Pavel Dolgov began his sports career in Kaliningrad. Subsequently, he played for Zenit St. Petersburg. As part of this club, Dolgov played eight matches in the Russian championship. Currently, Pavel Dolgov is a player of Anji Makhachkala. He was fond of football since childhood, although in those years he did not expect that he would play together with eminent footballers, whom the whole country knows.
From the sports biography of Pavel Vladimirovich Dolgov
The future Russian footballer was born in the city of Mamonovo, Kaliningrad Region on August 16, 1996.
Dolgov is considered a graduate of the football academy of St. Petersburg "Zenith". In the youth championship of Russia, Pavel made his debut in 2013. He came on as a substitute in one of the first round matches between Zenit and Krasnodar. In August of the same year, Pavel became a player in the Zenit-2 reserve, which played in the 2nd division.
In 2015 Dolgov joined the Zenit main team. In August, he made his debut in the third round of the Premier League championship - when Zenit played against Terek. Pavel had a chance to replace Artem Dziuba in the 81st minute of the meeting.
In early October 2015, Dolgov played his first match in the UEFA Champions League. He came on as a substitute for Alexander Ryazantsev at a meeting with the club "Gent".
In the winter of 2017, Dolgov moved to the Makhachkala club Anji. The contract is concluded for two and a half years. A year later, it became clear that Pavel, on a lease basis, would play for Torpedo-BelAZ in the championship of the Republic of Belarus.
Pavel Dolgov about himself
As a child, Dolgov dreamed of playing football, although his father insisted that Pavel follow in his footsteps and become a military man. They brought up the guy in severity. If they wanted to punish for something, they usually took away the computer. It was a very harsh punishment for the boy - then he could not do without a computer.
Pavel played his first matches for Baltika (Kaliningrad). At one of the youth tournaments, the “breeders” from “Zenith” drew attention to the young player.
Remembering his path in sports, Pavel admits that before the first training session in the main squad, he was very worried. The most difficult test for a Zenit footballer is communicating with the club's “stars” and football fans. In the old days, Dolgov could not even dream that he would one day play side by side with players of this level. However, newcomers to Zenit are not offending, but even encouraged and helped as much as possible - some with advice, some with support during matches.
Dolgov believes that football opened up opportunities for him to be creative and work on himself.
Details of personal life
Until the age of 18, Dolgov lived in a sports boarding school. Now he lives in an apartment, but still moves around the city by public transport. Pavel does not have a car yet.
Two of Pavel's favorite cities are Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg. He would very much like to connect his future life with the city on the Neva. Dolgov left Kaliningrad for St. Petersburg at the age of 14. His mother still cannot get used to the fact that her son lives far from his father's house. Yet he rejoices at Paul's successes. Parents help Dolgov morally. Paul has an older sister.
Playing football, Dolgov understands that his sports career will not last forever. Therefore, at some point he thought about the future, decided to get an education and became a student at the Forestry Academy.
