- Roman Shishkin
Football player infobox
playername = Roman Shishkin
fullname = Роман Александрович Шишкин
height = 1.77 m
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1987|1|27|mf=y
cityofbirth =Voronezh
countryofbirth =USSR
currentclub = Spartak Moscow
clubnumber = 49
position = defender defensive midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =FC Fakel Voronezh Spartak Moscow
years = 2004–present
clubs = Spartak Moscow
caps(goals) = 41 (1)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 1 January 2008
ntupdate = 7 February 2008Roman Shishkin ( _ru. Роман Александрович Шишкин) (born
27 January ,1987 inVoronezh ) is aRussia n footballer, who plays forFC Spartak Moscow inRussian Premier League , and the Russia national team. Shiskin plays as fullback on either flank or defensive midfielder.Biography
Roman Shishkin was born in
Voronezh to Aleksandr Shishkin (a driver) and his wife. [cite web
url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?133948
title=Interview with ROman Shishkin
author=Igor Rabiner
publisher=Sport-Express
date=2007-02-02
accessdate=2007-03-25 ru icon] Shishkin graduated from local football school and at age 15 secured his first professional contract with FC Fakel. After some time with Fakel he moved to Spartak Moscow. He made his professional debut for Spartak in 2004 whenNevio Scala started fielding a lot of young players. Roman eventually lost his position on the first team. In 2006 when Fedotov was appointed as a manager, Shishkin became a first team regular afterEgor Titov 's injury. Shishkin played as a right fullback. Shiskin was invited byGuus Hiddink to participate in the national team training sessions.On 12 September 2006 Shishkin made his European debut after he came in as a substitute in the
UEFA Champions League match againstBayern Munich . At the end of 2006UEFA named Shishkin among Europe's eight most prospective footballers. [cite web
url=http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/kind=4194304/newsid=492055.html
title=Teenage kicks
author=UEFA
date=2006-12-29
accessdate=2007-01-23] His debut for the national team took place on24 March 2007 as he played whole match during Russia's 2-0 victory over Estonia. [cite web
url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/fixturesresults/round=2241/match=83930/report=lu.html
title=Match report
author=UEFA
date=2007-03-24
accessdate=2007-03-24]References
External links
* [http://rus.spartak.com/usr/club/player_stat.asp?id=188 Roman Shishkin's profile] on Spartak Moscow official website. ru icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=93838/index.html Roman Shishkin's profile] on UEFA website
* [http://rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=1&act=players&id=1025&year=2006 Roman Shishkin's profile] onRFPL official site ru icon
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