Sergei Ryzhikov: biography of the goalkeeper

The name of a man like Sergei Ryzhikov is well known to every fan of Soviet football. After all, he played for a certain time for Belgorod "Salyut", Ramenskoye "Saturn", Makhachkala "Anji" and other notorious teams. And since 2008, the footballer defends the honor of the Kazan "Rubin". However, everything in order.

early years

Sergei Ryzhikov was born in 1980, on September 19, in Shebekino. His path to a great sport, he began with admission to the Youth. It is interesting that initially he held the position of the right midfielder. But then he decided to re-qualify for the goalkeeper. As Sergey said, in this important role played the influence of Alexei Polyakov - goalkeeper from Shebekino.

The professional career of Ryzhikov began in 1999. Then he became part of the Belgorod "Salute", which played in those days in the second league. In this case, the phrase "there would be no happiness, but misfortune helped" would be appropriate. "Salute" was experiencing serious financial problems. Naturally, the club could not afford the eminent players, so its honor was defended by local pupils. So at the age of 18 Sergei Ryzhikov was the goalkeeper of the starting lineup, in whose role he stayed for two years.

Further career

In 2002, the goalkeeper was taken to the "Saturn". True, for three years he was the goalkeeper of the backup team. And even wore a captain's armband.

In the Higher Division he got only in 2004. And then played a few games there. At the end of the season he received an invitation from the Moscow "Locomotive", which Ryzhikov agreed. True, he was immediately rented "Anji" - to get game practice. However, the decision was successful, as at the end of the year Sergey was recognized by the fans as the best player of the team.

Returning to the "Locomotive", he went to the field only twice. After that he was again rented, only already "Tomyu".

Moving to Kazan

Sergei Ryzhikov - goalkeeper is good, so it's no wonder that he was noticed by representatives of the Tatarstan's "Rubin". In 2008, he was invited to the Kazan club, and the goalkeeper doubted for long. He almost immediately became the team's main goalkeeper. In the first seven games, he missed only two goals (and one, one was launched from the penalty spot).

Sergei Ryzhikov a very good football player - that's how many thought. And in 2010 he received an offer from the Moscow "Spartak". He was offered $ 10,000,000. However, the goalkeeper refused, and instead extended the contract with "Ruby". In the summer of this year, there were rumors that he would leave the ranks of the Kazan club. However, in one of his interviews Ryzhikov assured: he does not intend to go anywhere. Goalkeeper, by the way, was surprised, since this was the first hearing for all 9 years, which he played in "Ruby".

Other interesting facts

Sergei Ryzhikov - a footballer, who was also called in the national Russian team. True, he played only one match. It was a friendly game against Armenia, and he missed one goal. They called Sergei several times, but all the time he sat on the bench.

Sergei has a family - a wife, a son and two daughters, twins. It's interesting that Ryzhikov's brother, whose name is Andrey, is also a goalkeeper. He protects the colors of the Belgorod "Energomash".

A couple of words worth mentioning about achievements. With "Ruby" Sergei twice became the champion of Russia, and also won the Cup and the Super Cup of the country. By the way, he has two awards. True, he won all the Super Bowls, playing for "Ruby", but the second Cup was received, being in the "Locomotive".

More Ryzhikov four times was listed in the list of 33 best players of the Premier League. And in 2013 he became a part of Lev Yashin's Club, because he managed to keep the goal "dry" for 100 matches.

Surely these are not the last achievements of the goalkeeper. Well, it remains to him to wish him luck and continue to follow the progress of the goalkeeper.