Dikan Andrey. Biography of the Ukrainian goalkeeper

Dikan Andrey Aleksandrovich is a Ukrainian football player, currently he is in favor of the Krasnodar football club. In addition to the Ukrainian footballer has also Russian citizenship.

Biography and career

July 16, 1977 - the date when Andrei Dikan was born. Biography of the athlete begins with the Ukrainian Kharkov. In this city, he started playing football, speaking for the University of Physical Education. The initial team was "Avangard-Industry", for which the guy started performing in 1995. Once the goalkeeper appeared in the match as a field football player and managed to draw a double. In a team from the city of Rovenki football player played until 1998. Most of the time, Dikan Andrey spent on the bench.

In 1999, the player received an offer from "SKA-Energia" and soon made the transition. In Khabarovsk, the footballer finally found stability and began to go out in almost every game. In 2001, he received an offer from the capital "Locomotive", but preferred to stay in the SKA. During the same period of time, Dikan Andrey received Russian citizenship.

In 2004, the goalkeeper received an offer from the Krasnodar "Kuban" and made the transition. Together with the team, Andrey performed in the first division of the country and stably appeared on the field. In one season he played very poorly and missed a lot of balls. Later, he said that at that time he had a temporary deterioration in his health. At that time in the "Kuban" in the gate stood Vladimir Gabulov and sent Andrew to the bench.

In 2008, the goalkeeper returned to his homeland and continued his career for Tavria. For the club from Simferopol goalkeeper played the season. After the contract Dikan Andrey decided not to renew it.

Continue his career Dikan decided in Russia, receiving an offer from the "Terek" from Grozny. For the club goalkeeper spent only a season, but at the same time the leadership trusted Andrei, and he went out almost in every match.

"Spartak Moscow)

In the summer of 2010 there were rumors about the transfer of Andrew to the capital's team. Then "Spartacus" was looking for an experienced goalkeeper and first wanted to buy from "Rubin" Sergei Ryzhikov, but the team never reached an agreement. Dikan by that time was already middle-aged, but he could play only in clubs from the outback of Russia and in Ukraine. And the fans of the team did not really know about the goalkeeper. Only the fact that Dikan often went out in the matches as a field player.

For the transfer of Dikan "Spartacus" had to give Grozny club Soslan Dzhanaeva. The first game Dikan spent against Saturn. Soon, Andrew came out in the Champions League match and helped his team win in a match with "Marcel". In this match, "Spartacus" did not miss a single ball for the first time in ten years. Subsequently, Dikan said that in "Spartacus" he spent the best years in his career. For many years, Andrew was an indispensable goalkeeper of the Moscow team, only occasionally falling out of the cage.

In "Spartacus" Dikan held until the summer of 2014 and as a free agent made the transition to "Krasnodar". Now the goalkeeper stably enters the field, and after all he is already 38 years old!

National team of Ukraine

For the first time in the Ukrainian team Dikan was invited in 2010, when he turned 32 years old. The first time the goalkeeper went on the field in a friendly game against Norway and defended the match to zero. Andrew missed the European Championship in 2012 due to a serious injury received the day before.

Injury

In March 2012, in a game with Zenit Dikan suffered serious damage. The goalkeeper faced Alexander Kerzhakov and was forced to ask for a replacement. Later it was found that Andrei received serious injuries to the facial skeleton. Forward "Zenith" said later that he had no malice, and just did not manage to avoid the collision.

Andrei Dikan - goalkeeper, who was able to flash already in a fairly mature age. Nevertheless, the player became a favorite of the fans and still continues to please them.