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{{short description|Russian footballer (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Akinfeev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Igor Akinfeev
| image = Igor Akinfeev 2020.jpg
| caption = Akinfeev with [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in 2020
| full_name = Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev
| height = 1.85 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610160600/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|4|8|df=y}}<ref>{{FIFA player|205017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast|Vidnoye]], Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| currentclub = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| clubnumber = 35
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 1991–2002
| youthclubs1 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| years1 = 2003–
| clubs1 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| caps1 = 596
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Russia national under-21 football team|Russia U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2018
| nationalteam2 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 111
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|RUS}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2008 UEFA European Championship|2008 Austria–Switzerland]]|}}
| pcupdate = 24 May 2025
}}
'''Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev''' ({{lang-rus|Игорь Владимирович Акинфеев|Igor' Vladimirovich Akinfeyev|p=ˈiɡərʲ vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ɐkʲɪnˈfʲe(j)ɪf}}; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for and [[Captain (association football)|captains]] Russian Premier League club [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=6/news=a-closer-look-at-the-confed-cup-captains-2895407.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617163312/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=6/news=a-closer-look-at-the-confed-cup-captains-2895407.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2017|title=Meet the Confed Cup captains|website=FIFA.com|date=17 June 2017|access-date=18 June 2017|quote=He [Igor Akinfeev] became Russian captain in March 2017 when Vasily Berezutskiy "retired" from the national team and is set to pass the 100-cap mark in the hosts' second match at the Confederations Cup.|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)}}</ref>

He [[List of one-club men in association football|has spent his entire career]] at CSKA, making more than 700 official appearances. He has won six [[Russian Premier League]] titles and eight [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cups]], as well as the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|2005]]. He is a record holder for most games played in the [[Russian Premier League|Russian top-level league]] at 596 (as of 24 May 2025). A full international for Russia between 2004 and 2018, he earned [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|111 caps]] and was selected in their squads for four [[UEFA European Championship]]s and two [[FIFA World Cup]]s. He was named captain of Russia in March 2017, after the retirement of his predecessor [[Vasili Berezutski]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=6/news=a-closer-look-at-the-confed-cup-captains-2895407.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617163312/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=6/news=a-closer-look-at-the-confed-cup-captains-2895407.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2017|title=Meet the Confed Cup captains|date=17 June 2017|work=FIFA}}</ref> Akinfeev is a member of the [[Lev Yashin Club]] and has kept more [[clean sheet]]s in Russian football than any other goalkeeper.{{NoteTag|This includes matches for Russian clubs and for the Russian national team.}}<ref name=dry>{{cite news|url=http://www.sports.ru/football/1034651803.html|title=Акинфеев обогнал Дасаева по "сухим" матчам за российские команды|language=ru|date=14 November 2015|work=Sport.ru}}</ref>

==Early life==
Igor Akinfeev was born on 8 April 1986 in the town of [[Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast]]. When he was 4 years old his father sent him to the Sports school of CSKA. He has been a goalkeeper since his second training. As a member of the junior [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] team, he won the Russian Junior Championship in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-10 |title=Igor Akinfeev a Russian icon despite World Cup blunder |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/igor-akinfeev-russian-icon-despite-world-cup-blunder-021228320--sow.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-SG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=郭蓉 |title=Akinfeev eager to earn redemption with Russia |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/28/WS5abaf379a3105cdcf6514c22.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>

==Club career==
[[File:Cskamu 16.jpg|thumb|150px|left|upright|Akinfeev playing for [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in October 2015]]

[[File:Igor Akinfeev 2018.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|Akinfeev in April 2018]]

