Roman Eremenko
 With CSKA in October 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roman Alekseyevich Eremenko | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | CSKA Moscow | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Jaro | ||
| 1998 | Tromsø IL | ||
| 1999–2003 | HJK | ||
| 2003 | Jokerit | ||
| 2003–2004 | Jaro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Jaro | 19 | (3) |
| 2005–2009 | Udinese | 13 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Siena (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Dynamo Kyiv | 58 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Rubin Kazan | 73 | (11) |
| 2014–2016 | CSKA Moscow | 59 | (19) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Finland U-17 | 6 | (3) | |
| Finland U-19 | 5 | (0) | |
| 2006–2008 | Finland U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2016 | Finland | 73 | (5) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2016. | |||
Roman Alekseyevich Eremenko (Russian: Роман Алексеевич Еременко; born 19 March 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who contracted to CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League, but is currently banned from football by UEFA after testing positive for cocaine. Eremenko is best known for his time in Dynamo Kyiv, with whom he became captain, winning the Ukrainian Premier League title in 2009, and playing in the Champions and Europa Leagues. He also plays regularly for the Finland national football team.[1] Eremenko made his international debut for Finland in June 2007, at the age of 20. In November 2016, UEFA banned Eremenko from football for two years, after it was discovered he had used cocaine.
Club career
Jaro
Eremenko's career on senior level started when he made his Veikkausliiga debut for Jaro in 2004 at the age of 17 when coach Hannu Touru used him as a substitute in a match against MYPA on 29 June in 2004. In that match Eremenko appeared on the pitch at the same time with his father Alexei Eremenko Sr. who played for the whole match as a midfielder. Eremenko scored his first goal on senior level on 18 September 2004 in a match against FC Lahti. He gained six caps for Jaro on his first season. During season 2004 he was also loaned to Finnish Second Division club Jakobstads BK and to Finnish First Division club GBK Kokkola. He made his break through in Jaro during season 2005 when he became a regular in the starting eleven. He gained 13 caps and was in the starting line-up 10 times. In those 13 matches he scored two goals.
Udinese
In the summer of 2005 Eremenko signed a five-year deal with Udinese. He made his Serie A debut on the first day of the 2006–07 season against Messina. He became the fourth Finnish footballer after Mika Aaltonen, Mika Lehkosuo and his brother Alexei Eremenko Jr to make an appearance in a Serie A match.[2] He was loaned to A.C. Siena on 31 January 2007, where he played 11 games. During the summer of 2007 he returned to Udinese.
In October 2007, Eremenko, Andrea Dossena, Cristián Zapata, and Simone Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012.[3]
Dynamo Kyiv
In August 2008, he was loaned to FC Dynamo Kyiv, until 31 May 2009. On 22 May 2009 FC Dynamo Kyiv officials, and head coach Yuriy Semin are keeping Russian-born Finnish midfielder, he has signed on a permanent basis until 2014. During his three years at Dynamo, Eremenko established himself as a leader of the team.
Eremenko debuted in the Champions League on 17 September 2008, in a home game against Arsenal London. That week, he also scored his first goal in the Ukrainian Premier League, netting a pass from Tiberiu Ghioane on the 8th minute of a game against Chornomorets Odessa.
Eremenko scored his first goal in the Champions League on 10 December 2008 on Fenerbahce S.K..
During the 2009–10 season, he took part in a total of 35 official matches for Dynamo, 26 of which were in the Ukrainian championship, and scored 1 goal.
In the 2010–11 season, besides continuing his successful performance for Dynamo domestically, Eremenko became the top assistant of the Europa League.
After a total of three years of playing for Dynamo, Eremenko played in a total of 127 official games, and scored seven goals. He also won the 2008-09 Ukrainian Premier League, and the Ukrainian Super Cups in 2009 and 2011.
Rubin Kazan
In the last stages of the summer transfer window in 2011, Eremenko signed with Russian club Rubin Kazan for a reported fee of 13M €, which is the highest transfer fee ever paid for a Finnish player. His older brother Aleksei also signed a contract with Rubin Kazan in August 2011.[4] On 26 November Roman scored his first goal for Rubin, in a 2–0 home victory over Dynamo Moscow.
On 9 May 2012 he scored the game's only goal in the Russian Cup final.
