Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin PicturesAndrei Sergeyevich Arshavin (Russian: Андре́й Серге́евич Арша́вин; also spelled Andrey; born 29 May 1981 in Leningrad) is a Russian football forward who currently plays for Arsenal of the English Premier League and the Russian national team.
The 2006 Russian footballer of the year is a versatile attacking midfielder who can also play as an second striker and winger. He gained international attention during his performance at the UEFA Euro 2008 championship in Austria-Switzerland.[1] Arshavin has been capped 43 times for the Russian national team since 2002. Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin was born in St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, on 29 May 1981. He was born to a typical Russian working class family and his father Sergey was a gifted amateur footballer.
He came through an accident that could have potentially killed him when he was hit by a car as a child. His upbringing was made a lot harder when his parents divorced when he was aged 10, with Andrei having to sleep on the floor of a cramped flat with his mother Tatiana. It was his father who persuaded him to pursue a career in football after the profession did not work for him. Arshavin began playing football at an early age and at age seven he was enrolled in the Smena football academy of FC Zenit St. Petersburg. As a schoolboy before solely focusing on football, he was a promising draughts player. Arshavin's father died of heart failure at the age of 40.
The 2006 Russian footballer of the year is a versatile attacking midfielder who can also play as an second striker and winger. He gained international attention during his performance at the UEFA Euro 2008 championship in Austria-Switzerland.[1] Arshavin has been capped 43 times for the Russian national team since 2002. Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin was born in St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, on 29 May 1981. He was born to a typical Russian working class family and his father Sergey was a gifted amateur footballer.
He came through an accident that could have potentially killed him when he was hit by a car as a child. His upbringing was made a lot harder when his parents divorced when he was aged 10, with Andrei having to sleep on the floor of a cramped flat with his mother Tatiana. It was his father who persuaded him to pursue a career in football after the profession did not work for him. Arshavin began playing football at an early age and at age seven he was enrolled in the Smena football academy of FC Zenit St. Petersburg. As a schoolboy before solely focusing on football, he was a promising draughts player. Arshavin's father died of heart failure at the age of 40.
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