Akinfeev made his professional debut for [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] at the age of 16, saving a penalty kick and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over [[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2013/08/22/4200424/igor-akinfeev-fast-becoming-the-heir-to-the-legendary-lev|title=Igor Akinfeev fast becoming the heir to the legendary Lev Yashin|date=22 August 2013|work=Goal.com}}</ref> He broke into the starting line-up at the age of 17 in 2003, winning the club's [[List of Soviet and Russian football champions|first]] [[Russian Premier League]] in the [[2003 Russian Premier League|same season]].<ref name=akin>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2016/clubs/player=66794/profile/index.html|title=Igor Akinfeev|access-date=7 April 2016|work=UEFA}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2005, CSKA won a treble of the [[2005 Russian Premier League|Russian Premier League]] [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]] and [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]].<ref name=akin/> During this season, Akinfeev played in all 19 of CSKA's European matches,<ref name=akin/> including the [[2005 UEFA Cup Final]], which the Army Men won 3–1 against [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting CP]] at their opponents' [[Estádio José Alvalade]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sporting 1-3 CSKA Moscow|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4555475.stm|access-date=11 June 2014|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=18 May 2005}}</ref> In 2006, he won a third Russian league title and second Russian Cup with CSKA<ref name=akin/> and was awarded the [[Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States (Sport-Express)|''Zvezda'' trophy]], for the year's best football player from the former Soviet Union.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

In the [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League]], Akinfeev went 362 minutes without conceding a goal until [[Ricardo Quaresma]] scored past him for [[FC Porto]] in his team's fifth group match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2006/matches/round=2357/match=1116390/postmatch/report/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022113446/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2006/matches/round=2357/match=1116390/postmatch/report/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2013|title=CSKA Moskva 1-2 Porto|date=22 November 2006|work=UEFA}}</ref> This began a record breaking run of 43 consecutive matches without keeping a clean sheet in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] (including qualifying rounds).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2015748--psv-vs-cska-moskva/|title=PSV through to last 16 after CSKA thriller|date=8 December 2015|work=UEFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Champions League: Akinfeev finally keeps clean sheet {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/akinfeev-keeps-first-champions-league-clean-sheet-since-november-/1ium5v9jvhbdc1im2ukcnwj7jz |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200226172514/https://www.goal.com/en/news/akinfeev-keeps-first-champions-league-clean-sheet-since-november-/1ium5v9jvhbdc1im2ukcnwj7jz |archive-date=2020-02-26 |access-date=2025-04-22 |language=en}}</ref> His Champions League run without a clean sheet finally ended 11 years later, when CSKA Moscow beat [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] 2–0 away in the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#AEK Athens v CSKA Moscow|qualifying stages of the Champions League]] on 25 July 2017; prior to the match, Akinfeev's last clean sheet in the Champions League had come against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in November 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/story/3165310/igor-akinfeev-keeps-first-champions-league-clean-sheet-since-2006|title=Igor Akinfeev keeps first Champions League clean sheet since 2006|publisher=ESPN FC|date=26 July 2017|access-date=27 September 2017}}</ref> and the sequence became a record in the competition in October 2013 when he conceded two goals against [[FC Viktoria Plzen]] for a 17th consecutive 'non-clean sheet'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-18 |title=ЦСКА – Монако. Акінфєєв в 40-му матчі ЛЧ поспіль пропускає гол |trans-title=CSKA – Monaco. Akinfeev concedes a goal for the 40th consecutive Champions League match. |url=https://www.ua-football.com/ua/foreign/russia/1476823533-cska-monako-akinfyeyev-v-40-mu-matchi-lch-pospil-propuskaye-gol.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.ua-football.com |language=uk}}</ref>

In May 2007, Akinfeev sustained a knee injury which kept him out for the remainder of the [[2007 Russian Premier League]] season.<ref name=akin/> CSKA ended the season third in the league behind city rivals [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] and champions [[FC Zenit St. Petersburg|Zenit St. Petersburg]]. Akinfeev returned for the [[2008 Russian Premier League|2008 season]], starting in all 30 league matches and winning the [[2007–08 Russian Cup|Russian Cup]].<ref name=akin/> In 2009, he again started all 30 Russian Premier League matches and kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 [[2008–09 Russian Cup|Russian Cup Final]] defeat of league winners [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]].<ref name=akin/>

