Footballer Alexei Arkhipov: biography, achievements and interesting facts

Arkhipov Alexey Alekseyevich - footballer from Russia, speaking at the position of midfielder. At the beginning of his career he was involved more in the attack, and after a while he took the position of "opornika". More often these players are called CKP - the central supporting midfielder.

Where did the football player Arkhipov play?

In 2013, he finished his career as a football player in the team "Vityaz" (Second Division - Center). During his career, Alexei Arkhipov has replaced about six Russian clubs: Smena, Dynamo Moscow, Luch-Energia (Vladivostok), Vityaz (Podolsk), Krasnodar and Shinnik (Yaroslavl).

Alexey Arkhipov: biography and interesting facts

He was born on March 24, 1983 in Moscow, the USSR. Ros and brought up in a sports family - my father was a semi-professional hockey player, and my mother in her youth seriously engaged in volleyball. Therefore, since childhood, Alexei Arkhipov was accustomed to sports training and gymnastics. Alyosha's predilection manifested itself in football - at the age of six he began to claim that he wanted to be like Oleg Blokhin. A year later his parents took him to a children's and youth sports school. At the first training I started to show good results. The boy was much taller and stronger than his peers - he had a strong blow, fought well on the "second floor" and well put the body. So almost immediately became a leader in his team. Years later, Arkhipov became captain of his youth team "Smena". His first coach was Pavel Viktorovich Yurtsev (ex-football player of the USSR team).

Football achievements in the youth team "Smena" and the first transition to another club

In 1995, Alexei Arkhipov as a member of the youth team "Smena" won first place in the championship of the Moscow region in football among boys under 12. At this championship, Arkhipov was awarded the "Best Playmaker of the Tournament" award. This was the first major achievement in his career. Arkhipov played for the youth teams of "Smena" until 1999 (up to 15 years), after which he moved to the football club "Dynamo Moscow", speaking in its composition to 16 years.

Performances for the club "Dynamo Moscow"

In the youth squad of "blue and white" Alexei Arkhipov played for 3 years, and in 2002 the club management offered the player a real professional contract. The agreement was designed for two years. Arkhipov with pleasure signed all the necessary papers and became the official player of "Dynamo Moscow". He played here until 2004, however, due to some reasons, he played only 2 official matches. The first - on August 3, 2002 in the Premier League against "Spartacus" (0-1 in favor of "Spartacus"). The second - on October 14, 2003 in the Cup of Russia against the Astrakhan "Volgar" (victory of "Dynamo" with a total score of 5-1).

The thing is that with the arrival of the Moscow "Dynamo" Alexei Arkhipov received a minor injury, which recurred later. As a result, the player could not properly recover and return to the previous game, so he lost his place in the basis of the Dynamo. In 2004, football player Alexei Arkhipov moves to the club "Luch-Energia" from Vladivostok.

Years of career in the football club "Luch-Energia"

In 2004, Alexei Alexandrovich Arkhipov signed a three-year contract with the football club Luch-Energia and moved to Vladivostok for permanent residence. Years spent with the "tigers" (a common nickname for the team) were noteworthy goals scored and respect. Arkhipov was a non-stop player of the main line-up and his leader. Here he played 64 official matches and scored 5 goals. It was in this team that Arkhipov played for the first time in the position of the central midfielder. He perfectly coped with his role on the field. In his game features included the strongest powerful blow, quality rolls, great head-playing and crazy diagonal transfers to the flanking attackers. It was in the "Luch-Energia" team that the player played as he can, and got invaluable experience and game practice. In 2005, the club "Luch-Energia" won the championship of the first division.

In the "Far Eastern" (another nickname) Arkhipov played until 2007. At the end of the contract, Alexei Club did not propose an extension. Yes, and Arkhipov previously repeatedly stated that he wants to return closer to Moscow, so he will not renew the contract in "Luch".

Career in Podillia "Vityaz" - the best years

In 2008, the footballer signs a contract with the football club Vityaz. The city of Podolsk is not far from Moscow, which Arkhipov so misses for three years in Vladivostok. Here he played two seasons. It is worth noting that again Alexei is well established in the first team. For two years in "Vityaz" Arkhipov played 44 games, in which he scored 7 goals. This statistics "opornika" is very surprising. It must be admitted that the football career in "Vityaz" was the most ray among all the others. Despite the fact that these seasons were without awards and cups, Arkhipov played in full.

Transition to "Krasnodar" and immediately on loan basis - in "Shinnik"

In winter, in 2010, Alexei Arkhipom signs a contract with "Krasnodar". At that time, the player had a serious injury, because of which he for a long time could not enter the field. After recovering, after some time, Arkhipov appeared on the field in the Cup of Russia against the team "Pearl-Sochi" (victory 1-0).

Soon, the news appears in the media that Alexei Arkhipov turns into "Shinnik" on loan. This gesture was made in order to have the player had at least some kind of game practice after injury. As a result, for "Shinnik" Arkhipov played only 12 matches, in which he managed to hit the opponent's gate only once.

Return to the Podolsky "Hero"

In 2011, Alexei decided to return to the beloved football club "Hero". Here he again begins to "breathe in a new way" - the player regularly appears on the field and even scores goals. In the season 2011/2012 Podilsky "Vityaz" won bronze medals in the championship of the Second Division-Center.

In "The Knight" Alexei Arkhipov played until 2013, after which he retired. During this period, he held 53 matches, in which he scored 8 goals.

For his entire football career, Alexei Arkhipov played 27 games in the Russian Premier League, where he managed to score 2 goals. Basically, the player played for teams from the lower divisions. And all because Arkhipov often received serious damage, which is why he lost his place at the heart of elite teams. Despite this, Arkhipov held a worthy football career. Despite the numerous injuries, after which they leave football forever, the athlete did not give up until the last.

Arkhipov Alexei Anatolyevich: biography of the footballer-namesake

In our vast country, there are probably many Arkhipovs, so coincidences are inevitable. Arkhipov Alexei Anatolyevich is a football player who previously played for Kirov's "Torch", a team from the 3rd division of the Russian championship. Alexei Anatolyevich - born in 1981. Namesakes are often confused, because they have the same surnames and names, only the difference in patronymics: one - Anatolyevich, and the other - Alekseevich. In addition, both players are midfielders. Fortunately or unfortunately, these two never crossed the field.