Biography
Igor Vladimirovich Denisov - a midfielder of the Russian national team and the capital "Locomotive", widely known football fans. From 2001 to 2013, he played for the Zenit football club. Many considered Igor Denisov with one of the brightest figures of the famous St. Petersburg team: he brought the club a lot of glorious victories. Buntar with a difficult character and at the same time a wrestler, congenital leader - he is a real star of Russian sports.Childhood and youth
Native Petersburg, Igor Denisov, was born in May 1984. His zodiac sign - Taurus. It seems that it was he who generously gave a football player with stubbornness and perseverance in achieving his goals.
![Igor Denisov in his youth Igor Denisov in his youth](/userfiles/126/21825_1.webp)
Football became part of his life from 8 years old, when the boy began to learn the game in the special school "Turbistger" of the Leningrad Metallurgical Plant, where he trained from Mikhail Sharov. After a couple of years, Igor moved to the sports school "Change" to the Kostrovsky coach. As part of this team, he was conquered by the Youth Championship of 2000. This championship has become a fateful: Hopefully the football player was seen and invited to the prestigious Petersburg club "Zenit".
Football
After graduating from school, Igor showed an excellent game for two football seasons as part of the youth composition of the famous team. Its individual style and level of the game did not remain unnoticed by the coaches and leadership of the Russian youth team.
![Igor Denisov in Zenit Club Igor Denisov in Zenit Club](/userfiles/126/21825_2.webp)
For a few more than a year, he was delayed in a duplicate composition, and now in 2002 he was based on the basis of the team, where the skillful leadership of Dick Lawyer polished the player's talent and raised his skill level. The victory follows the victory, and since 2009, Igor Denisov has strengthens its game in the list 33 of the best players according to the RFC, and from 2010 it takes an honorary top line of this list.
Specialists noted more than once the universal qualities of the player. Igor Denisov Silen in the attack and chains in defense. His factories and determination allowed a football player to bind the attacks of the opponent's forwards. In 2008, Igor Denisov managed to score the decisive goal of Glasgow Rangers. And in 2009, speaking at the Russian Championship, together with the team "Zenit" won the bronze medal. For the season, the athlete played with the St. Petersburg team more than 30 matches, scoring one goal.
![Igor Denisov in the Russian national team Igor Denisov in the Russian national team](/userfiles/126/21825_3.webp)
Denisov's debut in the Russian national team took place on October 11, 2008 in the qualifying match with Germany for the 2010 World Cup. The game, despite the defeat, allowed the football player to gain a foothold as part of the National Team. In just a short time until the beginning of 2009, Igor Denisov held 11 matches for the national team. The 2012 European Championship has become its first international tournament in the national team. Playing three matches in the group, Denisov, like the whole team, did not succeed.
In August 2012, on a friendly match with the team of Côte d'Ivoire, Igor Denisov appeared before present with the captain's bandage. However, she soon moved to the novel Shirokov.
As part of the team of Petersburg "Zenit", Glory came to Igor, the titles of the Champion of Russia, winner of the Cup of the Premier League, the Super Cup of Russia, the UEFA Super Cup, recognized by the Russian football union the best football player of the year for several years in a row.
Technical clear game of the young midfielder contributed to the victories of Zenit in the Premier League two seasons in a row. These were "golden" 2010/2011 and 2011/2012.
Scandals
The complex nature of the football player often led to a different kind of confrontation and scandals. As an example, it is possible to refuse to enter the field in the responsible match with the "Soviets" wings in September 2012. As a result of disagreements with the leadership, Igor Denisov leaves a native club.
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Repeatedly, Igor Denisov quarreled with the teams of rivals. For example, in 2010 an athlete was disqualified by the Committee of the Russian Football Union on Ethics for the whole 4 games. Motivation - "For aggressive and offensive behavior." In open training session with Spartak, the football player almost started a fight with the team Vladislav Radimov. He made him a remark when he saw a violation of the rules. Denisov in front of many people obscenely Orugga Radimov.
