Midfielder "Locomotive" Vladislav Ignatiev: sports career

The first steps to professional football Vladislav Ignatiev began at the age of seven, enrolling in a local school. In childhood, the coaches tried it on different positions on the field, but the player himself was more inclined to play in the attack.

Carier start

As a result, Vladislav Ignatiev showed himself to be an excellent winger, and at the age of 17 his talent was assessed by Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik, offering the player a two-year contract. In his first team, Vladislav passed a rather long period of adaptation and only in the second season could gain a foothold in the base, in total playing in 40 games, scoring 6 goals. In 2006, the midfielder moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, where he collected football wisdom for three seasons, in order to fulfill his cherished dream in 2009 - to play in the Premier League.

Hit the Premier League

The first team, which Vladislav Ignatiev chose to play in the main championship of the country, were the Samara "Wings of the Soviets". As part of the "wings" 22-year-old player was not lost, taking part in 26 meetings for the season, but because of the financial problems of the club in the winter of the same year, the midfielder broke the contract and moved to the Moscow "Locomotive", rejecting the offer of several top- Clubs.

Successfully start with the "railroad" Ignatiev did not work - the injury at the beginning of the season did not allow him to compete for a place in the first team, and in summer Muscovites gave the player a half-year lease in "Kuban". With the Krasnodar club in Vladislav everything turned out well - 1 goal in 13 matches and the title of champion of PFL forced "Lokomotiv" to refuse "green-yellow" in the redemption of the player, returning it to Moscow. But again the appearance in the Moscow club turned out to be not the most encouraging for the midfielder - despite the frequent appearance in the starting lineup, in Lokomotiv they demanded more from the player, because in the spring of 2012 Vladislav Ignatyev was again in the Krasnodar club, but this time Time in "Krasnodar".

Krasnodar travel

In the "bulls" Oleg Kononov quickly found a place for the player, and Vladislav Ignatiev, a football player with a rich experience of playing in the center of the field, was an excellent help to the team in their quest for high places in the championship. A year later, the neighbor of Krasnodar sent a proposal for the transfer of the midfielder, and the player himself approved the option of transition, once again being in the Kuban.

In the former Vladislav club, another success was awaited - the footballer spent one and a half seasons at the highest level, scoring 12 goals in 57 matches, becoming a finalist of the Russian Cup, and receiving an invitation to the main team for which he made his debut in a friendly match against Portugal. In the winter of 2015, Vladislav announced the termination of the contract with the team due to the financial problems of the club and returned to the once-beloved Lokomotiv.

Return to the "Locomotive"

The second attempt to play in the "Loco" was for the player more successful. Vladislav regularly appeared on the field, but more often went on to replace and nevertheless brought a lot of benefit to the team, in 15 matches scoring 2 goals and making one transfer. The footballer has repeatedly noted that he still needs to work on himself, and this desire is welcomed by the coach of "Locomotive" Yuri Semin, who continues to count on an experienced midfielder.