Sergei Ignashevich

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Ignashevich.

Sergei Ignashevich

280px Ignashevich with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich
Date of birth	(1979-07-14) 14 July 1979
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	CSKA Moscow
Number	4
Youth career
	FC Torpedo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	FC Spartak-Youth Moscow (D4)
1998	FC Patriot Moscow (D4)
1998–1999	Spartak Orekhovo	17	(0)
1999–2000	Krylia Sovetov	31	(2)
2001–2003	Lokomotiv Moscow	75	(4)
2004–	CSKA Moscow	322	(29)
International career‡
2002–	Russia	114	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Игнашевич; born 14 July 1979) is a Russian footballer who plays as a central defender for CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.

He has also played for Lokomotiv Moscow in his career, and has won Russian Premier League titles for both clubs, as well as the 2005 UEFA Cup Final with CSKA. Ignashevich is often considered one of the highest skilled defenders in the Russian Premier League while playing alongside fellow Russian international defenders and twin brothers Aleksei and Vasili Berezutskiy.

He made his international debut for Russia in 2002, and was selected in their squads for two European Championships and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, helping them to the semi-finals of Euro 2008 and earning his 100th cap at the World Cup. On 8 September 2015, he made his 110th international appearance and became the most capped player in Russia's team history, overtaking Viktor Onopko. On 17 November 2015, he made his 114th appearance, making him the most capped Russian player for any national team (again, overtaking Onopko who played 4 additional games for CIS).

Club career

After short spells with Spartak Orekhovo and Krylia Sovetov, Ignashevich joined Lokomotiv Moscow in 2001. In his first season with the capital club, the defender was part of the team which won the Russian Cup. A year later, Lokomotiv won the Russian league title.

In 2004, Ignashevich left Lokomotiv for city rivals CSKA. In his twelve years with the club, Ignashevich has won the 2005, 2006 and 2013 league titles, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2013 Russian Cups, and the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.

Both Ignashevich and Aleksei Berezutskiy were provisionally suspended after both players' A samples revealed the presence of a prohibited substance following a random doping test after CSKA's UEFA Champions League match at Manchester United on 3 November 2009. It was later revealed that they had taken a cold medicine which had not been reported, and both players were suspended for one game, which was applied retroactively.

International career

Ignashevich made his debut for the Russia national football team against Sweden on 21 August 2002. He started all ten of the team's UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches, scoring three times, but missed the tournament finals in Portugal due to injury. He later appeared for Russia at both the 2008 and 2012 UEFA European Championships, helping the team to the semi-finals in the former.

On 2 June 2014, Ignashevich was included in Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. On 16 June, he made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's first group match against South Korea. He was then named in the starting line-up for the second match against Belgium at the Maracanã on 22 June. He became only the second Russian, after Viktor Onopko, to earn his 100th cap, in the final group game against Algeria on 26 June in Curitiba. Russia drew 1–1 and their opponents advanced at their expense.

Honours

Ignashevich shaking hands with Javier Zanetti before a Champions League match against Internazionale in 2011

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2002
• Russian Cup: 2001
• Russian Super Cup: 2003

CSKA

• UEFA Cup (1): 2005
• Russian Premier League (4): 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14
• Russian Cup (6): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
• Russian Super Cup (6): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014

International

Russia

• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 bronze medalist

Career statistics

As of 25 November 2015

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Znamya Truda	D2	1999	17	1	1	0	-		18	1
	Total		17	1	1	0	0	0	18	1
Krylya Sovetov	RFPL	1999	6	1	1	0	-		7	1
		2000	25	1	2	0	-		27	1
	Total		31	2	3	0	0	0	34	2
Lokomotiv Moscow	RFPL	2001	22	0	2	0	10	1	34	1
		2002	29	1	0	0	10	2	39	3
		2003	25	3	2	0	12	2	39	5
	Total		76	4	4	0	32	5	112	9
CSKA Moscow	RFPL	2004	22	1	3	0	7	0	32	1
		2005	22	5	6	0	16	2	44	7
		2006	26	2	7	1	6	0	39	3
		2007	26	3	6	1	7	0	39	4
		2008	28	4	2	1	6	0	36	5
		2009	29	3	5	0	9	0	43	3
		2010	28	2	2	0	10	1	40	3
		2011–12	38	5	5	2	12	1	55	8
		2012–13	28	0	3	0	2	0	33	0
		2013–14	30	2	2	1	6	0	38	3
		2014-15	30	0	3	0	6	0	39	0
		2015-16	14	2	0	0	9	0	23	2
	Total		321	29	44	6	96	4	461	39
Career total			445	36	52	6	128	9	625	51

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-06-07	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1 – 2	2–2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
2	2003-06-07	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	2 – 2	2–2	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
3	2003-09-06	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	2009-09-09	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	2 – 1	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
5	2011-10-11	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Andorra	2 – 0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
6	2014-09-03	Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia	Azerbaijan	3 – 0	4–0	Friendly
7	2014-11-18	Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1 – 0	2–1	Friendly
8	2015-10-09	Zimbru Stadium, Chisinau, Moldova	Moldova	1 - 0	2-1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Personal

Ignashevich is married and has three children.

External links

• Official website