Yuri Lodygin

Yuri Vladimirovich Lodygin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Лодыгин, Greek: Γιούρι Λοντίγκιν; born 26 May 1990) is a Russian-Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PAS Giannina.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Lodygin.
Yuri Lodygin
Lodygin with Zenit in November 2014
Personal information
Full name Yuri Vladimirovich Lodygin
Date of birth (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990
Place of birth Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 PAS Giannina
Number 13
Youth career
2008–2009 Skoda Xanthi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Skoda Xanthi 24 (0)
2010–2011 → Eordaikos (loan) 25 (0)
2013–2019 Zenit Saint Petersburg 111 (0)
2019 → Olympiacos (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 Gaziantep 2 (0)
2020 Arsenal Tula 2 (0)
2021– PAS Giannina 2 (0)
National team‡
2010–2012 Greece U21 3 (0)
2013–2016 Russia 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2016

Club career

Born in Vladimir to a Russian father and a Pontic Greek mother, and lived since 2000 in Greece, Lodygin played for Skoda Xanthi, coming from the youth team. During the 2008–09 season, his performances with the Skoda Xanthi U21 team, which finished first in the U21 Greek Super League, lead to his first professional contract with the first team, which he signed on 17 June 2009. He was then loaned at Eordaikos 2007 for the 2010–11 season, where he made 25 first team appearances (and 2 in the Greek Cup). He later returned to Skoda Xanthi, where he made his first appearance in the last match of the season against Ergotelis; since the 2012–13 season, he has been a member of the starting line-up. He was member of the Greek U21 Football Team.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

In June 2013, Lodygin moved to Russia to play for Zenit Saint Petersburg for a fee of €800,000.

Olympiacos

On 27 January 2019, he returned to Greece, joining Olympiacos on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[1]

On 16 June 2019, general director of Zenit Aleksandr Medvedev announced that the club will not offer Lodygin a contract extension for 2019–20 season.[2]

On 3 August 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep.[3] On 10 January 2020 he announced that he left Gazişehir Gaziantep.[4]

On 18 February 2020, he signed with Russian Premier League club Arsenal Tula until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5]

PAS Giannina

On 20 January 2021, Lodygin joined Super League Greece side PAS Giannina.[6][7]On the 27 January 2021 he made his debut with the new team in Super League Greece, against AEK Athens at the Athens Olympic Stadium in Athens in the winning vicotory for 0-2.[8][9]

International career

Lodygin represented Greece internationally at youth level, obtaining three caps with the U21 side between 2010 and 2012. He was called up to the Greece senior squad in May 2013. He was called up again in August 2013, but he refused to report.

He was called up by Fabio Capello to the Russian squad for the first time on 4 October 2013 for the team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.[10] He made his debut for Russia on 19 November 2013 in a friendly against South Korea.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad.[11] Igor Akinfeev played in goal for all of their matches in a group stage exit. He was also included in Russia's Euro 2016 squad.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of 31 January 2021
Club Season League Cup Europe Other[13] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eordaikos 2010–11 25020––270
Total250200000270
Skoda Xanthi 2011–12 1000––10
2012–13 23010––240
Total240100000250
Zenit St. Petersburg 2013–14 3000011010420
2014–15 28000160–440
2015–16 270306010370
2016–17 150207010250
2017–18 1101030–150
2018–19 000010–10
Total111060440301640
Olympiacos 2018–19 201000–30
Gaziantep 2019–20 2030––50
Arsenal Tula 2019–20 20–––20
PAS Giannina 2020–21 2000000020
Career Total 1680130440302280

International
As of 1 June 2016
Russia national team
YearAppsGoals
201310
201450
201530
201620
Total110

Honours

Club
Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual
  • List of 33 top players of the Russian league: #2 (2013–14)

References
  1. "Yuri Lodygin moves to Olympiacos on loan for the rest of the season". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 January 2019.
  2. "Гендиректор: ФК "Зенит" уже сформировал вратарскую бригаду на сезон-2019/20" [General director of Zenit: The goalkeeping squad for 2019–20 is finalized] (in Russian). TASS. 16 June 2019.
  3. "YURI LODYGIN GAZİŞEHİR'DE!" [YURI LODYGIN IS IN GAZISEHIR!] (in Turkish). Gazişehir Gaziantep F.K. 3 August 2019.
  4. "Thank you very much for everything @gaziantepfk !". Yuri Lodygin. 10 January 2020.
  5. "ЮРИЙ ЛОДЫГИН – ВРАТАРЬ "АРСЕНАЛА"" (Press release) (in Russian). Arsenal Tula. 18 February 2020.
  6. "СМИ: Лодыгин станет игроком греческого клуба "ПАС"". rsport.ria.ru (in Russian). 20 January 2021.
  7. "WELCOME YURI". 20 January 2021.
  8. "AEK Athens - PAS Giannina 0-2". www.slgr.gr. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ""Δεν θα μπορούσα καλύτερο ντεμπούτο"". www.sportsioannina.gr. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. Определен состав национальной сборной (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 4 October 2013.
  11. Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.
  12. Russia Squad
  13. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Russian Super Cup
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