Vadim Shilov

Vadim Aleksandrovich Shilov (; born 15 March 2008) is a Russian football player who plays as a right winger for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Career Vadim Shilov was born in Belgorod, Russia. He began his youth football career with FC Salyut Belgorod, before joining Zenit St. Petersburg. With FC Zenit, Shilov became a winner of the 2024 Youth Football League-2 and a medalist of the 2022/23 Youth Football League-3. Following the 2024 Youth Football League-2 season, he was named the league’s best player and top scorer, recording 42 goals and 27 assists in 33 matches. In the 2025 Youth Football League season, Shilov made 14 appearances for Zenit, scoring 15 goals.

Shilov made his debut for the main squad of Zenit St. Petersburg on 12 August 2025 in a Russian Cup game against Rubin Kazan. He came on as a substitute in the 66th minute, 9 minutes later Zenit was awarded a penalty kick for a foul against Shilov, and in the 83rd minute Shilov scored his first goal for Zenit.

Shilov made his Russian Premier League debut for Zenit on 23 August 2025 in a game against Dynamo Makhachkala. In November 2025, he suffered an ACL injury and was not able to play for the rest of the 2025–26 season.

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Honours Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian Premier League: 2025–26

Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg Russian Second League Division B: 2025