Every child (and even an adult) who lives in Russia and is not even interested in football has ever heard the name “Alan Dzagoev”. Of course, not everyone knows where this football player plays, what position he plays in, but everyone can give a brief description: "He is good!" This article will cover all stages of the life of the famous football player playing for CSKA (Moscow), as well as the Russian national football team. So, who is Alan Dzagoev, whose biography is discussed further?
The beginning of a football career
From his very childhood, Alan Dzagoev was interested in football, trying to spend every free minute with the ball in the yard. Of course, this did not go unnoticed, and in 2000 he began to train at the football school of his hometown of Beslan. It was there that he began to reveal his talent and attracted the attention of many scouts of football clubs, who at that time played in the Premier League. The young man's choice fell on the Academy of the team from Vladikavkaz “Wings of the Soviets”.
Period of performances for "Wings of the Soviets"
After the football player Alan Dzagoev made his debut in the Premier League of the Russian Federation, all CIS clubs began to closely monitor him. In the 2006-2007 season, he managed to wear a T-shirt with the “Wings of the Soviets” emblem 37 times, becoming not only a player in the starting lineup, but also the leader of the team with 6 goals scored, which is a pretty good result for his role. For his stable and vibrant game at the end of the season, he received offers from clubs such as Zenit (St. Petersburg), Dynamo (Moscow), Dynamo Kiev was interested, but Alan Dzagoev made his choice in favor of the capital CSKA teams.
The formation of a star in CSKA (Moscow)
January 2007 was a landmark for the football player, because it was during this period that Alan Dzagoev made his debut for the main team of CSKA in the match against Shakhtar from Donetsk, coming on as a substitute. This match was not very important, as Channel One Cup was exclusively a commercial competition, with which the teams simply filled the break in their championships. After that, Alan Dzagoev did not go on the field for a long time as part of the “army team”, but in favor of the youth team and understudy teams. In the spring of 2008, Alan made his successful debut in the Russian Championship and in just a few rounds was noted for productive actions, in particular a goal scored and 2 important assists. And he was able to do all this already at the age of 17, which is simply unimaginable for Russian football. Looking at this football player at that time, many experts compared him to Andrei Arshavin, who became recognizable all over the world after a successful performance at Euro 2008.
Up to the 2011-2012 season, Dzagoev was not considered the main football player and gained game practice mainly in youth teams, which to some extent reflected on his confidence. In the same year, after he nevertheless managed to convince the head coach Leonid Slutsky of his game that he deserves a place in the starting lineup, he immediately got into trouble. The young player allowed himself, to put it mildly, incorrect expressions addressed to the head coach, for which he was immediately transferred back to the youth team. Lokomotiv could not help but take advantage of this conflict, which offered an amount equivalent to 7 million euros for the young talent, but the leadership of CSKA refused, and Alan made a public apology and continued to play on the main team. With the capital's team, Alan achieved the title of champion of Russia, played in the Champions League, but in European competitions his team, unfortunately, did not achieve any special results. Since 2008, Alan has held 48 matches for the Russian team, speaking with her at forums such as Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland, as well as Mundiale 2014, which took place in Brazil.
Alan Dzagoev: biography, personal life
July 7, 2012 is a significant day for the football player, because it was then that he cemented his relationship with the dancer of the ballet "Alania". The wife of Alan Dzagoev - Zarema Abaeva (Dzagoeva) was in a relationship with the football player for quite a long time, so his marriage with the artist was only a matter of time.
A year later, in July 2013, a daughter was born in the athlete’s family, which her parents decided to call Elana. In addition, the player has a younger brother, who today stands for the backup team of “Alania” (Vladikavkaz) and also gives great hope in Russian football. It is too early to talk about anything specific, but the hope remains that he will reach the same heights as his older brother.