Playing for Volga in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev | ||
Date of birth | October 26, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Omsk, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Spartak Tambov | 42 | (9) |
2002 | Spartak Moscow | 18 | (9) |
2002–2003 | Marseille | 33 | (5) |
2004–2015 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 224 | (73) |
2013 | → Dinamo Minsk (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2015 | → Okzhetpes (loan) | 19 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2010 | Russia | 47 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:42, August 11, 2010 (UTC) |
Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev (Russian: Дми́трий Евге́ньевич Сычёв, tr. Dmitriy Yevgen’yevich Sychyov; IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈgʲenʲɪvʲɪtɕ sɨˈtɕɵf]; born October 26, 1983) is an association footballer who currently is a free agent. He has been hailed by the international press as "The Russian Michael Owen" because of his pace and as "The most sensational young Russian forward since Vladimir Beschastnykh". He is well known for his blinding pace and agility.
Sychev was born in Omsk, a city in south-central Russia. He spent his formative years at St. Petersburg's famous Smena football academy before joining FC Spartak Tambov, a second division club. At that time he played as a midfielder.
After having trials at clubs in FC Nantes and FC Metz, Sychev was picked up by FC Spartak Moscow in January 2002, where he scored eight goals in his first 12 matches, and it was during that time when he was transformed into a striker. With Spartak he reached the final of the 2002 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup. He scored 6 goals and finished second on the top scorer list, after coming in as a substitute in every match he played. He entered the symbolic top players list of the tournament.
In August 2002 Sychev announced he was quitting Spartak, by giving his employers three months' notice. Having already signed a five-year contract with the Russian club he was banned from football for four months by the Russian Professional Football League (RPFL).