ILYA
FEDOROV

A Russian volleyball player.
A story of roots, family and ambition.

RUSSIA · ZENIT-KAZANPHOTO: ZENIT-KAZAN

01 / ROOTS

His journey began
in Novocheboksarsk.

BORN ON

2002

1 AUGUST

Novocheboksarsk, Russia.
He began playing volleyball
at the age of eight.

Ilya Fedorov receiving the ball on a volleyball court — From his hometown to the volleyball court.

Sources: Zenit-Kazan; BUSINESS Online, 20 May 2021. Photo: Zenit-Kazan.

Portrait of Ilya Fedorov, whose mother introduced him to volleyball

02 / FAMILY

His mother
introduced him
to volleyball.

INNA VASILYEVNA

His mother was a PE teacher and a youth volleyball coach.

Her belief in him helped shape his love for the sport.

Source: BUSINESS Online, 20 May 2021.
Photo: Zenit-Kazan.

03 / CAREER

He reached Zenit-Kazan’s
first team in 2021.

2017–2019

Zenit-UOR

Kazan

2019–2021

Akademiya

Kazan

2021/22–

Zenit-Kazan

First team · Libero

Source: Zenit-Kazan player profile. Photo: Zenit-Kazan.

04 / ACHIEVEMENTS

Team titles.
Individual recognition.

Russian championship titles

2023 · 2024 · 2025

Russian Cup winner

2021 · 2022 · 2023

Best libero

U19 World Championship · 2019
U21 European Championship · 2020
Russian Cup final · 2023

Selected achievements. Source: Zenit-Kazan official player profile.

ILYAFEDOROV

His journey beganin Novocheboksarsk.

His motherintroduced himto volleyball.

He reached Zenit-Kazan’sfirst team in 2021.