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Yuriy Zhirkov

Yuriy Zhirkov

Midfield - Left Midfield  at Retired
Age42
CitizenshipRussia
Height1.80 m
Footleft
BornAugust 20, 1983
👕500+ Apps 🎯100+ Assists 🏴100+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Left Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
02/03
debut season
0.07
goals / match
CSKA Moscow
top club · 215 apps

Career highs

€20.00m
peak value · 2009
€21.00m
top transfer fee · 09/10
6
best season · 03/04
114 / 4
int'l caps / goals
531Appearances
38Goals
100Assists
94Yellow cards
2Red cards
188Full matches (90′)
Full nameYuriy Zhirkov
Name in home countryЖирков Юрий Валентинович
Date of birth1983-08-20 (42 yrs)
Place of birthTambov, Russia
CitizenshipRussia
PositionMidfield - Left Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footleft
Height180.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2022-07-01
Contract expires
OutfitterNike
Jul 2022
Transfer: Khimki → Retired
22/23 · Transfer
Mar 2022
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jan 2022
Transfer: Without Club → Khimki
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — FC Khimki
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2021
Transfer: Zenit S-Pb → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
Jun 2021
Injury: unknown
Jul 2020
20/21 — Zenit St. Petersburg
20 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Zenit St. Petersburg
28 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
Injury: unknown
Jul 2018
Injury: unknown
29 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Zenit St. Petersburg
12 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2017
17/18 — Zenit St. Petersburg
25 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Zenit St. Petersburg
29 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2016
Transfer: Dinamo Moscow → Zenit S-Pb
15/16 · Transfer · €640k
Oct 2015
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — Zenit St. Petersburg, Dinamo Moscow
31 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Dinamo Moscow
35 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Oct 2013
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Aug 2013
Transfer: Anzhi → Dinamo Moscow
13/14 · Transfer · €11.00m
Jul 2013
13/14 — Dinamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow II
15 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2013
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Anzhi Makhachkala
39 matches · 2 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2011
Transfer: Chelsea → Anzhi
11/12 · Transfer · €15.00m
Jul 2011
11/12 — Anzhi Makhachkala
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Nov 2010
Injury: unknown
19 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — Chelsea FC, Anzhi Makhachkala
45 matches · 2 G · 12 A · across 6 competitions
Aug 2009
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Jul 2009
Transfer: CSKA Moscow → Chelsea
09/10 · Transfer · €21.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — Chelsea FC
27 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — CSKA Moscow
23 matches · 4 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — CSKA Moscow
39 matches · 4 G · 15 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — CSKA Moscow
42 matches · 3 G · 13 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — CSKA Moscow
40 matches · 3 G · 10 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — CSKA Moscow
43 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2004
Transfer: Spartak Tambov → CSKA Moscow
03/04 · Transfer · €300k
Jul 2003
03/04 — CSKA Moscow, Spartak Tambov, CSKA Moscow II
32 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — Spartak Tambov
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2001
Transfer: Sp. Tambov U19 → Spartak Tambov
01/02 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €20.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
16,911 min
Minutes played by club
FC Khimki 0.0%
Zenit St. Petersburg 20.4%
Dinamo Moscow 3.0%
Dynamo Moscow II 0.0%
Anzhi Makhachkala 17.5%
Chelsea FC 2.9%
CSKA Moscow 56.2%
Spartak Tambov 0.0%
CSKA Moscow II 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
FC Khimki 1 21/22 21/22 3 0 0 0
Zenit St. Petersburg 6 15/16 20/21 127 5 16 3,454
Dinamo Moscow 3 13/14 15/16 67 5 9 503
Dynamo Moscow II 1 13/14 13/14 1 0 0 0
Anzhi Makhachkala 3 10/11 12/13 63 3 15 2,955
Chelsea FC 2 09/10 10/11 49 1 9 493
CSKA Moscow 6 03/04 08/09 215 24 51 9,506
Spartak Tambov 2 02/03 03/04 5 0 0 0
CSKA Moscow II 1 03/04 03/04 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

