Jurijs Žigajevs

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Jurijs Žigajevs
Personal information
Full name Jurijs Žigajevs
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)
Winger
Team information
Current team
FK PPK (manager)
Youth career
FK Ilūkste
FK Zibens Zemessardze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 FK Zibens/Zemessardze 1 (0)
2002–2008 FK Rīga 118 (17)
2008–2010 FK Ventspils 46 (24)
2011–2012 Widzew Łódź 5 (0)
2012–2017 FK Ventspils 122 (19)
2018 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 7 (0)
2018
Ilūkstes NSS
1 (0)
International career
2007–2015 Latvia 31 (2)
Managerial career
2022– FK PPK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian football manager and former player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. He currently manages FK PPK.

Club career

Born in the then

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, making 118 appearances and scoring 17 goals. After, the 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 3 December 2010, Žigajevs joined 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 collected 31 caps and scored 2 goals.[6] He scored his first goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match victory against Luxembourg.[7]

Position

Žigajevs started most games 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

  1. ^ "Apollo - Sports: Jurijs Žigajevs pāriet uz FK "Ventspils"". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. ^ "Jurijs Žigajevs transfers to FK Ventspils". apollo.lv (in Latvian). Riga, Latvia: LETA. 2008-06-27. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
  3. ^ Jurijs Žigajevs nowym piłkarzem Widzewa Archived 2017-04-18 at the Wayback Machine 3.12.2010, widzewlodz.pl
  4. ^ "Žigajevs atgriežas "Ventspilī" – Virslīga – Futbols – Sportacentrs.com". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  5. ^ "News.lv: FK Rīga pussargs Žigajevs - vienīgais debitants futbola izlasē pirms spēles pret Moldovu 09.08.2007 BNS". 16 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Latvijas Futbola federācija".
  7. ^ "Latvijas futbolisti arī mājās uzvar Luksemburgu". April 2009.
  8. ^ "Latvia - J. Žigajevs - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".

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