Footballer Andrei Arshavin announced his retirement

Former captain of the Russian national team Andrey Arshavin is not going to move to another football club after leaving the Kazakh "Kairat". this He stated in an interview with the press service of the football club.

“I would like to stay in football as a coach, but I have said many times that it will be difficult for me to work as a coach,” Arshavin said, when asked if he would return to Kazakhstan as a coach.

Earlier, Kairat reported that Arshavin will play the last match for the team with the Karaganda club Shakhtar, which will take place on November 11.

Arshavin played three seasons at Kairat. During this time, he played more than 100 matches, scored 30 goals and gave 37 assists. As part of Kairat, he won silver medals in the championship of Kazakhstan three times, the Cup and the Super Cup of the country.

Before Kairat, Arshavin played for Zenit St. Petersburg, Arsenal in London and Kuban in Krasnodar. As part of the Russian national team, he played in 2002-2012, in 2006-2007 he was its captain.