Dzyuba with Zenit in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Zenit St. Petersburg | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Spartak Moscow | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2015 | Spartak Moscow | 126 | (26) |
2009 | → Tom Tomsk (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2010 | → Tom Tomsk (loan) | 24 | (10) |
2013–2014 | → Rostov (loan) | 28 | (17) |
2015 | → Rostov (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2015– | Zenit St. Petersburg | 54 | (27) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2010 | Russia U21 | 9 | (4) |
2011 | Russia-2 | 2 | (0) |
2011– | Russia | 22 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016 |
Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba (Russian: Артём Сергеевич Дзюба; IPA: [ɐrˈtʲɵm sʲɪrˈɡʲeɪvʲɪtɕ ˈdzʲʉbə]; born 22 August 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Russian national team.
Dzyuba was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1988. He attended Spartak Moscow's football school and started playing for the team's reserves in 2005. In 2006, he first played for the first team in a Russian Cup match against FC Ural, replacing Roman Pavlyuchenko in the 85th minute. He had his first substitute appearance in the Russian Premier League in the 12th round against Saturn Moscow. He had 7 substitute appearances in that season, but did not score.
In 2007, Dzyuba started appearing in the line-up. He scored a winning goal for the first team in the Cup match against Sibir FC and it was Dzyuba's first goal for the main squad. As for the Premier League, he first scored in the 5th round against Tom FC. He made 21 appearances in the season and scored 5 goals.
In 2008, Dzyuba played 16 games in the Premier League and only scored the equalizing goal in the 19th round match Against Dynamo Moscow. The game ended 1–1 draw. He also scored twice in a cup game against Dynamo Bryansk.
He has been involved in Spartak's European club competition performances. In the UEFA Cup, Dzyuba scored twice against Tottenham Hotspur in the last group stage match. But Spurs hit back after the break, and the game ended in a 2–2 draw which eliminated Spartak.