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Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvian national team.

Jurijs Žigajevs

Personal information
Full name	Jurijs Žigajevs
Date of birth	(1985-11-14) 14 November 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth	Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	FK Ilūkste
	FK Zibens Zemessardze
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	FK Zibens/Zemessardze	1	(0)
2002–2008	FK Rīga	118	(17)
2008–2010	FK Ventspils	46	(24)
2011–2012	Widzew Łódź	5	(0)
2012–2017	FK Ventspils	122	(19)
2018	FK Spartaks Jūrmala	7	(0)
2018	Ilūkstes NSS	1	(0)
National team‡
2007–2015	Latvia	31	(2)
Teams managed
2022-present	FK PPK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2013

Club career

Born in Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at young age. As a youth player he played for native 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, all in all making 118 appearances and scoring 17 goals. After 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 December 3, 2010 Žigajevs joined the Polish 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 has collected 31 caps so far and scored 2 goals.[6] He scored his first goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match victory against Luxembourg.[7]

Position

Žigajevs is commonly played out as a right winger.[8]

International goals

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

References

External links

• Jurijs Žigajevs at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Jurijs Žigajevs player info (in Dutch)
• Jurijs Žigajevs at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Jurijs Žigajevs

Jurijs Žigajevs (* 14. November 1985 in Leningrad) ist ein ehemaliger lettischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Jurijs Žigajevs

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[fr] Jurijs Žigajevs

Jurijs Zigajevs est un footballeur international letton né le 14 novembre 1985.

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[it] Jurijs Žigajevs

Jurijs Žigajevs (Leningrado, 14 novembre 1985) è un ex calciatore lettone, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Жигаев, Юрий

Юрий Жигаев (латыш. Jurijs Žigajevs; 14 ноября 1985, Ленинград) — латвийский футболист. В настоящее время вингер латышского «Спартака» (Юрмала).

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