On August 20, 1983, the future football star Yuri Zhirkov was born in the Russian city of Tambov. His father, Valentin, was an employee of the Revtrud plant, and his mother worked as a postman. Yuri was not the only child in the family. He had a sister and two brothers. All of them lived in a small apartment with one room. Therefore, in the early years of Jura, he played football every day until late so as not to squeeze in a small room. Often the family did not have enough money even for food. All these difficulties and inconveniences tempered the character of the future football star.
Sports achivments
In 1984, Yuri entered the sports club at the Revtrud factory, where he showed good results. The first achievement of the boy can be considered recognition as the best midfielder. It happened at a football tournament in the city of Kamyshin.
After graduation, the guy entered the school, where he learned to be an electrical technician. He had no special plans for a football career, but he did not give up playing football.
At one time Zhirkov played for Spartak Tambov, getting paid for it. Since 2001, the career of a football player has gone up. Among his team, he received the title of top scorer.
In 2003, Yuri tried to get into eminent football clubs. However, at first this could not be done. Only 2 months later he became a player in Moscow CSKA. Zhirkov was in reserve, but thanks to working on himself, he got into the main one. In the six seasons that he played in this club, he has transformed from a beginner to a true professional.
In the main composition of CSKA, Yuri managed to become the country's champion twice and get the Cup and the Super Cup of Russia several times. One of his main successes was the victory in the UEFA Cup in 2005. Three years later, Zhirkov as part of CSKA was awarded the bronze medal of the European Championship.
After such momentous events, Yuri joined the London Chelsea team. During the two years of stay there, the team was awarded several landmark awards. But the contribution of the Russian football player was hardly decisive.
In 2011, Zhirkov left Chelsea and moved to Anji. He demonstrated a good game, reminding himself of the former. That is why he was awarded a bronze place in the national championship and became a finalist of the Russian Cup.
Since the fall of 2013, the football player began to play for Dynamo Moscow, and three years later he went over to Zenit.
