Goalkeeper of the Russian national football team Stanislav Kritsyuk: biography and statistics

Not so long ago, the coaching staff of the Russian national football team was announced a list of players called for two closest friendly matches with Lithuania and France. The greatest persuasion was caused by the goalkeeper's position: firstly, four goalkeepers were summoned for these two matches (usually no more than three goalkeepers), and secondly, there were two newcomers among them. If the naturalized Brazilian Guilherme is familiar to most fans of domestic football for performances for the Moscow "Locomotive", then the name of the second debutant is heard by many for the first time. This is Stanislav Kritsyuk. Footballer, rented by "Krasnodar" from the Portuguese "Braga", is happy to return to his homeland and, judging by his first matches in the Premier League, intends to impose a serious competition on the first number of the national team.

The beginning of the career of Kritsyuk

Stanislav Kritsyuk was born on December 1, 1990 in the city of Togliatti. His first steps in football, he began to do at the Football Academy. Yu Konopleva, other famous alumni of which became Alan Dzagoev, Artur Yusupov, Roman Zobnin and others. Stanislav's debut in professional football took place in 2008, as part of the "Academy" (Dimitrovgrad), which acted at the time in the second division (by rank this is the third division in Russian football).

The next five years, Stanislav Kritsyuk spent in various Togliatti teams that did not rise above the second division.

In 2013, turned into a career for Stanislav transition to the Portuguese football club "Braga" (from the same city). In this he helped the agency D-Sports, with whom he collaborated Kritsyuk. After a successful review, the football player signed a contract with the Portuguese team.

Speech in Portugal and return to Russia

In the main part of the "Braga" Kricyuk did not break through immediately. The first half of the season in 2013-2014 he played for the second team of Braga, and then was leased to Rio Ave. For the club from the city of Vila do Condi, speaking at that time in the highest Portuguese league, Stanislav spent only one match.

That summer, Stanislav Kriciuk returned to "Braga" and in August 2014 finally made his debut for the main line-up. Solid first number in the season, Kriciuk did not, but regularly played in the Cup of Portugal. In one sixteenth final of the Braga Cup with the participation of Kritsyuk Lisbon took place, "Benfica" - one of the leaders of Portuguese football. Subsequently, the team reached the final, where in a series of post-match penalties lost another Lisbon team - "Sporting".

In the season 2015-2016 Kritsyuk took the post of the main goalkeeper of "Braga", but already in January of the sixteenth year was rented by the Russian club "Krasnodar". The lease terms provide for the option of redemption.

Personal life and hobbies

In Portugal, Kricyuk was supported by his girlfriend, who moved to him from Togliatti.

Stanislav is fond of martial arts. Before starting to play football, Kritziuk went to boxing for a while. At the age of 19, he resumed his boxing training and since then has been devoting a lot of free time to them.

By his own admission, Krytsiuk prefers home travel with his beloved.

The opinion of football experts about Kricium

Famous in the past, a football player, and now the coach of "Krasnodar" Andrei Tikhonov is sure that Stanislav Kritsyuk is quite consistent with the level of the Russian team. In his opinion, Stanislaw benefited from a business trip to Portugal, where he managed to become one of the best goalkeepers of the league: after playing in Europe, the player had the mentality of a real professional. Tikhonov believes that Kriciuk's lack of experience in speaking for Russian big clubs is not a problem.

According to the head coach of the youth national team of Russia Nikolay Pisarev, in training, Kritsyuk could beat several penalty shots in a row. Pisarev notes the ability of Stanislav to play on the line.

Stanislav Kricyuk: statistics of speeches

Statistics of performances of Kritsyuk in the second division of the championship of Russia:

- From 2008 to 2009: 18 matches for "Togliatti", 36 goals conceded.

- From 2010 to 2013, Kritsyuk spent thirty-nine official matches in the second division for the Togliatti "Academy". I missed thirty-six goals.

Statistics of performances of Kritsuk in Portugal:

- 14 matches for the second team of "Braga" ("Braga B"), 19 goals were missed.

- In the second half of the season 2013/14 - 1 game for "Rio Ave", in which one ball is missed.

- From 2014 to the end of 2015 Stanislav participated in twenty-nine games for the main line-up of "Braga", in which he missed eighteen goals.

Statistics in the Premier League:

- For the football club "Krasnodar" Kritsyuk at the moment played two games, both of them dry.

Also, Kritsyuk noted performances for the youth and youth teams of Russia. In 2013, the player played at the European Youth Championship. In total for the junior national teams of the country Kriciuk took part in 15 matches.

The main achievement of Stanislav Kritsuk: the finalist of the Cup of Portugal (14/15).