Igor Akinfeev

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Igor Akinfeev
Personal information
Full name	Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev
Date of birth	April 8, 1986 (1986-04-08) (age 22)
Place of birth	Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	CSKA Moscow
Number	35
Youth clubs
	CSKA Moscow
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	CSKA Moscow	109 (0)
National team2
2004-present	Russia	20 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 7, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев) (born on April 8, 1986 in Vidnoye) is a Russian football (soccer) goalkeeper currently playing for CSKA Moscow. He broke into the CSKA starting lineup at the age of 17, and has been the first-choice goalkeeper at the club ever since, gathering various honors including a UEFA Cup and Two National Championships, and the ‘Zvezda’ trophy that is awarded to the best football player in the area that was the former Soviet Union. He is also the first vice-captain of CSKA Moscow, captained CSKA twice in Champions League matches against FC Porto and Hamburg SV in 2006.

Igor Akinfeev was called up in 2004 for Russia and served as the third choice goalkeeper at Euro 2004 behind Sergei Ovchinnikov and Vyacheslav Malafeev. His first major competitive debut was on March 30, 2005 in a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Estonia. He became Russia's first-choice goalkeeper after a longterm injury of Vyacheslav Malafeev. Akinfeev kept his first choice place under Guus Hiddink. On May 6, 2007, Akinfeev suffered a knee injury in a 1-1 draw against FC Rostov which put him out of action for 4 months. As a result he lost his first choice position to Vyacheslav Malafeev and later Vladimir Gaboulov. He returned to the Russian national squad in early November but was deemed unfit for the Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel. In his second Champions League campaign he had a dry spell of 362 minutes prior to conceding a goal on Matchday 5 against FC Porto.

In the Euro 2008, Akinfeev was the first choice of coach Hiddink against Spain.

[edit] Personal Honours

• UEFA Super Cup Runner-up: 1
  • 2005, CSKA Moscow

• UEFA Cup winner: 1
  • 2004/05, CSKA Moscow

• Russian Super Cup winner: 3
  • 2005, CSKA Moscow
  • 2006, CSKA Moscow
  • 2007, CSKA Moscow

• Russian Premier League winner: 3
  • 2003, CSKA Moscow
  • 2005, CSKA Moscow
  • 2006, CSKA Moscow

• Russian Premier League runners-up: 1
  • 2004, CSKA Moscow

[edit] External links

• Club profile
• Arsenal chasing CSKA Moscow keeper
• Igor Akinfeev's Fan Community

v • d • e Russia squad - UEFA Euro 2004 1 Ovchinnikov • 2 Radimov • 3 Sychev • 4 Smertin • 5 Karyaka • 6 Semshov • 7 Izmailov • 8 Gusev • 9 Bulykin • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Kerzhakov • 12 Malafeev • 13 Sharonov • 14 Anyukov • 15 Alenichev • 16 Evseev • 17 Sennikov • 18 Kirichenko • 19 Bystrov • 20 Loskov • 21 Bugaev • 22 Aldonin • 23 Akinfeev • Coach: Georgi Yartsev

v • d • e Russia squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Akinfeev • 2 V. Berezutskiy • 3 Yanbayev • 4 Ignashevich • 5 A. Berezutskiy • 6 Adamov • 7 Torbinsky • 8 Kolodin • 9 Saenko • 10 Arshavin • 11 Semak • 12 Gabulov • 13 Ivanov • 14 Shirokov • 15 Bilyaletdinov • 16 Malafeev • 17 Zyrianov • 18 Zhirkov • 19 Pavlyuchenko • 20 Semshov • 21 Sychev • 22 Anyukov • 23 Bystrov • Coach: Hiddink