CSKA Moscow
After leaving Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2014, Eremenko signed a four-year contract with PFC CSKA Moscow on 25 August 2014.[5] Eremenko was selected as the Best Player of October and December 2014 and March 2015 in the Russian Football Premier League.[6][7][8] Eremenko won the Russian Football Premier League MVP of the season-2014/15 award.[9]
On 6 October 2016, Finland announced that Eremenko had been handed a 30-day ban from football by UEFA.[10]
On 18 November 2016, UEFA announced that Roman had been handed a 2-year ban from football due to testing positive for cocaine. [11]
International career
Eremenko made his international debut in Finland's national team at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 6 June 2007 in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualification match against Belgium when Roy Hodgson chose him to the starting line up. The game was interrupted for six minutes after an Eurasian eagle-owl intruded the playing pitch. This incident earned the Finland team their current nickname, The Eagle Owls.[12] Eremenko has been a regular member for Finland ever since. He scored his first goal for Finland from penalty spot on 3 March 2010 in a friendly match against Malta.
Personal life
Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of three when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds a Russian passport as well, Eremenko is the younger brother of Alexei Eremenko Jr. His father took over as manager in Jaro in August 2009.
Honours
Club
Individual
- Finnish Football Association Player of the Year: 2011,[13] 2014
- Finnish Sports’ Journalists Player of the Year: 2011,[14] 2014, 2015
- UEFA Europa League most assists leading to a goal in tournament phase: 2010–11[15]
- Russian League MVP of the season: 2014-15
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | Division | League | Domestic Cups | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| GBK | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Kakkonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| GBK Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jaro | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| Jaro Total | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Siena | ||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Siena Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Udinese | ||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Udinese Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||
| 2008-09 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
| 2009-10 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2010-11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 4 | |
| 2011-12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv Total | 77 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 117 | 7 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | ||||||||||
| 2011-12 | Russian Premier League | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 2012-13 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 6 | |
| 2013-14 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 8 | |
| Rubin Kazan Total | 73 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 102 | 17 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||
| 2014-15 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 13 | |
| 2015-16 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
| 2016-17 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
| CSKA Moscow Total | 58 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 76 | 20 | ||
| Career Total | 244 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 69 | 8 | 331 | 44 | ||
International
- As of 29 March 2016[18]
| Finland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 |
| 2009 | 10 | 0 |
| 2010 | 8 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 70 | 5 |
International goals
Finland's score given first. As of 7 September 2014.[19]
| Roman Eremenko international goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 3 March 2010 | Ta'Qali, Malta |  Malta | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 May 2012 | Salzburg, Austria |  Turkey | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 10 September 2013 | Tbilisi, Georgia |  Georgia | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 5 March 2014 | Győr, Hungary |  Hungary | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 7 September 2014 | Thorshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
References
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Seitsemäs suomalaispelaaja debytoi Serie A:ssa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 12 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "CALCIO, UDINESE: IN QUATTRO RINNOVANO FINO AL 2012". la Repubblica (in Italian). 12 October 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ↑ Роман Еременко остается в "Динамо" (in Russian). Dynamo Kyiv. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko joins PFC CSKA". http://en.pfc-cska.com/. PFC CSKA Moscow. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Roman Eremenko received the Best Player of October award".
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko is the Most Valuable Player of December".
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko is the Most Valuable Player of March".
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko named Russian League MVP of the season-2014/15".
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko väliaikaiseen pelikieltoon". palloliitto.fi (in Finish). Palloliitto. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko: CSKA Moscow midfielder handed two-year ban for taking cocaine". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ↑ http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=1745866.html
- ↑ Palloliiton Vuoden Pelaaja
- ↑ Lajien parhaat 2011 on valittu
- ↑ "2010/11 UEFA Europa League Tournament phase Assists". UEFA. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ http://nr.soccerway.com/players/roman-eremenko/4699/
- ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21439/Roman_Eremenko.html
- ↑ "Roman Eremenko" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ "Eremenko Roman" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto (Football Association of Finland). Retrieved 29 June 2014.
External links
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- CSKA Moscow official profile
- Roman Eremenko – UEFA competition record
- Roman Eremenko – FIFA competition record
- Roman Eremenko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Roman Eremenko career statistics at Soccerbase
- BDFutbol profile
- Roman Eremenko profile at Fussballdaten
- Roman Eremenko profile at Soccerway
- Profile at FA of Finland's official website (Finnish)
- Profile at ESPNsoccernet