnodar-2 | 2021–22 | Russian First League | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Krasnodar-2 | Total | Total | 88 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 8 |
| Milsami Orhei (loan) | 2016–17 | Divizia Națională | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 3 |
| Krasnodar | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tosno (loan) | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Rotor Volgograd (loan) | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 0 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 0 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 199 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 223 | 12 |
* 1 2 Appearances in the FNL Cup
* 1 2 Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in Relegation playoffs