Andrey Evgenievich Lunev is a famous Russian footballer. Plays as a goalkeeper in the football club "Zenith". In 2018, after the departure of Igor Akinfeev, he became the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team.
Biography
In 1991, on November 13, in the capital of Russia, the future goal defender Andrei Lunev was born. From early childhood, the boy "fell ill" with football and became actively involved in it. Thanks to a friend, I got into one of the best mini-football schools at the Dina club.
Later, Andrei had the opportunity to study at the Academy of the professional club "Torpedo". and then the boy was faced with a choice: to stay in mini-football or go to the big one. The choice fell on the second option, while young Lunev was worried for a long time that he might not stretch to normal height and he would not be able to play big football.
Career
After three years spent at Torpedo, the talented youngster was included in the second squad of the team, but this did not bring great results: next season, the main team of Torpedo was eliminated from the Premier League and the second squad was disbanded.
In 2009, the club resumed its activities and continued to play in the national football league. By that time, Andrei Lunev had already begun to receive a solid salary, and this negatively affected his game. As he himself says, he "caught the star." Due to his antics, the player stopped getting into the starting application, and later he was gone even on the bench. It got to the point that the player went on leases. So in 2012 he ended up in the semi-amateur Moscow Region "Istra", and a year later he played in the club of the third division "Kaluga".
Ultimately Andrey changed his club registration and moved to Saturn by transfer. Due to big financial problems, the club did not pay the player a salary, and Lunev even thought about quitting football and finding a real job. And only thanks to a lucky chance the player was able to find himself a new club, which became "Ufa". Having played 10 matches for the new team, the goalkeeper attracted the attention of the giants of Russian football and by the end of 2015 he had already signed a contract with Zenit St. Petersburg, where he continues to play.
By the end of 2018, he had already appeared 60 times to defend the goal of the "blue-white" The player has no trophies and titles, his only achievement is that he became the bronze medalist of the national championship in the 16/17 season as part of Zenit.
For the national team, the famous goalkeeper was first announced for the matches of the 2017 home Confederations Cup, but due to an injury he did not appear on the field. The debut took place a few months later in a friendly match against the Iranian national team. Since October 2018, Andrey Lunev has become the main keeper of the national team.
Personal life
Andrey Lunev is married. He met his beloved Diana while on vacation in Egypt. In 2016, the couple got married. Andrey and Diana did not advertise this event and the details of the event remained behind the scenes.
