Artem Dzyuba

Artem Dzyuba

With Spartak in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba
Date of birth	22 August 1988 (1988-08-22) (age 23)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Spartak Moscow
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–	FC Spartak Moscow	77	(11)
2009	→ FC Tom Tomsk (loan)	10	(3)
2010	→ FC Tom Tomsk (loan)	23	(10)
National team‡
2007–2010	Russia U-21	7	(3)
2011–	Russia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:48, 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:41, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba (Russian: Артём Сергеевич Дзюба; born August 22, 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian professional football player who plays in the Russian Premier League for FC Spartak Moscow.

Career

He has been involved in Spartak's European club competition performances, most recently successfully tricking two defenders and then scoring a goal against FC Porto in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

On 7 August 2009 FC Tom Tomsk have signed the striker on loan from FC Spartak Moscow until December 2009.^[1] Artem returned to Spartak in December 2010. Soon after, he began training with the first team in Sokolniki training center and finally Valery Karpin took Dzyuba for Spartak's January training session in Turkey. Karpin preferred to use Dzyuba as a central forward, but he can also play as a winger. He scored a goal against Dacia in 54 minute of friendly match in Belek. Dzyuba continued to show excellent results, which earned him a starting 11 place against FC Basel.It was his first official match for Spartak in 2011. Dzyuba scored in that game, chipping the goalkeeper with elegant style. Spartak won 3:2, with Dzyuba being . Dzyuba scored a superb goal against FC Porto on April 14, 2011, where he beat two Porto defenders with his skill and finished brilliantly.

International career

Dzyuba was a part of the Russia U-21 side that was competing in the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualification.^[2]

He made his Russia national football team debut on November 11, 2011 in a friendly against Greece.

References

1. ^ Артём Дзюба внесён в заявку "Томи"
2. ^ "Russia U-21'2009". Rusteam.permian.ru. http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/molod_team/history/2009.html. Retrieved 2009-09-25. 

External links

• Profile at RPFL.org (Russian)

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Name	Dzyuba, Artem
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Date of birth	22 August 1988
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
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