Jurijs Žigajevs

Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985 in Leningrad) is a Latvian football player, currently playing for the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

Jurijs Žigajevs
Personal information
Full name Jurijs Žigajevs
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 FK Spartaks Jūrmala
Number 11
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)
2012–2017 FK Ventspils 122 (19)
2018 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 7 (0)
2018 Ilūkstes NSS 1 (0)
National team‡
2007– Latvia 31 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2013

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
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 May 2013Doha, Qatar Qatar1-3LostFriendly

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-03-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://news.lv/BNS/2007/08/09/FK-Riga-pussargs-Zigajevs-vienigais-debitants-futbola-izlase-pirms-speles-pret-Moldovu
  6. http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/zigajevs/
  7. http://www.tvnet.lv/sports/futbols/26701-latvijas_futbolisti_ari_majas_uzvar_luksemburgu
  8. https://int.soccerway.com/players/jurijs-zigajevs/29551/
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