In May 2011, Akinfeev [[Captain (association football)|captained]] CSKA to a fifth [[2010–11 Russian Cup|Russian Cup]] of his career. In [[2012–13 Russian Premier League|2012–13]], CSKA won their first Russian Premier League title in seven years,<ref name=akin/> with Akinfeev named [[Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express)|Russian Footballer of the Year]]. Akinfeev also saved [[Yuri Zhirkov]]'s kick in CSKA's penalty shootout win over [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]] in the [[2012–13 Russian Cup#Final|2013 Russian Cup Final]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-01 |title=Africans seal CSKA's Russian double |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/22740796 |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

On 1 February 2014, CSKA Moscow announced that Akinfeev had extended his contract CSKA until the summer of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 February 2014 |title=Игорь Акинфеев продлил контракт с ПФК ЦСКА |trans-title=Igor Akinfeev has extended his contract with PFC CSKA. |url=https://www.pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/igor-akinfeev-prodlil-kontrakt-s-pfk-cska-8/ |access-date=8 June 2018 |website=pfc-cska.com |publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow |language=ru}}</ref> In [[2013–14 Russian Premier League|2013–14]], Akinfeev won a fifth Russian Premier League title. On 14 May 2014, he overtook [[Lev Yashin]] as the goalkeeper with the third-highest number of clean sheets in Russian football.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 May 2014 |title=Вратарь ПФК ЦСКА Акинфеев обошел Яшина по числу "сухих" матчей за карьеру |trans-title=PFC CSKA goalkeeper Akinfeev has surpassed Yashin in the number of clean sheets in his career. |url=http://rsport.ru/football/20140515/746269255.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427063921/http://rsport.ru/football/20140515/746269255.html |archive-date=27 April 2016 |access-date=7 April 2016 |work=Rossiya Segodnya |language=ru}}</ref> On 14 November 2015, he broke this [[Lev Yashin club|clean sheet record]] with his 233rd career shutout in the [[Russia national football team]]'s 1–0 win over [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]].<ref name=dry/>

In August 2018, Akinfeev extended his CSKA contract to last until 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/90minutes/ct-90mins-akinfeev-inks-four-year-contract-extension-with-cska-20180829-story.html|title=Akinfeev inks four-year contract extension with CSKA|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> In December 2018, Akinfeev earned his 300th clean sheet, becoming the first Russian goalkeeper to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.pfc-cska.com/news/team-news/igor-akinfeev-became-the-first-russian-goalkeeper-to-keep-300-clean-sheets/|title=Igor Akinfeev became the first Russian goalkeeper to keep 300 clean sheets|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>

On 14 August 2021, he played his 489th game in the Russian top tier, repeating the record previously set by [[Sergei Ignashevich]]. In his next game on 21 August 2021, he set a new record with 490.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 August 2021 |title=Игорь Акинфеев сыграл 490-й матч в РПЛ и стал рекордсменом чемпионатов России |trans-title=Igor Akinfeev played his 490th match in the Russian Premier League and became the record holder for appearances in the Russian championships. |url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_27005.html |publisher=[[Russian Premier League]] |language=ru}}</ref> On 20 May 2022, Akinfeev extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 May 2022 |title=Акинфеев — с нами! |trans-title=Akinfeev is with us! |url=http://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/akinfeev-s-nami/ |accessdate=20 May 2022 |publisher=CSKA Moscow |language=ru}}</ref>

On 11 June 2023, Akinfeev saved two penalty kicks in the [[2023 Russian Cup Final]] shootout to win the trophy for CSKA.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 June 2023 |title=Суперфинал LIVE. ЦСКА победил "Краснодар" в серии послематчевых пенальти |trans-title=Superfinal LIVE: CSKA defeated Krasnodar in a penalty shootout. |url=https://rfs.ru/news/218314 |publisher=Russian Football Union |language=ru}}</ref> On 24 May 2024, Akinfeev extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 May 2024 |title=Капитан с нами еще на два года! |trans-title=The captain is with us for two more years! |url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/kapitan-s-nami-eshche-na-dva-goda/ |accessdate=24 May 2024 |publisher=CSKA Moscow |language=ru}}</ref>

