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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

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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

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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

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Žigajevs started most games as a right winger.[8]

International goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 May 2013 Doha, Qatar  Qatar 1–3 Lost Friendly

Honours

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Ventspils[9]

References

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  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.
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