Igor Țîgîrlaș started his football career at the Youth Football School in Chișinău. His first coaches were Nikolay Esin and Anatolii Nesmeyanov. At 16 years old he was invited to the Moldova U-17 team, which participated at "Football Federation of Moldova Cup". Having scored 2 goals and making 2 assists in three matches, and showing excellent performance, after the tournament he was invited by the Moldovan Champions -
Sheriff Tiraspol. Țîgîrlaș played 2 years for Sheriff's second team and in so doing drew the attention of
Shakhtar Donetsk. He signed the contract with Ukrainian giant, and at the same time secured himself a starter spot on the Moldova U-21 team, for whom he played more than 20 matches. In 2005 Țîgîrlaș spent first part of the year in
Arsenal Kharkiv and then he was transferred to another Ukrainian team –
FC Kharkiv, where, thanks to his universalism (Țîgîrlaș is able to play on the right or left flank, forward or offense), he has been one of important players of the team. After Vladimir Bessonov was named new head coach of FC Kharkiv, the club parted with Țîgîrlaș and most of the other foreign players. In the Spring of 2007, Igor Țîgîrlaș came to Zimbru Chişinău on loan from FC Kharkiv. He played 10 matches in the Moldovan championship, scored 1 goal and made 9 assists. In the Moldova Cup final, Zimbru won against Nistru, and Țîgîrlaș won the first trophy of his career. Despite playing at Zimbru for only 3 months, at the end of the year, he was included in the symbolic "Zimbru 2006/07 Ideal Team". ». Igor Țîgîrlaș was to win two more trophies in 2007. In the Summer, the Latvian champions, FK Ventspils, bought his transfer from FC Kharkiv. With FK Ventspils, Țîgîrlaș won both the Latvian championship and the Latvian Cup. He also played in the Baltic League final. He helped FK Ventspils to catch up with then leaders, Liepājas Metalurgs, despite 14 points handicap, and scored a crucial goal in a head-to-head match between the teams. In 2009, his goal against
BATE Borisov helped Ventspils to reach the Play-off Round of the
UEFA Champions League and eventually play in
UEFA Europa League group stage after losing to
FC Zurich, against whom Țîgîrlaș also scored. In February 2010, he joined
Metalurh Zaporizhya in Ukraine. On 26 February 2011, it was announced that Țîgîrlaș joined
Chornomorets on a 6-month loan from
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya, with the right to purchase at the end of the season. This right was exercised in June, 2011, and Țîgîrlaș joined Chornomorets on a permanent basis. Before the start of the 2012 season Igor was loaned to the
Latvian Higher League club
FK Ventspils. In June 2012 his contract with
Chornomorets ended. In February 2013, Țîgîrlaș signed for
Kazakhstan Premier League club
FC Astana. ==Champions League ==