Roman Zozulya
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Real Betis | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 35 | (3) |
| 2006 | → FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | → FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 59 | (11) |
| 2011–2016 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 85 | (22) |
| 2016– | Betis | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ukraine U17 | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Ukraine U19 | 15 | (4) |
| 2008–2011 | Ukraine U21 | 22 | (1) |
| 2010– | Ukraine | 33 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016 |
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Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya (Ukrainian: Роман В'ячеславович Зозуля, born 17 November 1989 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian football striker, who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Betis and Ukrainian national team.
He was a product of the Dynamo youth system progressing through Dynamo-3 and Dynamo-2. In 2008 after the 2007–08 season he was promoted to the main team.
On 27 February 2014, in a Europa League match against Tottenham Zozulya was sent off after he directed a head-butt towards Jan Vertonghen. Zozulya was sent off and had to be restrained from attacking Vertonghen, who was accused of faking the degree of contact. Tottenham went on to win the game 3–1, knocking Dnipro out of the Europa League.
On 27 July 2016, Zozulya signed a three-year contract with La Liga side Real Betis.
On 31 January 2017, Zozulya joined Rayo Vallecano on loan until the end of the season. His arrival was met with protests from the club's fans, unhappy over his alleged far-right links. Zozulya denying any ultra-right links in a letter to Rayo's fans insisting he did nothing more than volunteering to help the Ukrainian army during the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. On 1 February 2017 Zozulya had his contract cancelled due to reactions of Rayo fans and returned to Betis. This meant that he could not play anymore in the 2016-2017 season because the Royal Spanish Football Federation rules say players cannot register for more than two teams in one campaign.
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