For the first time Igor Denisov got into the chronicle of the incident after his 21st birthday. As it turned out, he was so violently celebrated in one of the cafes of St. Petersburg, that the tenants of nearby houses called the police. Birthday and did not think to retreat. He barely had a law enforcement officers who arrived to calm him.
![Igor Denisov in Zenit Club Igor Denisov in Zenit Club](/userfiles/126/21825_5.webp)
And in 2010, Igor Denisov unexpectedly retired due to mysterious injury. Her nature meticulous journalists learned very soon. As it turned out, the footballer on the SUV morning went to the location of the team, but was "curved" by the training machine. There was a girl behind her wheel. And although the accident was able to avoid, the girl's instructor went well from a hot-tempered driver of the SUV, Denisov broke his nose. But at the same time suffered and himself: arrived at the training session, whimping.
In the 2012th, the athlete during the match with Spartak frightened so much that he had kicked the ball in the direction of the bench, which was sitting the representatives of the opponent. Head coach "Spartak" Valery Karpin made a remark by Bujan. He did not say. Karpin broke out, to which the football player answered the same. The rapid men barely shielded in hand-to-hand combat.
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In the fall of 2012, the athlete declared Coach Luciano Spalletti, which would not be released on the field due to the "lack of motivation". As it turned out, he meant his salary. The discontent of the earnings happened when Legionnaires Hulk and Vicell came to the team, who paid significantly more. Igor Denisov decided that he had to receive no less. Packs of passions fell on the match against the wings of the Soviets. Then the team coach stated in front of the reporters that the players do not think about the result, but about money. As a result, the transfer and the next "link" to another command.
Such stories with scandals in which Igor Denisov got, a great set. Disposher, plump and at the same time a bright football player bought the Dagestan "Anji" by paying € 15 million for him. By signing the contract for 4 years in July 2013, Igor still did not know that in August of the same year he will have to look for a new team.
![Igor Denisov in Anji Club Igor Denisov in Anji Club](/userfiles/126/21825_7.webp)
In August 2013, the media reported that the player had a conflict with the captain "Anji" Samuelo this'o. They spoke about the termination of the contract with Denisov. But Chairman of the Board of Directors of Anji denied this information. As I managed to learn the correspondents of the newspaper "Sport Day after day", from the former Zenit Mitz, from the very beginning, relations with Samuel, this and midfielder of Lassana Diarra, were not charged with Samuel. Igor Denisov believed that it would provoke him specifically to free the place to his friend Diarra.
Shortly after the departure of the St. Petersburg player, Suleiman Kerimov disbanded the team. In the softoothic circles they started talking about the fact that the hot-tempered Igor Denisov provokes crisis situations in the collectives. In the network even appeared by meme depicting an athlete and an inscription: "Team collapse. Expensive".
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From mid-August Igor Denisov, along with Yuri Zhirkov and Alexander Kokorin, goes to Moscow Dynamo. Igor confidently controls the center of the field as a reference midfielder. Its unpredictable transmissions lead to dangerous exciting moments. A quarrel with coach Stanislav Cherchesov after losing Zenit 0: 1 became a turning point in a football player's career in the Moscow Club. Denisov received a fine of 21 million rubles. For rudeness in relation to the coach. The football player filed to the court to the court and won the case, after which the relationship with the coaching staff was finally sued.
Young and talented football players were repeatedly called to the Russian national team in 2005-2006, but he did not accept participation in the matches. Scandaling Igor Denisov managed and in the national team. So, in May 2008, it was not included in the preliminary list of players for Euro 2008. In this regard, he sent claims to the address of the coaching staff of the National Team.
![Igor Denisov and Stanislav Cherchesov Igor Denisov and Stanislav Cherchesov](/userfiles/126/21825_9.webp)
The long-awaited invitation to the Denisov national team received after the victory of Zenit in the UEFA Cup, but answered him with refusal. In the end, the head coach of the Russian national team Hyd Hiddink announced that Igor Denisov was a full-fledged candidate for the Russian national team, but only after the end of the European Championship. In 2014, a formal decision was made that Dynamo's reference midfielder Igor Denisov will go to Brazil at the 2014 World Cup.
