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Yuri Zhirkov

1983 - Today

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Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ʐɨrˈkof]; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian former footballer who played as a left-back and as a left-winger. A left-sided player who can play full-back or winger, Zhirkov began his career at local club Spartak Tambov before joining top-flight CSKA Moscow in 2004. Domestic and European success followed, and in 2009 he moved to English Premier League club Chelsea for £18 million. After two seasons, he returned to Russia with Anzhi Makhachkala, who sold him to Dynamo Moscow in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Zhirkov is the 5,005th most popular soccer player (down from 4,379th in 2024), the 2,296th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,223rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 5,003 out of 21,273. Before him are Osmar Donizete Cândido, Emlyn Hughes, Géza Gulyás, and Ronald Worm. After him are Shota Tajima, Salvatore Bagni, Fernando Vázquez, Caesar ten Cate, Miguel Veloso, Frank O'Farrell, Michael Keane, and Lee Chung-yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 142. Before him are Ed Skrein, Leandro Domingues, Remko Pasveer, Dudu Cearense, Branko Ilić, and Clint Dempsey. After him are Tatsuya Kamohara, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Nelson Haedo Valdez, Steven Sotloff, Iqbal Masih, and Matt Sydal.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 2,296 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandra Potanina (1843), Lyudmila Titova (1946), Igor Maslennikov (1931), Vilis Krištopans (1954), Boris Shchukin (1894), and Ravil Maganov (1954). After him are Alexander Voeikov (1842), Vladimir Kolokoltsev (1961), Alexander Volkov (1964), Andrei Chesnokov (1966), Tatyana Talysheva (1937), and Yevgeniya Simonova (1955).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Yuri Zhirkov ranks 60. Before him are Aleksei Paramonov (1925), Vladimir Astapovsky (1946), Boris Razinsky (1933), Boris Mayorov (1938), Vagiz Khidiyatullin (1959), and Andriy Nesmachniy (1979). After him are Vladimir Fedotov (1943), Sergei Ignashevich (1979), Nikolai Manoshin (1938), Vladimir Ryzhkin (1930), Anatoli Isayev (1932), and Dmitri Alenichev (1972).

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