5€5M10€10M14€15M19€20M03/04 — 6 goals (CSKA Moscow)03/04 — 4 assists1003/0404/05 — 4 goals (CSKA Moscow)04/05 — 3 assists704/0505/06 — 3 goals (CSKA Moscow)05/06 — 10 assists1305/0606/07 — 3 goals (CSKA Moscow)06/07 — 13 assists1606/0707/08 — 4 goals (CSKA Moscow)07/08 — 15 assists1907/0808/09 — 4 goals (CSKA Moscow)08/09 — 6 assists1008/0909/10 — 5 assists509/1010/11 — 2 goals (Anzhi Makhachkala)10/11 — 12 assists1410/1111/1212/13 — 2 goals (Anzhi Makhachkala)12/13 — 7 assists912/1313/14 — 3 goals (Dinamo Moscow)13/14 — 4 assists713/1414/15 — 2 goals (Dinamo Moscow)14/15 — 2 assists414/1515/16 — 4 assists415/1616/17 — 1 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)16/17 — 3 assists416/1717/18 — 1 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)17/18 — 1 assists217/1818/19 — 4 assists418/1919/20 — 3 goals (Zenit St. Petersburg)19/20 — 5 assists819/2020/21 — 2 assists220/2121/2204/05 — €50K05/06 — €5.5M07/08 — €6M08/09 — €18M09/10 — €20M10/11 — €15M11/12 — €12M12/13 — €12M13/14 — €12M14/15 — €8M15/16 — €4.5M16/17 — €3M17/18 — €1.5M18/19 — €800K19/20 — €400K20/21 — €325K21/22 — €300KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

02/03: 0002/0303/04: 6603/0404/05: 4404/0505/06: 3305/0606/07: 3306/0707/08: 4407/0808/09: 4408/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 3319/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/22

Assists by season

02/03: 0002/0303/04: 4403/0404/05: 3304/0505/06: 101005/0606/07: 131306/0707/08: 151507/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 5509/1010/11: 121210/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 7712/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 0021/22
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
21/22 Premier Liga FC Khimki 3 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 15 0 2 1 0 0
20/21 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 2 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 21 2 3 2 0 585
19/20 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 4 1 1 0 0 217
19/20 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 12 0 4 3 0 0
17/18 Europa League Zenit St. Petersburg 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Qualifying Zenit St. Petersburg 3 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 17 1 1 3 0 965
17/18 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Europa League Zenit St. Petersburg 6 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 21 1 3 2 0 1,687
16/17 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Russian Super Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Champions League Zenit St. Petersburg 2 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 Premier Liga Zenit St. Petersburg 9 0 0 2 0 0
15/16 Premier Liga Dinamo Moscow 16 0 3 2 0 0
15/16 Russian Cup Zenit St. Petersburg 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Russian Cup Dinamo Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Dinamo Moscow 8 2 1 0 0 221
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Dinamo Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premier Liga Dinamo Moscow 24 0 1 6 0 0
14/15 Russian Cup Dinamo Moscow 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Premier Liga Dinamo Moscow 14 3 4 0 0 282
13/14 U19 M-Liga (- 2023) Dynamo Moscow II 1 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Europa League Anzhi Makhachkala 8 0 1 4 0 0
12/13 Europa League Qualifying Anzhi Makhachkala 4 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Premier Liga Anzhi Makhachkala 23 2 5 2 0 885
12/13 Russian Cup Anzhi Makhachkala 4 0 1 2 0 0
11/12 Russian Cup Anzhi Makhachkala 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Champions League Chelsea FC 7 1 1 2 0 493
10/11 Community Shield Chelsea FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 FA Cup Chelsea FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 League Cup Chelsea FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Premier League Chelsea FC 12 0 2 1 0 0
10/11 Premier Liga Anzhi Makhachkala 23 1 8 4 0 2,070
09/10 Champions League Chelsea FC 4 0 1 1 0 0
09/10 FA Cup Chelsea FC 4 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 League Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 Premier League Chelsea FC 17 0 2 4 0 0
08/09 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 10 1 4 4 0 852
08/09 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 3 1 0 2 0 300
08/09 Russian Super Cup CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 UEFA Cup CSKA Moscow 9 2 2 3 0 359
07/08 Champions League CSKA Moscow 6 0 1 3 0 0
07/08 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 28 3 11 6 1 816
07/08 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 5 1 3 1 0 408
06/07 Champions League CSKA Moscow 6 1 0 2 0 540
06/07 Champions League Qu. CSKA Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 29 2 11 5 0 1,266
06/07 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 2 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 Russian Super Cup CSKA Moscow 1 0 2 0 0 0
06/07 UEFA Cup CSKA Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 27 1 6 6 0 2,267
05/06 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 7 1 3 2 0 535
05/06 Russian Super Cup CSKA Moscow 1 1 1 0 0 90
05/06 UEFA Cup CSKA Moscow 4 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 UEFA Super Cup CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Champions League CSKA Moscow 6 0 0 2 0 0
04/05 Champions League Qu. CSKA Moscow 4 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 20 2 0 3 0 653
04/05 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 5 1 0 3 0 394
04/05 UEFA Cup CSKA Moscow 8 1 3 1 0 720
03/04 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 25 6 4 2 1 306
03/04 Russian Cup CSKA Moscow 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Russian Cup Spartak Tambov 3 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Russian Super Cup CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 1 0 0
03/04 ToDS CSKA Moscow II 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Russian Cup Spartak Tambov 2 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
01/02 2001-08-01 Sp. Tambov U19 Spartak Tambov Transfer 0
03/04 2004-01-01 Spartak Tambov CSKA Moscow Transfer 0 €300k
09/10 2009-07-06 CSKA Moscow Chelsea Transfer 20000000 €21.00m
11/12 2011-08-06 Chelsea Anzhi Transfer 12000000 €15.00m
13/14 2013-08-16 Anzhi Dinamo Moscow Transfer 11000000 €11.00m
15/16 2016-01-31 Dinamo Moscow Zenit S-Pb Transfer 3000000 €640k
21/22 2021-07-01 Zenit S-Pb Without Club Transfer 300000
21/22 2022-01-12 Without Club Khimki Transfer 300000
22/23 2022-07-01 Khimki Retired Transfer 250000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
09/10 Knee injury 2009-08-15 2009-09-21 38 11
10/11 Calf problems 2010-11-18 2011-02-14 89 19
13/14 Hamstring injury 2013-06-06 2013-09-05 92 7
13/14 Hamstring strain 2013-10-10 2013-10-31 22 7
15/16 Thigh problems 2015-10-05 2015-10-22 18 3
16/17 minor knock 2017-03-30 2017-04-13 15 2
18/19 Achilles heel problems 2018-07-01 2019-01-01 185 29
18/19 Tendon irritation 2018-07-02 2018-07-06 5 0
20/21 Hip injury 2021-06-12 2021-10-11 122 0
21/22 Muscle injury 2022-03-06 2022-05-03 59 8
Current€250k
Peak€20.00m
Low
Δ since start+€200k
€5.00m€10.00m€15.00m€20.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €325k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €20.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #11945 #18 9 2 former national player
Team #3448 #18 105 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Igor Akinfeev 2 0 0
Vágner Love 2 13 0
Artem Dzyuba 2 2 0
Aleksandr Kokorin 2 4 0
Magomed Ozdoev 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
03/04 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 6 25
07/08 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 3 28
13/14 Premier Liga Dinamo Moscow 3 14