Igor Denisov was supposed to make a Russian national team at the European Championships in 2016. But on June 5, during a friendly match with the Serbian team at the 49th minute of the game, he received a serious injury. Doctors, inspected athlete, decided that he would not be able to play full force. Therefore, Igor Denisov gave way to the midfielder of Zenit Arthur Yusupov.
![Igor Denisov - biography, photo, personal life, news,](/userfiles/126/21825_10.webp)
In August 2016, the Rental Rentals went to the Moscow Club "Lokomotiv". Soon the athlete distinguished himself that he became the author of the goal of the team "Tomi". A year later, Denisov signed a full-fledged contract with a football club. Thanks to the scored ball of Igor in the Gate of the Yekaterinburg "Urals" in May 2017, Lokomotiv became the owner of the seasonal Cup of Russia.
Personal life
And the career, and the personal life of Igor Denisova developed. Football player has a strong family. Together with his wife, Elena Denisova, a football player brings up four children: daughter Victoria and three sons: Igor, Ivan and Daniel.
![Igor Denisov and his wife Elena Igor Denisov and his wife Elena](/userfiles/126/21825_11.webp)
It is known that Igor Denisov Silen in chess. According to the famous grandmaster Peter Svidler, it would be an excellent chess player from it. Such a conclusion, the master took after 3 parties with a football player.
It is known that Igor Denisov loves dogs very much. Two pets lived in his house - Dogs Brun and Afonya rare breed Burbul. Some fans of an athlete jokingly nicknamed their favorite Burbul.
Footballer is fond of diving. He began to dive in the Maldives initially, then he studied in St. Petersburg. Professional instructor cleaned the love of the ward towards the ocean. Now Igor is easily immersed even where there are sharks.
![Igor Denisov with dogs Igor Denisov with dogs](/userfiles/126/21825_12.webp)
Denisov fans are interested in his salary. Initially at the 18th age, Igor received 1 thousand rubles. per month. A year later, becoming a captain of the second composition, its earnings increased to 13,200 p. After the footballer declared itself in bulk two years later, his income was $ 150 thousand. At this time, Denisov managed to establish life, buy a car, an apartment.
Footballer's income during their stay in Makhachkala club reached € 5 million per season. Igor Denisov managed to play for the team "Anji" 3 meetings. And when the player moved from Anji to Moscow "Dynamo", it became known that under the contract midfielder earned € 4 million per year. Such information appeared on one of the sports sites.
Denisov prefers a living communication with friends and relatives, so on the operating page in the "Instagram" posts are located exclusively photos devoted to the game in football.
Igor Denisov now
The 2017/2018 season was successful in the sports biography of Igor Denisov. Together with the team of Moscow Lokomotiv, the footballer became the champion of Russia. The second and third places were divided among themselves other metropolitan clubs - CSKA and Spartak, respectively.
![Igor Denisov in 2018 Igor Denisov in 2018](/userfiles/126/21825_13.webp)
In May 2018, Igor Denisov met with a popular blogger Yuri Dudue, who was given a detailed interview.
Awards
- 2007, 2010, 2011/12 - Champion of Russia as part of "Zenith"
- 2003, 2012/13 - Silver medalist of the Championship of Russia as part of Zenit
- 2009 - Bronze medalist of the championship of Russia as part of Zenit
- 2003 - Premier League Cup owner as part of Zenit
- 2009/10 - Winner of the Russian Cup in the composition of "Zenith"
- 2008, 2011 - owner of the Super Cup of Russia as part of Zenit
- 2007/08 - Winner of the UEFA Cup in the composition of "Zenith"
- 2008 - the owner of the UEFA Super Cup in the "Zenith"
- 2016/17 - Winner of the Cup of Russia as part of Lokomotiv
- 2017/18 - Champion of Russia as part of "Locomotive"