Igor Semshov

Igor Semshov

Semshov with FC Krylia Sovetov in 2014
Personal information
Full nameIgor Petrovich Semshov
Date of birth6 April 1978
Place of birthMoscow, Soviet Union
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionCentre Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1996CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1996–1997CSKA Moscow10(1)
1998–2005Torpedo Moscow216(54)
2006–2008Dynamo Moscow85(17)
2009Zenit St. Petersburg26(6)
2010–2013Dynamo Moscow82(19)
2013–2014Krylia Sovetov Samara14(1)
National team‡
2002–2012Russia57(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:39, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Igor Petrovich Semshov (Russian: Игорь Петрович Семшов; born 6 April 1978[1] in Moscow) is a Russian professional footballer who last played for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Career

Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons. He played well, and became one of the team's key players even earning a call up to the Russian National Team. In 2006 he was transferred to Dynamo Moscow and played there for two years but was put up for transfer in 2008 due to a failure to reach a contract agreement. On 15 December 2009 he moved to FC Zenit St. Petersburg for €4.5 million but returned to Dynamo the next season.

Career statistics

As of 4 September 2010
Club Div Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Russia CSKA-d Moscow D4 1996 3310——3310
1997 223——223
Total551300005513
Russia CSKA Moscow D1 1996 2010—30
1997 81——81
Total1011000111
Russia Torpedo-2 Moscow D3 1998 10——10
2000 73——73
Total83000083
Russia Torpedo Moscow D1 1998 25620—276
1999 28310—293
2000 1811010201
2001 2862020326
2002 2811——2811
2003 3061062378
2004 30910—319
2005 291253—3415
Total216541339223859
Russia Dynamo Moscow D1 2006 28650—336
2007 28540—325
2008 29620—316
Total8517110009617
Russia Zenit SPb D1 2009 2662022308
Total2662022308
Russia Dynamo Moscow D1 2010 18311—194
Total1831100194
Career total41897184114447105

International career

Semshov with the Russia national football team in 2011

He was selected to play for the Russian national football team at the 2002 World Cup,[2] but he did not manage to prevent a disappointing performance as he was played out of position on the left of midfield. He took a part at Euro 2004, but the tournament was a disappointment for him again. Russia fell at the first round and Semshov only played in the last match, which many felt was a poor decision.

He was again selected for Euro 2008. He scored his first goal in a friendly against Argentina.

He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[3]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2009-08-12 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Argentina 1 – 0 2–3 Friendly
2 2009-09-09 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Wales 1 – 0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
3 2011-09-02 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Macedonia 1 – 0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying

Career honours

Zenit St. Petersburg

References

  1. ↑ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=13262&cc=5739
  2. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=189925/index.html
  3. ↑ "Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad" (in Russian). 25 May 2012.

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