Ilyin signs with Krasnodar, Utkin moves to Akhmat on loan

Krasnodar and Akmhat agreed two deals between the clubs.

Forward Vladimir Ilyin joined Krasnodar on three-year contract. The striker had been playing for Akhmat since 2020 and became team top scorer in the last season with nine goals in 28 games. Previously Ilyin was a part of FC Piter, Dynamo St. Petersburg, FC Kaluga, Khimik Dzerzhinsk, FC Tosno, Kuban Krasnodar and Ural Ekaterinburg.

Midfielder Daniil Utkin moved to Akhmat on loan till the end of the 2021/22 season, the club from Grozny has the buy-out option. 21-year-old is a Krasnodar Academy graduate, he made his debut for the first team in November 2018 in the Russian Cup Last 16 match against Krylia Sovetov. In the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons Utkin became bronze medalist of the RPL. In the past season the midfielder scored one goal in 20 RPL games and took part in six Champions League games – one in the playoff round and five in the group stage.