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Igor Akinfeev

1986 - Today

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Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев, romanized: Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf]; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. He has spent his entire career at CSKA, making more than 800 official appearances. He has won six Russian Premier League titles and eight Russian Cups, as well as the UEFA Cup in 2005. He is a record holder for most games played in the Russian top-level league at 607 (as of 5 October 2025). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Akinfeev is the 4,472nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,499th in 2019), the 2,177th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,003rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Igor Akinfeev ranks 4,472 out of 21,273. Before him are Aílton, Bernd Dürnberger, Edin Mujčin, Lucas Digne, František Štambachr, and Mayanga Maku. After him are Rob Witschge, Enzo Trossero, Stan Mortensen, Yvon Le Roux, Pipo Rodríguez, and Roman Pavlyuchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Igor Akinfeev ranks 120. Before him are Daniel Sharman, Ignazio Abate, Emily VanCamp, Fredy Guarín, Kim Jae-joong, and Michael Stevens. After him are Heidi Montag, Manuel Fernandes, Leila Lopes, Jackson Martínez, Andrés Guardado, and Ryota Takahashi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Akinfeev ranks 2,177 out of 3,761. Before him are Sofia Muratova (1929), Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953), Igor Lediakhov (1968), Mikhail Yefremov (1963), Vasily Belov (1932), and Yegor Letov (1964). After him are Vladimir Belousov (1946), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Ansa Ikonen (1913), Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981), Ekaterina Gordeeva (1971), and Lev Shcherba (1880).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Igor Akinfeev ranks 51. Before him are Dmitri Radchenko (1970), Pavel Sadyrin (1942), Denis Cheryshev (1990), Yuri Semin (1947), Alexey Korneyev (1939), and Igor Lediakhov (1968). After him are Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981), Georgi Yartsev (1948), Aleksei Paramonov (1925), Vladimir Astapovsky (1946), Boris Razinsky (1933), and Boris Mayorov (1938).

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