Egorov Igor Vyacheslavovich was born on November 4, 1968. Lives still. In many circles, this man has not been heard. But people who are interested in football or are engaged in this sport know it well, and some even know Igor Vyacheslavovich personally.
Childhood
Little is known about Yegorov Igor Vyacheslavovich’s childhood. Born in Gorky, there he grew up. At seven, he went to a football school. There he was identified as a midfielder. By the way, at this school, he met some other players who played for the Russian team. For example, with Dmitry Cheryshev.
After Yegorov graduated from football school, he went to view in FC “Chemist”. This club was based in Dzerzhinsk. In this club he spent his entire youth.
Player career
At age 20, Yegorov was taken into the army. Because of this, he had to part with professional football for a while. But in the army, he still continued to play.
After the end of the service, Igor Egorov returned to football. He was invited to his Lokomotiv camp, whose base was in Gorky.
The joy of Yegorov Igor Vyacheslavovich did not last long. In the same season, he received a serious ligament injury, and also damaged menisci. Due to injury, he had to reject the offer of one of the clubs.
After recovery, the pain still periodically bothered. Egorov Igor Vyacheslavovich ended his career as a player, although many experts promised him a good career.
Further fate
For 5 years, Egorov decided to stop playing football. He opened his own business - his own sportswear factory and a club-bar. All this brought him considerable profit, but he still missed football. In 1995, Egorov was offered to become a judge.
Judge career
In 1995, Egorov Igor Vyacheslavovich - judge. First he served the World Youth Games.
An interesting fact: about 3-4 months before the games, Yegorov got into a car accident, received several serious injuries. But miraculously he was able to fully recover by the beginning of the youth season.
Below is another photo of Igor Egorov.
Egorov’s career as a judge went uphill. Already in 2001, he made his debut in the top football division of Russia. For two years, Egorov Igor Vyacheslavovich served 26 matches of the Premier League.
In 2003, FIFA was to appoint him as a judge from Russia. Before collecting UEFA, his knee hurt. The consequences of a serious injury in 1990 affected. But, despite this, he prepared well and passed the test for physical readiness for games. As a result, FIFA approved it and he began to serve matches of a higher level.
In the same year, he served the match of the selected tournament for the European Championship. At the end of the summer of the same year, he made his debut in the match of the selected tournament in the UEFA Cup.
Further Egorov served many games at various levels. Among them are matches of the Russian Championship, European League, Champions League. Egorov was even given the opportunity to serve international competitions. One of them was the battle between Scotland and the Faroe Islands. Then Scotland won with a crushing score. Egorov put two penalties in the goal of the Faroe Islands.
Another achievement can be considered that he entered the top 5 best referees according to the CFA. Before the start of the 2009–2010 season, Igor Vyacheslavovich managed to give out 607 yellow cards. If you count judges from the beginning of his career, then on average 47 cards were dealt out a year. For exactly the same period, he attributed 36 red cards. He assigned the same penalty for his career until 2009.
His career as a judge ended in 2012 in a match between Rostov and Terek.
Scandals
Judges who had no scandals at all can be counted on the finger. Yegorov was the only scandal in which he was not to blame. He only stood up for work colleagues.
In 2009, Khodeev and Malorodov made a mistake in judging. As you know, in the championship of Russia there is a limit on foreign players. So, these judges during the match between Lokomotiv and Zenit did not notice that the head coach of the St. Petersburg team released the legionnaire in the 81st minute, thereby violating the limit, but after 4 minutes the coach corrected the situation.
Because of this oversight, the coach of the judges was suspended from refereeing for the 1st round of the Russian Championship. Egorov supported his colleagues and refused to enter the field while they are in disqualification.
After a judicial career
Egorov decided to stop serving the matches as an arbiter. Instead, he went to work as vice president of FC Nizhny Novgorod. In early 2017, he became the head of Anji from Makhachkala. He worked there for only six months, after which he moved to the Yenisei, based in Krasnoyarsk. He works there now.
Total
As you can see, Igor Vyacheslavovich Egorov did not have a career as a player due to injury, but he could become a brilliant football referee. He has served a large number of matches. And as a judge, he won not only authority and respect, but also many awards. It is rarely possible to meet a professional who so brilliantly and accurately discussed matches. Now he continues his activities, working for FC Yenisei.