On 1 June 2025, Akinfeev saved one penalty kick in the [[2025 Russian Cup final]] shootout to win the Russian Cup for the eighth time.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/222474|title=ЦСКА – победитель FONBET Кубка России 2024/2025|trans-title=CSKA is the winner of FONBET Russian Cup 2024-25|date=1 June 2025|access-date=1 June 2025|language=ru}}</ref>

==International career==
Akinfeev made his debut for the Russian national team in a friendly match against [[Norway national football team|Norway]], which Russia lost 2–3, on 28 April 2004, aged 18 years and 20 days. He thus became the third youngest player to compete for Russia after [[Eduard Streltsov]] and [[Sergey Rodionov]] and the youngest international footballer ever in the history of the [[Russia#Russian Federation|Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite news |date=13 October 2008 |title=Хорошо! Но мало... |trans-title=Alright! But not enough... |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/307611 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013161340/http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/307611 |archive-date=13 October 2008 |access-date=22 November 2009 |publisher=[[Sovetsky Sport]] |language=ru}}</ref> He held the record for the youngest national team player for 18 years before being overtaken by [[Sergei Pinyayev]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 November 2022 |title=Сергей Пиняев – самый молодой дебютант сборной России |trans-title=Sergey Pinyaev – the youngest ever debutant for the Russian national team. |url=https://rfs.ru/news/217154 |publisher=Russian Football Union |language=ru}}</ref> He was later included into the Russian [[UEFA Euro 2004]] squad as the third choice goalkeeper behind [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer born 1970)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]] and [[Vyacheslav Malafeev]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

His major competitive debut was on 30 March 2005, in a [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] against [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and he was later promoted to Russia's first-choice goalkeeper after a long-term injury to Malafeev. Akinfeev kept his first choice place under [[Yuri Semin]] and later [[Guus Hiddink]]. On 6 May 2007, Akinfeev suffered a knee injury in a 1–1 draw against [[FC Rostov]] which put him out of action for four months. As a result, he lost his first choice position to [[Vyacheslav Malafeev]] and later [[Vladimir Gabulov]]. He returned to the Russian national squad in early November but was deemed unfit for the [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier]] against [[Israel national football team|Israel]]. Akinfeev later re-established his first choice place for Russia at [[UEFA Euro 2008]], and played every match as the nation reached the semi-finals.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

He was confirmed for the finalized [[UEFA Euro 2012]] squad on 25 May 2012,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/ct131/73916.html| language = ru | title = Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad|date=25 May 2012}}</ref> but Malafeev played all of Russia's matches and the nation was eliminated in the group stages. On 2 June 2014, Akinfeev was included in Russia's [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] squad,<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2014 |title=Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 |trans-title=Squad of the Russian national team for the 2014 World Cup. |url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/79322.html |publisher=[[Russian Football Union]] |language=ru}}</ref>

[[File:ESP-RUS (2).jpg|200px|thumb|Akinfeev (far right) ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against [[Spain national football team|Spain]]]]

