Akinfeev extends contract with CSKA for another four years

Akinfeev extends contract with CSKA for another four years

Igor Akinfeev's contract with CSKA Moscow will now last until the end of the 2021-22 season.

Igor Akinfeev has played for CSKA Moscow since 2003. (AFP pic)
MOSCOW:
CSKA Moscow’s Russian international goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev extended his contract with the club for another four years, the Russian Premier League side reported Wednesday.

“Today, the club general manager Roman Babayan and Igor Akinfeev have signed a new contract,” said the statement at CSKA official site.

“Now Akinfeev’s contract with the red-blue side will be in force until the end of the 2021-22 season.”

The 32-year-old goalkeeper joined CSKA at the age of four. He made his debut with the club’s first team in 2003.

Akinfeev, who is currently CSKA captain, has played 571 matches for the club so far and has won 112 caps with Russia’s national side, for which he made his debut in 2004.

In the World Cup, which Russia hosted this summer, Akinfeev played every minute as the hosts reached the last eight.

The goalkeeper, who won the UEFA Cup in 2005, has also claimed six Russian Premier League titles and six Russian Cups with CSKA.

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