Ladygin Yuri Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. He signed the first serious contract at the age of 19, and now he is confidently entering the Russian team and devotes to the gates of Zenit since the year. His mother is a Greek woman. At the age of ten years, together with his parents, the boy moved to Greece in one of the villages. There he began to seriously play sports.

Football, namely, the position of the goalkeeper interested him after he looked at the mundial of the year. He was already twelve then - a rather late age to start classes in the football section. On the advice of friends, he went to a neighboring village, where the team of the fourth league was located. Yuri Lodygin, a born goalkeeper in the year, a novice football player returned to Russia for almost a year.

In Vladimir, the family had an apartment, they thought about going back, since the situation with housing in Greece was very difficult. However, soon again the family returned to Hellas, as Yura was invited to the local youth team. Later he was invited to the main composition of the Greek FC "Xanthi". Lodygin himself was surprised: he was only fourteen, but he played in a team with players who were thirty to thirty-five years old.

They believed in a talented football player, he was constantly given a chance, claiming that Yuri was simply obliged to play. The beginning of the career of football player Yuri Lodygin in a young goalkeeper signed his first professional contract. The place of the main goalkeeper in the Ksanti team did not manage to “stake” immediately. Before that, he had to play for some time in rent for the “eordaikos” club of the second division.

The wages came with interruptions, and far from always the players paid the promised amount. Soon he was invited to the Greece youth team, but he did not come to the field. In the year, he got to the training camp with the Spartak team Nalchik. It so happened that the clubs could not agree on the transfer. Cherchesov was also interested in the goalkeeper. He planned to invite him to Terek, but this also did not happen.

Yuri's debut for Xanthi took place at the end of the season. It was a final match against Ergoletis. The dream of becoming the main goalkeeper of Xanthi came true in the next season. In addition, Lodygin began to be called to the youth team for friendly matches. Soon, the goalkeeper received the first challenge to the national team, but he never went on the field. He was called there as a young goalkeeper, and therefore the chances of the exit were minimal.

It's about the match with the Bosnia. Lodygin’s transition to Zenit when Lodygin was called to the Greece National team for the second time, he already knew that the St. Petersburg Zenit was seriously interested in them. The Greece team was to play with Lithuania. Only two days passed, and Yuri was informed about the need to undergo a medical examination in St. Perebourg. Honestly explaining the reason for the necessary departure, the goalkeeper went to Russia.

He stayed there for about a week, so there was no sense in returning to the gathering to Greece. Since the year, Yuri Lodygin plays for the Petersburg Zenit, of course, it was a pity to lose the opportunity to play in the Greek national team, but Lodygin reasoned that with a good game in Zenit, he may well be in the Russian national team. Being a citizen of both Greece and Russia, he had the same right to play for the national team of any of these countries.

Yuri Lodygin teaches Hulk to the Russian language the choice in favor of Zenit was also due to the fact that, firstly, Xanthi is always located in the middle of the standings, secondly, the Greek championship is a couple of steps below the Russian, thirdly, we had to think about its career. Getting into the Zenit team, which fights for leadership in the Russian championship, plays in the Champions League, was Yuri's dream.

There were completely different prospects for him. Yuri Lodygin in the action of CSKA - Zenit, September became interested in Olympiacos at about the same period of time, but this was not officially issued. After his move, some fans ceased to consider Yuri Greek, regarding his act as a betrayal. In Zenit, the goalkeeper immediately had the opportunity to play, he tried to use it.

Yuri Lodygin: The certificate of a professional football player was invited to the expanded goalkeeper’s expanded national team. There he, together with Igor Akinfeev, Igor Denisov and others, was preparing for the qualifying matches of the World Cup, his debut in the national team took place in November in a match against South Korea. For several years, the personal life of Yuri Lodygin had a serious relationship with Marianna Savvid.

Now they are married, the daughter of Anastasia G. is raising on the hand of Lodygin the tattoo: the inscription "Marianne" and Roman numbers - the date of birth of the daughter. She advised her husband in no case to agree to the proposal of the Olympiacos, in the event that it had arrived. It was “Zenith” in her understanding, was the place where Lodygin will be able to fully prove himself.

The tattoos of Yuri Lodygin, reminding him of his beloved family, while the decision to go to Zenit was not easy, he does not regret anything.According to him, if time to return back, he would have done the same again. At first it was hard for him, as he had to move without a family. The wife arrived only after the birth of her daughter. Often he was lost when he heard fast Russian speech, often asked to repeat what was said.