Yuriy Lodygin signs short-term contract with Arsenal Tula

Yuriy Lodygin has signed for Arsenal Tula on a free transfer until the end of this season. He will wear the number 19 shirt according to the club’s official announcement.

The former Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper spent the second half of the 2018/19 season on loan at Olympiacos. Last summer he moved on to Turkish side Gazaintep, for whom he conceded 10 goals in just five appearances.

Lodygin won the Russian Premier Liga, the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup during six years with Zenit, keeping 49 clean sheets in 111 RPL appearances. The 29-year-old former Greek under-21 international has 11 caps for Russia’s senior national team.