Dmitri Sychev

Dmitri Sychev

Playing for Volga in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev
Date of birth	(1983-10-26) October 26, 1983
Place of birth	Omsk, Soviet Union
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2001	Spartak Tambov	42	(9)
2002	Spartak Moscow	18	(9)
2002–2003	Marseille	33	(5)
2004–	Lokomotiv Moscow	224	(72)
2013	→ Dinamo Minsk (loan)	11	(0)
2013–	→ Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan)	15	(0)
National team‡
2002–2010	Russia	47	(15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:42, August 11, 2010 (UTC)

Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev (Russian:  Дми́трий Евге́ньевич Сычёв​ (help·info), Dmitriy Yevgen’yevich Sychyov; born October 26, 1983) is an association footballer who currently plays for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod on loan from FC Lokomotiv Moscow. His last name is also transcribed as Sytchev, and his first name as Dmitry or Dmitriy. He has been hailed by the international press as "The Russian Michael Owen" because of his pace and as "The most sensational young Russian forward since Vladimir Beschastnykh".^[1] He is well known for his blinding pace and agility.

Early life

Sychev was born in Omsk, a city in south-central Russia. He spent his formative years at St. Petersburg's famous Smena football academy before joining FC Spartak Tambov, a second division club. At that time he played as a midfielder.^[2]

Career

Club career

Spartak Moscow and Marseille

After having trials at clubs in FC Nantes and FC Metz, Sychev was picked up by FC Spartak Moscow in January 2002, where he scored eight goals in his first 12 matches, and it was during that time when he was transformed into a striker. With Spartak he reached the final of the 2002 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup. He scored 6 goals and finished second on the top scorer list, after coming in as a substitute in every match he played.^[3] He entered the symbolic top players list of the tournament.^[4]

Sychev in action for Lokomotiv (May 2, 2007)

In August 2002 Sychev announced he was quitting Spartak, by giving his employers three months' notice. Having already signed a five-year contract with the Russian club he was banned from football for four months by the Russian Professional Football League (RPFL).

After finishing this suspension, Sychev signed a five-year contract with Olympique de Marseille, rejecting an offer from FC Dynamo Kyiv. He was mainly used as a substitute during his days in France. In Olympique de Marseille Sychev was used as a midfielder, both left and right.^[5][6]

Lokomotiv

In January 2004 Sychev returned to Russia to join FC Lokomotiv Moscow on a four-year contract, where he scored twice on the opening day of the season. He went on to claim the Russian Footballer of the Year award in his first season back in the Russian Premier League. With the team he won the Russian Premier League 2004, the 2005 Russian Super Cup, the 2005 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup and 2007 Russian Cup. In FC Lokomotiv Moscow Sychev played mostly as a striker, except the period when Lokomotiv was coached by Anatoliy Byshovets and Rashid Rakhimov respectively. During those times Dmitry was mainly employed as a midfielder. Sychev started playing again in his natural position with the appointment of Yury Semin. In 2009, Dmitry was voted by Lokomotiv fans as the player of the season. In 2012-13 season under manager Slaven Bilić Sychev lost his place in the line-up (only 4 games in the first half of season, including national Cup) and in the beginning of 2013 went to loan for FC Dinamo Minsk.^[7]

Volga

in July Sychev returned in Russia, with good skills and ambitions to play, but Lokomotiv said that they don't need him anymore, so he moved (loan) to Volga, and it made him a leader of the team. First game he played against Lokomotiv, and Kuchuk after the game said that he will look after Sychev, and if he will show good results, Lokomotiv will take him back.

National team

Sychev was selected to play for the Russian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he became the youngest player to appear for the USSR or Russia at 18 years and 222 days. In the event, he scored a goal and set up other three in an otherwise disappointing Russian campaign. This goal made Dmitri Sychev the fourth youngest goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup.

Sychev was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Despite being a striker at his team Lokomotiv Moscow, during Guus Hiddink's term at the Russian national football team he was used as a midfielder.^[8]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2002-05-19	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Yugoslavia	1 – 1	1 – 1	2002 LG Cup
2	2002-06-14	Ecopa Stadium, Fukuroi, Japan	Belgium	3 – 2	3 – 2	2002 FIFA World Cup
3	2003-10-11	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Georgia	3 – 1	3 – 1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
4	2004-03-31	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	0 – 1	2 – 2	Friendly match
5	2004-03-31	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1 – 2	2 – 2	Friendly match
6	2004-08-18	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Lithuania	4 – 2	4 – 3	Friendly match
7	2004-10-09	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0 – 1	0 – 4	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	2004-10-09	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0 – 3	0 – 4	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	2004-10-09	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0 – 4	0 – 4	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	2004-11-17	Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia	Estonia	3 – 0	4 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	2006-10-11	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Estonia	2 – 0	2 – 0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
12	2007-06-02	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Andorra	4 – 0	4 – 0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
13	2007-08-22	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Poland	1 – 0	2 – 2	Friendly match
14	2007-11-21	Estadi Comunal, Aixovall, Andorra	Andorra	0 – 1	0 – 1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
15	2008-05-23	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Kazakhstan	6 – 0	6 – 0	Friendly match

Personal life

Besides football, Sychev is a fan of ice hockey and his hometown team Avangard Omsk.^[9] He also likes tennis and billiard.^[10] Outside of sports, he plays the guitar and was seen rapping at the MTV Russia Music Awards ceremony in Moscow with national teammate Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.^[11]

Besides his native Russian, Sychev also speaks English, French, and plans to learn more.^[10]

In 2007 Sychev received a degree from the Russian State University Of Physical culture.^[12]

Career statistics

As of December 14, 2011

Honours

Club

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2004
• Russian Cup: 2006–07
• Russian Super Cup : 2005
• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup : 2005

International

• UEFA European Football Championship Bronze medal : 2008

Individual

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express) (1): 2004
• Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol) (1): 2004

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dmitry Sychev.

• Dmitri Sychev – FIFA competition record
• Personal blog
• Player profile (Russian)

Russia squads v t e Russia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin 2 Kovtun 3 Nikiforov 4 Smertin 5 Solomatin 6 Semshov 7 Onopko (c) 8 Karpin 9 Titov 10 Mostovoi 11 Beschastnykh 12 Cherchesov 13 Daev 14 Chugainov 15 Alenichev 16 Kerzhakov 17 Semak 18 Sennikov 19 Pimenov 20 Izmailov 21 Khokhlov 22 Sychev 23 Filimonov v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Ovchinnikov 2 Radimov 3 Sychev 4 Smertin (c) 5 Karyaka 6 Semshov 7 Izmailov 8 Gusev 9 Bulykin 10 Mostovoi 11 Kerzhakov 12 Malafeev 13 Sharonov 14 Anyukov 15 Alenichev 16 Evseev 17 Sennikov 18 Kirichenko 19 Bystrov 20 Loskov 21 Bugaev 22 Aldonin 23 Akinfeev Coach: Yartsev v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists 1 Akinfeev 2 V. Berezutskiy 3 Yanbaev 4 Ignashevich 5 A. Berezutskiy 6 Adamov 7 Torbinskiy 8 Kolodin 9 Saenko 10 Arshavin 11 Semak (c) 12 Gabulov 13 Ivanov 14 Shirokov 15 Bilyaletdinov 16 Malafeev 17 Zyryanov 18 Zhirkov 19 Pavlyuchenko 20 Semshov 21 Sychev 22 Anyukov 23 Bystrov Coach: Hiddink