“Dzagoev plays football not for fame and money, but because, football is his life. It is rare today that a victory is more important for a player, then the prize-money for it. But Alan - is exactly that case.”

— Alan Dzagoev

Igor Rodkin, 2008. http://www.sports.ru/football/5862197.html

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