Andrey Arshavin trains with the Gazprom Academy players

The Zenit legend and current Sports Director of the Youth Football Development Department trained with the Zenit U17s.
Andrey Arshavin trains with the Gazprom Academy players

Andrei Arshavin and the U17 players did work on their technique, practised one-on-ones and then played a practise match. The training session was taken by Igor Lebedev and Andrey Pocheptsov and lasted for more than two hours.

“It's easier for me to get a feel for the players when I'm on the pitch with them. When I worked as a coach with the U16s I regularly took part in games. Vladislav Radimov allowed me to train with Zenit-2 and I like working with the guys on the pitch and I would like to keep doing this.” Arshavin told us.

Andrey Arshavin also passed on his congratulations to the Zenit media team for being top of the league among Russian clubs for Instagraminteractions: “I am glad that Zenit are the best on all the social networks and I hope that soon our academy will follow suit and be the best in Russia!”

In the summer of 2020, Andrei Arshavin started his new job within the the club overseeing Zenit's youth development.