On Friday, the midfielder of the Housing and Communal Complex "Dynamo" Irina Dricheva celebrates her birthday.
Irina started playing football at home in the Far East, and already at the age of 9 she moved to Moscow, to the football academy of the Housing and Communal Complex "Chertanovo". Here she managed to play in almost all positions, except for the central defender and goalkeeper, won a huge number of team and personal awards, after which in January 2022 she became a Dynamo Moscow player.
Dricheva's first season in our team turned out to be very bright: 23 matches in the Youth League, 8 goals and 7 assists! Three times Ira was recognized by Dynamo fans as the best player of the month, two of her goals were the best goals of the month.
Together with the team, she won silver medals at the youth championship, and in June 2022, Dricheva was invited to the training camp of the Russian national team, during which she took part in a friendly match with CSKA Moscow Football Club (3:1), thus making her debut in the main team of the country at the age of 15!
Together with the blue and white Irina made her debut in 2023 at the highest level: in the Super League and the Cup of Russia. In total, Dricheva has 60 matches for Dynamo in all tournaments, 15 goals and 13 assists.
We congratulate Ira on her birthday and wish her to return to the main team as soon as possible and shine at the highest level!
Read a great interview with Dynamo midfielder Irina Dricheva in our special section "Lady D".