Andrey Arshavin
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| Andrey Arshavin | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin | |
| Date of birth | May 25, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
| Height | 1.72 m | |
| Nickname | Shava | |
| Position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Zenit Saint Petersburg | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1999–2000 2000–present |
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg Zenit Saint Petersburg |
56 (7) 168 (30) |
| National team** | ||
| ? 2002–present |
Russia U21 Russia |
? 17 (6) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Andrey Arshavin (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин) (born March 25, 1981 in Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad) is a Russian international footballer. Currently playing for the Russian Premier League team Zenit St. Petersburg. He can play both as a midfielder and as a striker.
Andrey Arshavin graduated from Smena football school. In 1999 and early 2000 he played for Zenit's farm club, Zenit-2, in the Second Division.
In 2000 he was included in Zenit squad. He played in the various positions on the field, starting as a right midfielder, then as an attacking midfielder and finally as a striker.
Arshavin scored 11 goals in his 25 matches for Zenit in the UEFA Cup.
[edit] Honours
- 2001 - Russian Premier League, 3rd position
- 2003 - Russian Premier League, runner-up
- 2003 - Russian Premier League Cup, winner
- 2001 - best right midfielder according to Sport-Express
- 2004 and 2005 - best second striker according to Sport-Express
- 2004 - voted Player of the Year by the readers of Soviet Sport
[edit] References
| FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Current Squad |
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1 Čontofalský | 2 Radimov | 3 Škrtel | 4 Križanac | 6 Spivak | 7 Trifonov | 8 Mareš | 9 Šírl | 10 Arshavin | 11 Kerzhakov | 13 Hyun | 14 Hagen | 15 Kim | 16 Malafeev | 17 Lee | 22 Anyukov | 25 Ricksen | 27 Denisov | 61 Tekke | 78 Panov | 87 Maksimov | 88 Horshkov | Manager: Advocaat |