In Russia's first group match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], Akinfeev fumbled a long-range shot from [[Lee Keun-ho (footballer, born 1985)|Lee Keun-ho]], dropping it over the line to give the Koreans the lead. Russia then went on to equalize, and the match finished 1–1.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/17/russia-v-south-korea-world-cup-2014-live|title= Russia v South Korea: World Cup 2014 – as it happened|date=17 June 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 June 2014}}</ref> The final [[2014 FIFA World Cup Group H#Algeria vs Russia|group stage match]] between [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] and Russia on 26 June ended 1–1, advancing Algeria and eliminating Russia. A win for Russia would have seen them qualify, and they led the game 1–0 after six minutes. In the 60th minute of the game, a green laser was shone in Akinfeev's face while he was defending from an Algerian free kick, from which [[Islam Slimani]] scored to equalise. Both Akinfeev and Russian coach [[Fabio Capello]] blamed the laser for the decisive conceded goal.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sid Lowe at the Arena da Baixada |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/26/algeria-russia-world-cup-2014-group-h-match-report |title=Algeria 1-1 Russia; World Cup 2014 Group H match report |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=26 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2014: Fabio Capello unhappy at laser shone at keeper|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28051540|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=27 June 2014}}</ref> On 27 March 2015, in a [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G|Euro 2016 Group G qualifier]] away to [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]], Akinfeev was struck in the head by a [[flare]] launched from the crowd, 20 seconds after kick-off. The game was called off for 35 minutes while he was treated, and resumed with his substitution for [[Yuri Lodygin]]. It was eventually abandoned after a brawl, while Akinfeev was taken to a [[Podgorica]] hospital with a neck injury and light burns.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia keeper Akinfeev hit by flare in abandoned Montenegro match|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32096292|access-date=28 March 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=27 March 2015}}</ref> Akinfeev played his third [[UEFA European Championship]] for Russia at [[UEFA Euro 2016]] as the national team finished bottom of [[UEFA Euro 2016 Group B|Group B]] with only one point from three matches. He was selected as captain for Russia's [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup]] campaign on home soil and kept a clean sheet as the Russian's defeated [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]] 2–0 in the tournament's opening match. On 21 June, in Russia's second group match, a 1–0 defeat to [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], Akinfeev won his 100th cap for the national team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/21/portugal-russia-confederations-cup-cristiano-ronaldo|title=Cristiano Ronaldo header earns Portugal Confederations Cup win over Russia|date=22 June 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Harry |date=2023-04-29 |title=Bongx9 |url=https://bongx9.autos/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=bongx9.autos |language=en}}</ref> On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] squad.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Union]]|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/206751|title=Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира|language=ru|date=11 May 2018}}</ref> On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Union]]|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/207064|script-title=ru:Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018|date=3 June 2018|language=ru}}</ref> Akinfeev was later instrumental in the Russians knocking out [[Spain national football team|Spain]] in the [[2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Spain vs Russia|Round of 16]], being elected Man of the Match and saving two penalties in the [[Penalty shootout (association football)|shoot-out]], ensuring a Russian victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331517/#motm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628233615/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331517/#motm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2018 |title=Spain v Russia – Man of the Match |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=1 July 2018 |access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> On 1 October 2018, he announced his retirement from the national team.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Union]]|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/208148|title=Игорь Акинфеев завершил выступления за сборную России|trans-title=Igor Akinfeev finishes his national team career|date=1 October 2018|language=ru}}</ref>

==Style of play and reception==
Regarded as a promising talent in his youth, Akinfeev's precocious performances as a youngster earned him comparisons with former esteemed Russian goalkeepers [[Lev Yashin]] and [[Rinat Dasayev]]. In 2005, [[UEFA]]'s Pavle Gognidze praised Akinfeev for being a "cool-headed" goalkeeper in spite of his young age, commenting: "On top of confidence, Akinfeev can also boast cat-like reflexes and excellent aerial ability while he is quick off his line to deal with crosses and through balls. Handy with his kicks, what makes him so remarkable for his age is his positional sense – so well developed that the ball seems drawn towards him." Former goalkeeper and CSKA's goalkeeping coach at the time, [[Vyacheslav Chanov]], also added: "Igor is a real goalkeeper, it's in his character and attitude. Since the age of four he only dreamed of becoming a goalkeeper. He's very confident. I think he also tops all Russian goalkeepers in the length and precision of his goal kicks. With his right, he kicks 90 metres, with his left 80 metres."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01a9-0e6cc85f869e-dfe59aaf975d-1000--the-safest-hands-in-russia/|title=The safest hands in Russia|publisher=[[UEFA]]|author1=Pavle Gognidze|date=18 May 2005|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

One of the few [[List of one-club men in association football|one-club men]] in Russian, European, and world football, Akinfeev had been playing for more than a decade as part of the club's and the national team's starting XI, which usually included the defensive trio of [[Aleksei Berezutski]] on the left, [[Sergei Ignashevich]] in the middle, [[Vasili Berezutski]] on the right.

