He has played for CSKA Moscow in their youth teams and has spent over a decade with the main team since 2003.
Igor has played at the youth team of Russia and made his international debut for Russia in 2004 and has represented Russia in several major FIFA tournaments like Euro Cup and World Cup.
Igor Akinfeev was born on 8 April 1986 in Vinnoye, Soviet Union. He holds a Russian nationality.
His father, Vladimir Akinfeev sent him to CSKA Sports School and began his training in goalkeeping and was part of the CSKA Moscow side that went on to win the Russian Junior Championship in 2002. His mother's name is Irina Akinfeev and has a brother named Yevgeny Akinfeev.
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His annual salary is around € 2.1 million with a weekly salary of € 42,000 which he receives from playing for PFC Moscow and as of early June 2018 has a current market value in the region of € 10 million.
Looking at his professional playing career for CSKA Moscow, his net worth along with endorsing products like Nike is assumed to around $5 million.
After playing for the youth team of CSKA Moscow for over a decade, he made his senior debut for CSKA Moscow against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara and made a memorable debut by saving a penalty kick and keeping a clean sheet.
While playing for CSKA Moscow, he was the part of the team that went on to win the Russian Premier League, Russian Cup and Russian Super Cup in several occasions as well as winning the UEFA Cup for 2004/05 season.
He is in the prestigious Lev Yashin club and has a recording more clean sheets than any other goalkeepers in Russian football history.
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While playing for the Russian under-21 team, he made his full international debut for Russia against Norway in 2004.
He has played for Russia at the tournaments such as UEFA Euro in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 editions, 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Igor is the captain of the Russian squad that had players like defender, Igor Smolnikov, and midfielder, Denis Cheryshev at the 2018 FIFA World Cup at Russia. He guarded the goal post in the 2018 World Cup opening match against Saudi Arabia. Russia won the match by 5-0 with goals from Denis Cheryshev, Aleksandr Golovin, Artem Dzyuba, and Yury Gazinsky.
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Currently, 32, the Russian goalkeeper stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inches tall and weighs around 78 kg.
He is happily married to his wife, Ekaterina Gerun.
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Ekaterina is a daughter of writer and language and literature teacher. She goes by her name Katy Gerun on social media. She attended the National Pharmaceutical University in Kharkov where she studied Chemical Engineering.
Katy is a model, dancer, and actress who also participated in the Miss Universe Ukraine contest. She currently studies at the Moscow Film School.
The couple together is the parents of two children, a son, Daniil, and a daughter, Evangeline. Daniil was born in 2014. The family of Igor Akinfeev is enjoying a happy and blissful with each other with no signs of turmoil.
