Jurijs Žigajevs
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jurijs Žigajevs | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
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| Position(s) | Winger | ||
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Current team
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FK Ventspils | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Ilūkste | |||
| FK Zibens Zemessardze | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | FK Rīga | 118 | (17) |
| 2008–2010 | FK Ventspils | 46 | (24) |
| 2011–2012 | Widzew Łódź | 5 | (0) |
| 2012- | FK Ventspils | 64 | (17) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Latvia | 31 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2013 |
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Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985 in Leningrad) is a Latvian football player, currently playing for the Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils.
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Club career
Born in Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at young age. As a youth player he played for native FK Ilūkste and later FK Zibens Zemessardze. In 2002 he signed a professional contract with FK Rīga, playing in the Latvian Higher League. He played there for 6 years, until 2008, all in all making 118 appearances and scoring 17 goals. After club's bankrupt Žigajevs signed a contract with another Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils.[1] He spent 2 seasons there, playing 46 matches and scoring 24 goals.[2] On December 3, 2010 Žigajevs joined the Polish Ekstraklasa club Widzew Łódź.[3] Struggling with injuries all season Žigajevs made only 5 league appearances for the Polish side and in June 2012 re-joined his former club FK Ventspils.[4]
International career
Žigajevs made his international debut for Latvia on 13 October 2007 in a 2-4 win against Iceland.[5] He has collected 31 caps so far and scored 2 goals.[6] He scored his first goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match victory against Luxembourg.[7]
Position
Žigajevs is commonly played out as a right winger.[8]
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 May 2013 | Doha, Qatar |  Qatar |
1-3 | Lost | Friendly |
References
- ↑ http://www.apollo.lv/portal/sports/articles/131112
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jurijs Žigajevs nowym piłkarzem Widzewa 3.12.2010, widzewlodz.pl
- ↑ http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/14062012-zigajevs_atgriezas_ventspili
- ↑ http://news.lv/BNS/2007/08/09/FK-Riga-pussargs-Zigajevs-vienigais-debitants-futbola-izlase-pirms-speles-pret-Moldovu
- ↑ http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/zigajevs/
- ↑ http://www.tvnet.lv/sports/futbols/26701-latvijas_futbolisti_ari_majas_uzvar_luksemburgu
- ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/jurijs-zigajevs/29551/
External links
- Jurijs Žigajevs profile at 90minut (Polish)
- Jurijs Žigajevs player info (Dutch)
- Jurijs Žigajevs at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Articles with Polish-language external links
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Latvian footballers
- Latvia international footballers
- Latvian people of Russian descent
- FK Rīga players
- FK Ventspils players
- Widzew Łódź players
- Association football wingers
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- Latvian expatriates in Poland
- Latvian expatriate footballers
- Ekstraklasa players
