Andrey Arshavin

Andrey Arshavin
Personal information
Full name	Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Zenit St. Petersburg
Number	10
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2008

Andrei Arshavin(Template:Lang-ru) (born May 29, 1981 in Leningrad) is a Russian international football forward who currently plays for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Club career

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 various positions on the field, starting as a right midfielder, then as an attacking midfielder and finally adopted second striker's role playing on a flank or behind a target man. He won the Russian Premier League Award for the player of the season largely because of his ability play well as a winger, playmaker and as a striker.

In the 2007 Russian Premier League season Arshavin guided his Zenit St Petersburg side to the title, starting all 30 matches - scoring 10 goals and providing 11 assists along the way. It was the club's first league title since claiming the now defunct Soviet Top League in 1984.

Control, vision and strong running are viewed among the abilities which characterise his style of play.^[1]

Arshavin scored 11 goals in his 25 matches for Zenit in the UEFA Cup. On 14th May 2008, Arshavin drove his team with a man-of-the-match performance and set up his side's two goals to win the 2008 UEFA Cup for Zenit St. Petersburg.

International career

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.

He is called up to the potential Russia squad by manager Guus Hiddink which consists of 25 players,although he is not available to play in the first two group matches in Euro 2008.

International goals

Scores and results list. Russia's goal tally first.^[2]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-02-13	Limassol, Cyprus	Romania	3-1	4-2	Friendly
2	2004-10-09	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	4-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
3	2004-10-13	Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	1-4	1-7	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
4	2005-03-30	Tallin, Estonia	Estonia	1-0	1-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
5	2005-06-04	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Latvia	1-0	2-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
6	2005-06-08	Mönchengladbach, Germany	Germany	2-2	2-2	Friendly
7	2005-08-17	Riga, Latvia	Latvia	1-0	1-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qual.
8	2006-10-07	Moscow, Russia	Israel	1-0	1-1	Euro 2008 qualification
9	2006-11-15	Skopje, Macedonia	North Macedonia	2-0	2-0	Euro 2008 qualification
10	2007-08-09	Moscow, Russia	North Macedonia	2-0	3-0	Euro 2008 qualification