Yakuba, Denis Evgenievich

Club

He started playing football in his native village of Sotnikovskoye , where he played in the local Giant team under the leadership of Yuri Alekseevich Mikhailenko and Sergey Vladimirovich Khristenko ^[2] . In its composition in 2008 he became the silver medalist of the championship of the Stavropol Territory among children of his age. In one of the games, Denis was noticed by breeders from the Chertanovo school and invited him to his place ^[3] . In Moscow, Yakuba began to train in a team of 1996 year of birth, led by Mikhail Sergeyevich Burenkov ^[3] .

In September 2011, as part of the Moscow team, formed on the basis of the Chertanovo team, for the first time he became the winner of the Russian Championship among inter-regional associations held in Krymsk and received the title of “Candidate for the Master of Sports of the Russian Federation” in football. In the final, the Moscow team defeated the Volga team with a score of 3: 2. ^[four]

In May 2012, became with Chertanovo the champion of Russia in football among teams of sports schools and clubs (players born in 1996). He was recognized as the best midfielder of the championship. ^[five]

In November 2012, as part of the Moscow team, for which the pupils of the Moscow schools Chertanovo and Lokomotiv-2 played, became the winner of the Russian Championship among inter-regional associations held in Krymsk . He was also recognized as the best player of the tournament. ^[6]

In April 2013, as part of the Chertanovo team, he became the winner of the prestigious Montague football tournament for club teams. ^{[7] [8]}

On August 31, 2013 he signed a two-year contract with the club of the Russian Premier League “ Kuban ” from Krasnodar and on September 2 was declared for the club ^[9] . In the new club, Denis was flirted for the yellow-green youth, but in the second half of the season he began to be involved in training as a basis. September 23, 2015 he made his debut in the main team of “Kuban” in the cup match against the Yaroslavl “ Shinnik ” ^[10] .

Team

For the youth team of Russia in 1996, he made his debut on March 14, 2011 in the control match against the “Academy named after Konopleva "(3: 2). The first official match was held on April 23, 2011 at the XIII Franco Gallini Memorial in Italy. The Russian team lost to the local club the local Portogruaro 0-1. ^[11] In 2012, as part of the national team, he took part in the international Montague tournament and the Victor Bannikov Memorial. ^[2] At the Memorial, the team took second place, losing to the hosts, the Ukrainian team , in the penalty shoot-out ^[12] . In the qualifying tournament for the European Youth Championship in 2013, he debuted on September 25, 2012 in a game with peers from the Czech Republic , which ended in the defeat of the Russian national team 0: 3 ^[13] . In the next game with the Danes in the 69th minute, he left his team in the minority, receiving a direct red card ^[14] . Yakub did not take part in the qualifying matches anymore, but Dmitry Khomukha , the head coach of the team, challenged him to the final stage of the European Championship in Slovakia ^[15] . At the tournament, Denis spent all five games without replacements. In the opening meeting of the championship with the national team of Ukraine , in the 62nd minute he gave an assist to Maxim Mairovich , who increased the advantage of the Russians in the long run ^[16] . In the final, the Russian team beat their peers from Italy in the penalty shootout and became the winner of the European Youth Championship . Yakuba, like his partners in the national team, received the title "Master of Sports of the Russian Federation" for this victory. ^[17] .

• Winner of the European Championship (U17) (1): 2013
• Winner of the Russian Football Championship among teams of sports schools and clubs (players born in 1996) (1): 2012