Igor Akinfeev
Igor Akinfeev with PFC CSKA Moscow in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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CSKA Moscow | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–2002 | CSKA Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003– | CSKA Moscow | 356 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Russia | 94 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев; IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲeɪf]; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian international football goalkeeper who is the captain of PFC CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League.
He has spent his entire career at CSKA, making 501 official appearances. He won six Russian Premier League titles, and six Russian Cups, as well as the UEFA Cup in 2005.
A full international for Russia since 2004, he has earned over 80 caps and has been selected in their squads for three UEFA European Championships and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Akinfeev is a member of the Lev Yashin Club and has kept more clean sheets in Russian football than any other goalkeeper.
Igor Akinfeev was born on 8 April 1986 in the town of Vidnoye in Moscow Oblast. When he was 4 years old his father sent him to the Sports school of CSKA. He has been a goalkeeper since his second training. As a member of the junior CSKA Moscow team he won the Russian Junior Championship in 2002.
Akinfeev made his professional debut for CSKA Moscow at the age of 16, saving a penalty kick and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. He broke into the starting line-up at the age of 17 in 2003, winning the club's first Russian Premier League in the same season. In 2005, CSKA won a treble of the Russian Premier League Russian Cup and UEFA Cup. During this season, Akinfeev played in all 19 of CSKA's European matches, including the 2005 UEFA Cup Final, which the Army Men won 3–1 against Sporting CP at their opponents' Estádio José Alvalade. In 2006, he won a third Russian league title and second Russian Cup with CSKA and was awarded the Zvezda trophy, for the year's best football player from the former Soviet Union.
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