Jurijs Žigajevs

Jurijs Žigajevs
Personal information
Full name Jurijs Žigajevs
Date of birth (1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Leningrad, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Leevon PPK (chairman)
Youth career
Ilūkste
Zibens/Zemessardze
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Zibens/Zemessardze 1 (0\)
2002–2008 Rīga 118 (17)
2008–2010 Ventspils 46 (24)
2011–2012 Widzew Łódź 5 (0)
2012–2017 Ventspils 122 (19)
2018 Spartaks Jūrmala 7 (0)
2018 Ilūkstes NSS 1 (0)
International career
2007–2015 Latvia 31 (2)
Managerial career
2022–2024 FK PPK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played for 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, 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

Honours

Ventspils[9]

References

  1. ^ "Apollo - Sports: Jurijs Žigajevs pāriet uz FK "Ventspils"". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Jurijs Žigajevs transfers to FK Ventspils". apollo.lv (in Latvian). Riga, Latvia: LETA. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  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 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  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".
  9. ^ "Jurijs Žigajevs". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 November 2024.