- Ivan Saenko
Infobox Football biography
playername = Ivan SaenkoИван Саенко
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|10|17
cityofbirth =Maslovka ,Voronezh Oblast
countryofbirth =Russia ,USSR
height = height|meters=1.78
nickname =
position =Striker
currentclub =FC Spartak Moscow
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001 2002 2002–2005 2005–2008 2008–
clubs =Karlsruher SC Fakel VoronezhKarlsruher SC 1. FC Nuremberg FC Spartak Moscow
caps(goals) = 02 0(0) 13 0(4) 84 (21) 83 (18)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 012 0(0)
pcupdate =June 30 ,2008
ntupdate =September 10 2008 Ivan Ivanovich Saenko (Russian Cyrillic "Иван Иванович Саенко") (born
17 October 1983 inMaslovka ,Voronezh Oblast ) is aRussia nfootball (soccer) striker . He currently plays forFC Spartak Moscow .Club career
In August 2008 he moved to
FC Spartak Moscow due to his unwillingness to play in the second division after Nuremberg's relegation.International career
After finished second in qualifying group stage with Russia U-21 at
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship , Saenko received first senior call up against Croatia on6 September 2006 and as unused bench. He made his debut one month later against Estonia on11 October 2006 as last minutes substitution.He was called up to Russia's
Euro 2008 squad and was a second half substitute in both their second match againstGreece inSalzburg and third match againstSweden inInnsbruck , but started the quarter final againstthe Netherlands inBasel and the semi-final againstSpain inVienna .Honours
* 2007: DFB-Pokal winner with 1. FC Nuremberg
* 2008: UEFA European Football Championship Semi-finalist with RussiaExternal links
* [http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/clubs/biographie.php?spieler=SaenkoIwan&vereinID=684 bundesliga.de] de icon
* [http://www.fcn.de/index.php?id=10742 fcn.de] de icon
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=11 Career, statistic, goals] de icon
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