Jurijs Žigajevs


Jurijs Žigajevs is a Latvian football player, currently playing for the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

Club career

Born in Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at young age. As a youth player he played for native FK Ilūkste and later FK Zibens Zemessardze. In 2002, he signed a professional contract with FK Rīga, playing in the Latvian Higher League. He played there for 6 years, until 2008, all in all making 118 appearances and scoring 17 goals. After club's bankrupt Žigajevs signed a contract with another Latvian Higher League club FK Ventspils. He spent 2 seasons there, playing 46 matches and scoring 24 goals. On December 3, 2010 Žigajevs joined the Polish Ekstraklasa club Widzew Łódź. Struggling with injuries all season Žigajevs made only 5 league appearances for the Polish side and in June 2012 re-joined his former club FK Ventspils.

International career

Žigajevs made his international debut for Latvia on 13 October 2007 in a 2-4 win against Iceland. He has collected 31 caps so far and scored 2 goals. He scored his first goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match victory against Luxembourg.

Position

Žigajevs is commonly played out as a right winger.

International goals