- Alan Dzagoev
Infobox Football biography
playername = Alan Dzagoev
fullname = Alan Dzagoev
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1990|6|17
cityofbirth =Beslan
countryofbirth =USSR
height = height|m=1.79
nickname =
position =Midfielder
currentclub =PFC CSKA Moscow
clubnumber = 46
youthyears = 2000-2006
youthclubs = YunostVladikavkaz
years = 2006-2007
2007-present
clubs =FC Krylia Sovetov-SOK
PFC CSKA Moscow
caps(goals) = 37 (6)
14 (7)
nationalyears = 2008-present
nationalteam = Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 30 September, 2008
ntupdate = 19:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)Alan Elizbarovich Dzagoev (Russian: Алан Елизбарович Дзагоев born June 17, 1990, in
Beslan ) is aRussia n footballmidfielder of Ossetian ethnicity [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845140.html] who plays for CSKA Moscow and theRussia national football team .Biography
He was born in
Beslan (North Ossetia-Alania ,Russia ) on July the 17, 1990, to Tariel and Lana [http://sportsdaily.ru/articles/poluzaschitnik-tsska-alan-dzagoev-c-abnado-prislushivatsya-k-starshim-c-bb-21308] . He started playing soccer in the second grade. He and his older brother started playing football by the initiative of their mother, who, as Dzagoev said in 2008, "still can jump the ball 10 times standing on one leg". [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845060.html]At school Dzagoev didn't try to hard to study because of his passion to football, but his parents respected his choise of a football career. Even thought he didn't try hard at school, he was good in the subjects that interested him, like
history . [http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/26/nl261683.html]In 2000 he started playing for the youth team "Yunost" (youth)
Vladikavkaz , and was a fan ofAlania Vladikavkaz . [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845060.html]Club career
Krylia Sovetov-SOK
In 2006-2007 he played for
FC Krylia Sovetov-SOK from theRussian Second Division (Ural-Povolzhye zone), for who he played 37 matches and scored 6 goals.CSKA Moscow
In december 2007 he moved to
PFC CSKA Moscow from theRussian Premier League . He started coming out on few occasions as substitute. He was part of the squad that won theRussian Cup 2007-08 , played in three games there, one of them being the 1/16 final, where he scored a goal, another one being the 1/8 final, where he scored again, and the final. In the 13 match of theRussian Premier League 2008 he had 3 assists in the 5-1 vicrory overFC Spartak Moscow , and since then he became a steady opening line-up member. Alan Dzagoev was also the man of the match when he scored 2 goals in a 3-1 away victory againstUEFA Cup winnersZenit Saint Petersburg inSaint Petersburg .National team
The exellent play Dzagoev showed during the 2008 season at the
Russian Premier League brought up voices demanding him being invited to theRussian national football team . [http://www.championat.ru/news.php?sport=football&id=134898&sid=75919b4d5aa42bfd4615cbe976f709bb&ch_passwd=1] [http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/305446] [http://www.euro-football.ru/news/shownews.php3?num=92168] As result, Dzagoev was called up for theRussian national football team squad to theOctober 11 ,2008 match against Germany in the 2010 World Cup campaign. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5840745.html] He made his debut as a half-time substitute. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5926495.html]Personal life and character
Dzagoev is known to be a very modest and hard-working person. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5862197.html] [http://www.sports.ru/football/5862171.html] He is also known for being very enthusiastic about the game, being very mobile on the field, and always encoureging the other players from his team to work harder in order to win. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5862171.html]
When he was a child his two favorite players were
Evgeni Aldonin andFrank Lampard . [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845140.html] He also admiredValery Gazzaev , who later became his coach atPFC CSKA Moscow . [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845140.html] His favorite team wasAlania Vladikavkaz , [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845060.html] [http://sport.km.ru/72569] and he also likedPFC CSKA Moscow and stated that he always dreamed playing for them. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5544199.html]He has an older brother who is also a football player. [http://sportsdaily.ru/articles/poluzaschitnik-tsska-alan-dzagoev-c-abnado-prislushivatsya-k-starshim-c-bb-21308] [http://pda.izvestia.ru/article.html/use.article.27710_46/]
Club statistics
Honours
Club
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PFC CSKA Moscow
**Russian Cup : 2007-2008Quotes
By Alan Dzagoev
* "I try to rarely give interviews - It's better to play then to talk about it. Offcourse, we play for the fans, and they want to know about us as much as possible, but I yet won anything, to give interviews left and right. It's early for me to do that", 2008. [http://dzagoev.ru/index.php?name=News&op=article&sid=100]
* "CSKA is a one big family. Honestly, I'm very lucky being in that club", 2008. [http://news.sport-express.ru/online/ntext/26/nl261683.html]
* "When you want to stick to the highest level, there is no time for fun", 2008. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5918928.html]
* "I was so glad to get my first boots, that for a few days I didn't take them off. I went with them to school, to visit people, simply to walk on the street", 2008. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5845060.html]About Alan Dzagoev
* "Dzagoev doesn't like pathos, and that's a very positive thing",
Valery Gazzaev , 2008. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5883560.html]
* "Dzagoev plays football not for fame and money, but because, football is his life. It is rare today that a victory is more important for a player, then the prize-money for it. But Alan - is exacly that case", Igor Rodkin, who was Dzagoev's coach atFC Krylia Sovetov-SOK , 2008. [http://www.sports.ru/football/5862197.html]References
Links
* [http://www.pfc-cska.com/person.php?lg=ru&id=3394 Statistics at the offical PFC CSKA Moscow website]
* [http://www.rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=2&act=players&id=9832&year=2008 Statistics at the RFPL website]
* [http://dzagoev.ru/ The unoffical site of Alan Dzagoev]
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