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 1 June 2025}}<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|igor-akinfeev/6389}}</ref><ref name="NFT Stats"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Igor Akinfeev|url=https://pfc-cska.com/komanda/igroki/akinfeev_igor_vladimirovich/|website=pfc-cska.com|publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow|access-date=19 July 2022|language=ru}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="22" valign="centre"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[2003 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2003]]
|rowspan="22" valign="centre"|[[Russian Premier League]]
|13||0||2||0||1{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||0||2{{efn|Appearances in [[Russian Premier League Cup]]}}||0||18||0
|-
|[[2004 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2004]]
|26||0||1||0||10{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC|Appearance in [[Russian Super Cup]]}}||0||38||0
|-	
|[[2005 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2005]]
|29||0||7||0||15{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in [[UEFA Super Cup]]}}||0||52||0
|-
|[[2006 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2006]]
|28||0||7||0||8{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||0||0||44||0
|-
|[[2007 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2007]]
|10||0||2||0||5||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||18||0
|-
|[[2008 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2008]]
|30||0||2||0||6||0||0||0||38||0
|-
|[[2009 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2009]]
|30||0||4||0||10{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||45||0
|-
|[[2010 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2010]]
|28||0||1||0||11{{efn|Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||41||0
|-
|[[2011–12 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2011–12]]
|28||0||4||0||4{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||37||0
|-
|[[2012–13 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2012–13]]
|29||0||2||0||2{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||33||0
|-
|[[2013–14 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2013–14]]
|29||0||3||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||39||0
|-
|[[2014–15 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2014–15]]
|30||0||2||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||39||0
|-
|[[2015–16 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2015–16]]
|30||0||3||0||10{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||44||0
|-
|[[2016–17 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2016–17]]
|29||0||0||0||6{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||35||0
|-
|[[2017–18 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2017–18]]
|28||0||0||0||16||0||colspan="2"|–||44||0
|-
|[[2018–19 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2018–19]]
|30||0||0||0||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||36||0
|-
|[[2019–20 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2019–20]]
|30||0||1||0||5{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||36||0
|-
|[[2020–21 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2020–21]]
|28||0||3||0||6{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||37||0
|-
|[[2021–22 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2021–22]]
|29||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||0
|-
|[[2022–23 Russian Premier League|2022–23]]
|29||0||6||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||35||0
|-
|[[2023–24 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2023–24]]
|25||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||27||0
|-
|[[2024–25 PFC CSKA Moscow season|2024–25]]
|28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!596!!0!!55!!0!!132!!0!!14!!0!!797!!0
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
'''Appearances and goals by national team and year'''<ref name="SW"/><ref name="NFT Stats">{{NFT player|id=5452|name=Igor Akinfeev|accessdate=12 December 2016}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!National team
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="16" |[[Russia national football team|Russia]]
|2004||1||0
|-
|2005||7||0
|-
|2006||7||0
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
|2008||11||0
|-
|2009||10||0
|-
|2010||7||0
|-
|2011||4||0
|-
|2012||7||0
|-
|2013||8||0
|-
|2014||12||0
|-
|2015||8||0
|-
|2016||10||0
|-
|2017||9||0
|-
|2018||8||0
|-
!Total||111||0
|}

==Honours==
'''CSKA Moscow	'''
* [[Russian Premier League]]: [[Russian Premier League 2003|2003]], [[Russian Premier League 2005|2005]], [[Russian Premier League 2006|2006]], [[2012–13 Russian Premier League|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Russian Premier League|2013–14]], [[2015–16 Russian Premier League|2015–16]]
* [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]]: [[2004–05 Russian Cup|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Russian Cup|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Russian Cup|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Russian Cup|2008–09]], [[2010–11 Russian Cup|2010–11]], [[2012–13 Russian Cup|2012–13]], [[2022–23 Russian Cup|2022–23]], [[2024–25 Russian Cup|2024–25]]
* [[Russian Super Cup]]: [[2004 Russian Super Cup|2004]], [[2006 Russian Super Cup|2006]], [[2007 Russian Super Cup|2007]], [[2009 Russian Super Cup|2009]], [[2013 Russian Super Cup|2013]], [[2014 Russian Super Cup|2014]], [[2018 Russian Super Cup|2018]]
* [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]: [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004–05]]

