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Artem Dzyuba

Artem Dzyuba
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Dzyuba with Zenit in 2015
Personal information
Full name Artem Sergeyevich Dzyuba
Date of birth (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 28)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
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.


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