[citation needed] In 2014, after the annexation of Kerch, Crimea, by Russia, which is home to the player, Kalinin received a Russian passport.

[1] He made his début for Illichivets Mariupol in game against Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League on 27 April 2014 .

In February 2020, he started the 2020 edition of the FNL Cup representing Tambov, and then on 21 February 2020 he joined Ural Yekaterinburg on loan with an option to purchase (finishing the FNL Cup with Ural).

[8] At the end of the 2020–21 season, the purchase obligation was triggered in the loan contract, and Ural acquired his rights.

[10] On 8 September 2022, Kalinin joined Fakel Voronezh on loan until the end of the season.