'''Russia'''
* [[UEFA European Championship]] bronze medalist: [[2008 UEFA European Championship|2008]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/19079.pdf | title = Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship | website = [[UEFA]] |access-date = 5 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/301698--russia-vs-spain/lineups/?iv=true | title = Russia-Spain {{!}} Line-ups {{!}} UEFA Euro | website = UEFA. com | access-date = 5 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/70/24/56/702456_DOWNLOAD.pdf | title = UEFA Euro 2008 squad list announced | website = [[UEFA]] | date = 28 May 2008 | access-date = 5 December 2020}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* 2012–13 Russian Premier League Player of the Year	
* [[Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express)|Footballer of the Year in Russia]]: 2012–13.
* [[Footballer of the Year in Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States (Sport-Express)|Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States Footballer of the Year ("Star")]] by ''[[Sport-Express]]'' (2006)	
* The best young football player of Russian Premier League (2005)	
* List of 33 best football player of the Russian Championship: # 1 (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012/13, 2013/14); # 2 (2011/2012); # 3 (2004).	
* The best Russian goalkeeper according to Russian Football Union (2008, 2009, 2010)	
* The best goalkeeper of the [[Russian Premier League]]: [[2021–22 Russian Premier League|2021–22]],<ref>{{cite web |date=16 June 2022 |title=Игорь Акинфеев – лучший вратарь Тинькофф РПЛ в сезоне 2021/22 |trans-title=Igor Akinfeev – Best goalkeeper of the Tinkoff Russian Premier League in the 2021/22 season. |url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_28095.html |accessdate=16 June 2022 |publisher=Russian Premier League |language=ru}}</ref> [[2022–23 Russian Premier League|2022–23]]<ref name="WL23">{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29484.html|title=Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ|trans-title=All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award|date=4 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023|language=ru}}</ref>
* [[Russian Premier League]] assist of the season: [[2022–23 Russian Premier League|2022–23]]<ref name="WL23" />
* The best young goalkeeper of Europe (2008)	
* Member of [[Lev Yashin Club]]<ref name="100 «сухих» матчей">{{Cite web |title=100 "сухих" матчей Игоря Акинфеева. Статистика |trans-title=100 "clean sheet" matches of Igor Akinfeev. Statistics. |url=http://www.pfc-cska.com/press.php?lg=ru&type=1&id=4144&d=&p=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919184611/http://www.pfc-cska.com/press.php?lg=ru&type=1&id=4144&d=&p=1 |archive-date=19 September 2009}}</ref>
* Russian CSKA Prize "Golden Horseshoe": one golden horseshoe (2010) and four silver horseshoe (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)	
* [[Order of Friendship]] (2006)<ref>[http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=034125 Указ Президента РФ от 12.06.2006 N 610] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103015458/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=034125 |date=3 November 2011 }}</ref> 	
* Lev Yashin Prize "Goalkeeper of the year" (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
* [[Russian Premier League]] Team of the Season: [[2022–23 Russian Premier League|2022–23]]<ref name="WL23"/>
* [[Russian Premier League]] Player of the Month: March 2025<ref>{{cite web |date=9 April 2025 |title=Игорь Акинфеев – Winline игрок марта! |trans-title=Igor Akinfeev – Winline Player of the Month! |url=https://premium.premierliga.ru/news-and-media/novosti-i-media_290.html |publisher=Russian Premier League |language=ru}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In April 2023, amidst the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Akinfeev was amongst a number of individuals in the field of sports to be placed under sanctions by the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]], freezing his assets in Ukraine and implementing a 50-year ban on entering the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Сіменко |first=Надія |date=2023-04-15 |title=Зеленский ввел санкции против российских деятелей спорта, среди которых Акинфеев, Косторна, Авербух |trans-title=Zelensky imposed sanctions on Russian sports figures, including Akinfeev, Kostorna, and Averbukh. |url=https://ua.tribuna.com/figure-skating/1000000060124-zelenskij-vvel-sankczii-protiv-rossijskix-deyatelej-spor/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=ua.tribuna.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
* [[List of one-club men in association football]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160206021756/http://en.pfc-cska.com/team/players/*525/ CSKA Moscow profile]
* [http://www.forbes.ru/profile/igor-akinfeev Igor Akinfeev] at [[Forbes]]

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