ARSENAL's ARSHAVIN

Let me tell you about Andrey Arshavin

Dia ni pendiam skit. Mari aku tolong cerita siapa dia ni. Setelah berhempas pulas aku berjaya menolong abe Arsene Wenger utk dapatkan budak Russia ni. Payah benor nak dapat dia ni sebab kelab dia letak price melampau pada mulanya. Tapi Andy (dia suh aku panggil Andy) memang nak ke Arsenal sbb dia tahu aku ni baik dgn Arsene. Kebetulan pulak Arsenal skrg ni tengah "mepeh" (x de duit). So semalam aku try call org Zenit kasi lepas la budak ni, kesian dia sbb dia dah sampai kat London. Aku janji kirim keropok satu kontena. Nasib baik lepas.

ANDREY ARSHAVIN
FACTFILE

FULL NAME: Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin

NATIONALITY: Russian

BORN: May 29 1981. Saint Petersburg, Russia

AGE: 27

HEIGHT / WEIGHT: 172cm / 62kg

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Zenit St Petersburg (2000– January 2009) 232 appearances (51 goals)

CLUB HONOURS: 2003 Russian Premier League Cup 2007 Russian Premier League 2008 Russian Super Cup, 2008 UEFA Cup, 2008 UEFA Super Cup

TRANSFER DETAILS: Long-term contract for an undisclosed fee + Keropok from Malaysia

POSITION: Midfielder

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Russia (2002 - Present) 41 appearances (15 goals)

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT: May 17 2002 v Belarus (International friendly, in Moscow, Russia) 1-1, Belarus won 5-4 on pens.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL: February 13 2003 v Romania (International friendly, in Limassol, Cyprus) Scored third goal in 4-2 Russia victory.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Voted Russian Footballer of the Year in 2006
• Started all 30 matches in Zenit’s Russian Premier League campaign in 2007, the first time Zenit had won a league title since 1984
• Played a key part in Zenit’s 2008 UEFA Cup winning campaign
• Came on as a half-time substitute in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup victory over Manchester United in Monaco, in August 2008. Zenit won 2-1
• Three impressive performances earned him a place in the ‘EURO 2008 Team of the Tournament’
• Graduated from the Smena football school. In 1999 – 2000, he played for Zenit’s ‘farm club’, Zenit-2 in the Russian Second Division
• Made his full Zenit debut in England, against Bradford City in the Intertoto Cup at Valley Parade in August 2000. Zenit won the match 3-0
• Is comfortable in many positions. He started his career as a right midfielder, then as an attacking midfielder and more recently has been playing in the ‘second striker’s’ role