Yuri Igorevich Mamaev (russian: Юрий Игоревич Мамаев, born 3 February 1984) is a Russian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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Career

Mamaev began playing in his home town

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

, before moving to

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to attend the football academy at

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

. After 5 years there he moved back to

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

to play with

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

, before moving to

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

in 2008. He joined Chornomorets in September 2008 on a two and half year contract. In March 2012 Mamaev joined the

Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is Op ...

club Daugava Daugavpils. He left in August 2012, without scoring goals in 16 matches. He then joined the

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club

FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok FC Luch Vladivostok (russian: Футбольный клуб "Луч" Владивосток) was an association football club based in Vladivostok, Russia. In 2005, Luch won the Russian First Division and played in the Premier League from 2006 t ...

. In 2014 became the member of

FK Trakai Futbolo Klubas Riteriai, also known as FK Riteriai or as Riteriai, is a Lithuanian professional football club based in Vilnius. The team has been playing in the top level of Lithuanian football, the A Lyga, since 2014. Until 21 February 2019, t ...

In this team he spend four seasons. In 2016 he made 25 assists for goal in season. in 2016 he had problems with injures and can't play as he could. In 2018 he became member of

FK Kauno Žalgiris Futbolo klubas Kauno Žalgiris (''Football club Kauno Žalgiris'') is a professional Association football, football club based in Kaunas, Lithuania, that competes in the A lyga, the top tier of Lithuania. The club was founded as FM Spyris Kaun ...

References

External links

lietuvosfutbolas.lt official page
(LT)
news.sportbox.ru
(EN) * * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Omsk Russian footballers Association football midfielders Russia under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Russian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Akhmat Grozny players VfB Stuttgart II players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Petrotrest players Russian Premier League players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Daugava players Wigry Suwałki players FK Riteriai players A Lyga players FK Kauno Žalgiris players FC Arsenal Dzerzhinsk players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1984-stub