Roman Eremenko

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Roman Eremenko
Full name	Roman Eremenko
Date of birth	March 19, 1987 (1987-03-19) (age 21)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Udinese
Number	23
Youth clubs
?-2004	Jaro
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-present 2007	Jaro Udinese → Siena (loan)	19 (3) 6 (0) 11 (0)
National team²
2006-present 2007-present	Finland U-21 Finland	8 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 30 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Roman Eremenko (Russian: Рома́н Ерёменко) (born 19 March 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who currently plays for Udinese Calcio. He plays in the position of central midfielder.

[edit] Club career

Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of three when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds Russian passport as well. He is the younger brother of Alexei Eremenko Jr.

He made his Veikkausliiga debut for Jaro in 2004 at the age of 17. In the early 2005 season he was already one of the team's key players.

In the summer of 2005 Eremenko signed a five-year deal with Udinese. He made his Serie A debut on the first day of the 2006-07 season against Messina. He was loaned to A.C. Siena on 31 January 2007, where he played 11 games. During the summer of 2007 he returned to Udinese.

In October 2007, Eremenko, Andrea Dossena, Cristian Zapata, and Simone Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012.