DOB: May 29, 1981
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Position: support striker/forward/winger/attacking midfielder
Number: 23 (in Arsenal), 10 (in the national team)
Career:
1999-2000 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (56 app., 7 goals)
2000-2009 Zenit Saint Petersburg (232 app., 71 goals)
2002-present Russian national team (41 app., 15 goals)
2009-present Arsenal London
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
2006 - named best player by Russian Football Union and Sport Express, named Russian Footballer of the Year
2006 - Leader of the Russian National Side award
2007 - Russian Premier Liga champion
2008 - Russian Super Cup winner
2008 - UEFA Cup champion
2008 - UEFA Super Cup winners
Andrey Arshavin plays in 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 largely because of 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 and his hard working nature have turned him into the most important player for club and country.
Arshavin scored 11 goals in his 25 matches for Zenit in the UEFA Cup.
Arshavin made his debut 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.
