Andrey Arshavin

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Personal information
Andrey Arshavin
Full name	Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin
Date of birth	May 29, 1981
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.72 m
Nickname	Shava
Playing position	Support Striker but also as a Forward / Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2000 2000–	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg Zenit Saint Petersburg	56 (7) 183 (36)
National team²
? 2002–	Russia U21 Russia	? 25 (9)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 25, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 25, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrey Arshavin (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин, first name also transliterated as Andrei) (born May 29, 1981 in Saint Petersburg, then Leningrad) is a Russian international footballer. He is the captain of 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. He won the Russian Premier League Award for the player of the season for his ability play well as a winger, playmaker and as a striker. He is notable for his agility and superb technical abilities such as pin point short and long passing, great technique, good pace, effective dribbling and accurate and powerful shot. These attributes have turned him to the most important player for club and country.

Arshavin scored 11 goals in his 25 matches for Zenit in the UEFA Cup.

Arshavin debuted for the national team on May 17, 2002 in a match against Belarus. On March 24, 2007 he was the Russia captain in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia.

[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
2006 - named best player by Russian Football Union, Sport-Express, Soviet Sport, named Russian Footballer of the Year

[edit] References

Club profile
Russia - Record International Players, RSSSF.

Preceded by Daniel Carvalho	Russian Footballer of the Year 2006	Succeeded by TBD

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg - Current Squad
1 Čontofalský \| 2 Radimov \| 3 Škrtel \| 4 Križanac \| 5 Kim \| 7 Domínguez \| 8 Pogrebnyak \| 9 Tekke \| 10 Arshavin \| 11 Šírl \| 14 Hagen \| 15 Spivak \| 16 Malafeyev \| 17 Lee \| 18 Zyryanov \| 22 Anyukov \| 25 Ricksen \| 27 Denisov \| 44 Tymoschuk \| 87 Maksimov \| 88 Horshkov \| Manager: Advocaat