In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valentinovich and the family name is Zhirkov.
Yuri Zhirkov
Zhirkov with Khimki in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov[1]
Date of birth
(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth
Tambov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2][3]
Position(s)
Left-back / left-winger
Youth career
1997–2001
Spartak Tambov
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2001–2004
Spartak Tambov
74
(26)
2004–2009
CSKA Moscow
139
(15)
2009–2011
Chelsea
29
(1)
2011–2013
Anzhi Makhachkala
46
(3)
2013–2016
Dynamo Moscow
54
(4)
2016–2021
Zenit Saint Petersburg
95
(4)
2022
Khimki
3
(0)
Total
440
(53)
International career
2004–2005
Russia U-21
9
(2)
2005–2021
Russia
105
(2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Russia
UEFA European Championship
2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, IPA:[ˈjʉrʲɪjvəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑʐɨrˈkof]; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back and as a left-winger.
A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zhirkov began his career at local club Spartak Tambov before joining top-flight CSKA Moscow in 2004. Domestic and European success followed, and in 2009 he moved to English Premier League club Chelsea for £18 million. After two seasons, he returned to Russia with Anzhi Makhachkala, who sold him to Dynamo Moscow in 2013. He then signed for Zenit in January 2016.
Zhirkov has earned over 100 international caps since 2005. His performance at UEFA Euro 2008, in which Russia reached the semi-finals, was recognised with his inclusion in the Team of the Tournament and award as well as Futbol's Russian Footballer of the Year. He was also selected to the Russian squads for Euro 2012, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, where Russia hosted the tournament, and Euro 2020.
^Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream. p. 452. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
^"Yuri Zhirkov profile". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^"Yuri Zhirkov: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ʐɨrˈkof]; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer...
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deal for a reported €14 million. Anzhi also bought Russian midfielder YuriZhirkov from Chelsea for a similar fee. On 23 August, Cameroonian striker Samuel...
and actor YuriZhirkov (born 1983), Russian footballer All pages with titles beginning with Yury All pages with titles beginning with Yuri Igor (given...
full-back Rogério, before Aleksei Berezutskiy equalised in the second half. YuriZhirkov would give the Russian side the lead nine minutes after CSKA's equalising...
Lokomotiv Moscow, but without major key players who left the club like YuriZhirkov, Andrei Lunev, and Sebastián Driussi.[citation needed] After the 2022...
Second League for the 2022–23 season. The club's most famous alumni are YuriZhirkov and Dmitri Sychev. As of 11 April 2024, according to the Second League...
first substitution in the 66th minute with Deividas Šemberas replacing YuriZhirkov. Liverpool followed this by replacing Xabi Alonso with Mohamed Sissoko...
Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2022. "YuriZhirkov: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018...
Chelsea debut on 24 March 2010 in a 5–0 away win at Portsmouth, replacing YuriZhirkov at left-back after 71 minutes. He then made his home debut, on 27 March...
June 2015 in a friendly against Belarus at the Arena Khimki, replacing YuriZhirkov in the 71st minute and scoring Russia's third of a 4–2 victory twelve...
Buffon Edwin van der Sar Iker Casillas Philipp Lahm José Bosingwa Pepe YuriZhirkov Carlos Marchena Carles Puyol Luka Modrić Michael Ballack Lukas Podolski...
d'Or award, along with 29 others in a list that included compatriot YuriZhirkov. Arshavin's performances in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Euro 2008 brought him...
Yanbayev Igor Yanovsky Dmitri Yefremov Denis Yevsikov Anton Zabolotny YuriZhirkov Former USSR countries Andrey Movsisyan Nair Tiknizyan Deni Gaisumov Vagif...
pianist Anastasia Rodionova, tennis player Arina Rodionova, tennis player YuriZhirkov, football player Daria Trubnikova, rhythmic gymnast Tambovskaya Bratva...
Ivanović, Ferreira was given a more consistent role as a starter as YuriZhirkov featured in the other defensive wing, most significantly in the 7–1 rout...
2024. "Юрий Лодыгин пополнит состав сборной России на мартовском сборе" [Yuri Lodygin added to Russia's lineup during the March camp] (in Russian). Russian...
the club's training centre. (At the beginning of 2021, the club's chairman Yuri Solovyov said in an interview that Dynamo's debts were about 5.4 billion...
der Sar José Bosingwa Philipp Lahm Carlos Marchena Pepe Carles Puyol YuriZhirkov Hamit Altıntop Luka Modrić Marcos Senna Xavi Konstantin Zyryanov Michael...
October 2014 in a Europa League group game against PSV Eindhoven, in which YuriZhirkov scored a winning goal deep into injury time after a corner delivered...
Aleksandr Anyukov CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich CB 8 Denis Kolodin 71' LB 18 YuriZhirkov 103' DM 11 Sergei Semak (c) RM 17 Konstantin Zyryanov CM 20 Igor Semshov...
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