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
06/07 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 11 29
07/08 Premier Liga CSKA Moscow 11 28
10/11 Premier Liga Anzhi Makhachkala 8 23

Teams faced most often by Yuriy Zhirkov's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Manchester United 28 12 6 10 34 32 +2 43%
Arsenal FC 27 11 9 7 41 29 +12 41%
Liverpool FC 27 11 7 9 32 29 +3 41%
Tottenham Hotspur 26 15 6 5 49 31 +18 58%
Everton FC 26 15 8 3 41 16 +25 58%
Manchester City 26 16 4 6 36 15 +21 62%
Newcastle United 24 12 5 7 38 20 +18 50%
West Ham United 22 15 3 4 41 16 +25 68%
Aston Villa 22 12 7 3 39 21 +18 55%
West Bromwich Albion 18 14 2 2 41 11 +30 78%
Fulham FC 18 12 5 1 33 13 +20 67%
Southampton FC 16 11 3 2 35 16 +19 69%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
02/03 Senior debut season
03/04 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
21/22 3 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 20 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 28 802 2 0 0 0.22
18/19 12 0 3 0 0 0
17/18 25 965 3 0 0 0.28
16/17 29 1,687 3 0 0 0.16
15/16 31 0 4 0 0 0
14/15 35 221 6 0 0 2.44
13/14 15 282 1 0 0 0.32
12/13 39 885 9 0 0 0.92
10/11 45 2,563 7 0 0 0.25
09/10 27 0 5 0 0 0
08/09 23 1,511 9 0 0 0.54
07/08 39 1,224 10 0 1 0.81
06/07 42 1,806 8 0 0 0.4
05/06 40 2,892 8 0 0 0.25
04/05 43 1,767 10 0 0 0.51
03/04 32 306 3 0 1 1.18

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier Liga
337 apps
25 G
70 A
Russian Cup
46 apps
5 G
8 A
UEFA Cup
23 apps
3 G
5 A
Champions League
36 apps
2 G
5 A
Europa League
26 apps
2 G
2 A
Russian Super Cup
7 apps
1 G
3 A
Premier League
29 apps
0 G
4 A
League Cup
3 apps
0 G
2 A
FA Cup
5 apps
0 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
9 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Yuriy Zhirkov

Who is Yuriy Zhirkov?

Yuriy Zhirkov is a Russia professional footballer who plays as a left midfield for Retired.

How old is Yuriy Zhirkov?

Yuriy Zhirkov is 42 years old. He was born on August 20, 1983 in Tambov.

What position does Yuriy Zhirkov play?

Yuriy Zhirkov plays as a left midfield (Midfield - Left Midfield).

What club does Yuriy Zhirkov play for?

Yuriy Zhirkov currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Yuriy Zhirkov scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Yuriy Zhirkov has scored 38 goals in 531 appearances.