former footballer Russian team Yuri Zhirkov is one of the best left-backs in the history of Russian football. About this “RB Sport” says a former player “Zenith” Dmitry Radchenko .
On Sunday it became known that Zhirkov, 39, had retired from football.
– Zhirkov is a real professional, an athlete. Not every player manages to play at such a high level for so many years. Yuri is a great guy. His career turned out to be very brilliant.
– Can he be called the best left-back in the history of Russian football?
“He’s one of the best left-backs. That’s for sure,” Radchenko said as quoted by RB Sport.
Zhirkov is a five-time champion of Russia, a six-time winner of the country’s Cup and Super Cup, winner of the English Championship, Cup and Super Cup, winner of the UEFA Cup. With the national team, he became a bronze medalist at Euro 2008. The footballer played for CSKA, Khimki, Dynamo Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Zenit St. Petersburg and Chelsea London.
The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with the matches of the FONBET Russian Cup. On March 3, the WORLD RPL draw will continue. Watch live broadcasts of the matches of the RPL and the Cup of the country on the federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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