nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
65 20 august 1983 dynamo moscow 29 august 2015 1997 2011 -- 2013 2013 -- -- 2001 2004 -- 2009 2009 -- 2011 1997 -- 2001 74 139 29 46 45 26 15 1 3 4 250 2005 -- yuri zhirkov 2014.jpg yuri zhirkov zhirkov with russia in 2014 yuri valentinovich zhirkov 14 june 2015 tambov , rsfsr , soviet union russia 1.80 m ftin 0 on 18 1 spartak tambov spartak tambov cska moscow chelsea anzhi dynamo moscow left winger / left back yuri zhirkov

yuri zhirkov

yuri valentinovich zhirkov -lrb- ; born 20 august 1983 in tambov , soviet union -rrb- is a russian footballer who plays for dynamo moscow and the russian national team .
a left-sided player who can play full-back or winger , he began his career at local 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 there he returned to russia with anzhi makhachkala , who sold him to dynamo in 2013 .
zhirkov has earned 65 international caps since 2005 .
his performance at euro 2008 , in which russia reached the semi-finals , was recognised with his inclusion in the team of the tournament and award as well as `` futbol `` s russian footballer of the year .
he was also selected for euro 2012 and the 2014 fifa world cup .
