Zhirov has played Russia in their youth teams and made his full international debut for Russia in 2005.
Yuri Zhirkov was born to father, Valentin Ivanovich Zhirkov, a factory worker and mother, a post woman by profession on 20 August 1983 in Tambov, Soviet Union.
He came from a very poor family but it did not stop his passion for football and joined the youth club of Spartak Tambov in 1997.
His annual salary is around $ 1 million which he earns from playing for his current club, Zenit Saint Petersburg and has a current market worth around £720,000 as of June 2018.
Looking at his professional football career, his net worth is estimated around $ 3 million.
After playing for the junior club of Spartak Tambov he joined the main team in 2001 and later was transferred to fellow Russian football club, CSKA Moscow in 2004 and made his debut against Spartak Moscow on 7 March 2004
He was the part of the successful Spartak Moscow team that went on to win the UEFA Cup in 2004/2005.
Yuri later moved to London and signed a four-year contract with English Premier League club, for a transfer fee of £18 million in the summer of 2009 and scored in his debut match against Milan.
He was the first choice left back after Ashley Cole was injured and went on to play a crucial role in winning the Premier League in 2009/10.
The Russian defender later moved back to Russia and signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club, Anzhi Makhachkala for a reported transfer fee of £13.2 million in 2011.
He scored his first goal for the club against Amkar Perm on 29 October 2011 and was later transferred to Dynamo Moscow in 2013.
Yuri is currently playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg with whom he signed a two-year contract in early 2016.
He made his full international debut for Russia against Italy on 9 February 2005 and scored his first international goal against Morroco in a friendly played on June 6, 2014.
Yuri played a crucial role in helping Russia to reach semi-final at the UEFA Euro 2008 and was named in the team of the tournament that had names such as Pepe and Andreas Iniesta.
He went on to represent Russia at the UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Russian defender is included in the final team of 2018 FIFA World Cup at Russia along with other players like Denis Cheryshev, Aleksandr Golovin, Igor Akinfeev. Russia won the first two game against Egypt and Saudi Arabia and will face Uruguay in the third game.
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Talking about his personal life, he is married to his wife to a model, Inna whom he tied his wedding knot on 1 February 2008.
The couple is blessed with a son, Dmitriy who was born in September 2008.
