Alexei Eremenko

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Alexei Eremenko
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Personal information
Full name Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko
Date of birth 24 March 1983 (1983-03-24) (age 28)
Place of birth Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Rubin Kazan
Number 20
Youth career
1997–1999 FF Jaro
1999 Tromsø IL
1999–2001 FC Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2001 FC Jokerit 15 (2)
2002–2004 HJK 60 (10)
2004–2006 Lecce 35 (0)
2006–2009 FC Saturn 76 (8)
2009–2011 Metalist Kharkiv 10 (0)
2010 → FF Jaro (loan) 16 (7)
2010–2011 → Kilmarnock (loan) 31 (4)
2011– FC Rubin Kazan 4 (0)
National team‡
2003– Finland 53 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:46, 6 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011

Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Ерёменко; born 24 March 1983) is a Russian-born Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for Rubin Kazan in Russia, in-between studying Architecture at University of Strathclyde. He is a Midfielder who is able to operate in many roles, and is also known as a set piece specialist.

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[edit] Career

Eremenko was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union but moved to Finland with his family at the age of seven 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. He is the elder brother of Roman Eremenko, and also a new father with a son born in September 2007.

Eremenko spent some time with Tromsø IL in Norway (his father played for the senior team, he himself played for the under-fifteens team) and with the youth academy of FC Metz in France, before returning to Finland to make his Veikkausliiga debut with FC Jokerit in 2001. A try out with Aston Villa followed, but in the next season he moved to HJK, and eventually became the league's top player. He won two Finnish championships and one Finnish Cup with HJK. In the summer of 2004, Eremenko moved abroad, joining Italian Serie A club US Lecce. After failing to make a major breakthrough at Lecce, he moved to FC Saturn on a four-year deal in January 2006 transfer window, becoming a key player for the Russian side.

On the 15th July, 2011 it was reported that he is signing for Leeds United in a Finish newspaper, but the transfer was delayed due to a cancelled flight, which prevented him from linking up with the squad in Scotland.

[edit] Metalist Kharkiv

On July 29, 2009 Eremenko signed a three-year contract with the Ukrainian club FC Metalist Kharkiv, and [1] scored his first goal in his debut game against HNK Rijeka.

[edit] Jaro (Loan)

On March 12, 2010 it was announced that Eremenko had been traded back to his first club, FF Jaro, for the 2010 season.[2] His father, Alexei Eremenko Sr., is the current manager of FF Jaro. He managed to score on his debut, in a Finnish League Cup game against JJK on March 20, 2010. He also continued scoring in Veikkausliiga's opening match against FC Lahti, scoring on a rebound after his unsuccessful penalty kick.

[edit] Kilmarnock (loan)

On August 30, 2010, it was announced that Eremenko had been traded to Mixu Paatelainen's Kilmarnock until the end of the season.[3] He scored on his debut in a 2-1 victory over St. Mirren. On March 5, 2011, Eremenko was given his second straight red card of the season against Hearts at Tynecastle on after a off the ball altercation with Hearts captain Marius Zaliukas.[4] On April 11, Eremenko stated that he wanted to end his career at Rugby Park.[5] Eremenko was nominated for the 2010-11 PLayers' Player of the Year award, losing out to Celtic's Emilio Izaguirre.[6]

After returning from his loan spell, Metalist Kharkiv told him he could leave, where he then stated that he had received bids from a Championship club and a Russian club, with reports that Old Firm duo Celtic and Rangers were interested in signing him.[7] The Championship club was later reported to be the Welsh club Cardiff City.[8] Brighton and Hove Albion, a fellow Championship club, were also believed to be interested in signing Eremenko.[9]

[edit] Rubin Kazan

On 30 August 2011, Eremenko signed a contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan along his young brother Roman Eremenko.

[edit] International career

Eremenko made his debut for the Finnish national team on 11 October 2003 against Canada. He was a key player for Finland in 2006 World Cup qualifying, scoring an impressive seven goals, four of which came from free kicks. He shared the third position among the top scorers in the group, along with Adrian Mutu of  Romania, behind Jan Koller of  Czech Republic and Ruud van Nistelrooy of the  Netherlands, who both scored nine goals.

[edit] International goals

As of 15 November 2011.[10]

      Win       Draw       Loss

[edit] Honours

[edit] Personal awards and achievements

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://v3.metallist.kharkov.ua/news/78.html
  2. ^ http://www.ffjaro.fi/Ajankohtaista/Jarolle_kovan_luokan_vahvistus.63.1071.html (Finnish)
  3. ^ http://www.iltalehti.fi/jalkapallo/2010083012263663_jp.shtml(Finnish)
  4. ^ "Kilmarnock win 2-0 and Eremenko Sent Off". BBC News. 5 March 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9413817.stm. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "Alexei Eremenko: I love life at Kilmarnock and would like to end my career at Rugby Park". The Daily Record. 11 April 2011. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/2011/04/11/alexei-eremenko-i-love-life-at-kilmarnock-and-would-like-to-end-my-career-at-rugby-park-86908-23053547/. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 
  6. ^ "Emilio Izaguirre wins Scotland's players' player prize". BBC Sport. 1 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13256109.stm. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
  7. ^ "English clubs join Celtic and Rangers in race to sign Alexei Eremenko". The Daily Record. 4 June 2011. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/rangers/2011/06/04/english-clubs-join-celtic-and-rangers-in-race-to-sign-alexei-eremenko-86908-23178586/. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
  8. ^ Terry Phillips (9 July 2011). "Bluebirds target Alexei Eremenko". South Wales Echo. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/cardiff-city-fc/2011/07/09/bluebirds-target-alexei-eremenko-91466-29021423/. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 
  9. ^ "Money may deter Alexei Eremenko from Old Firm Switch". STV. 12 July 2011. http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottish-premier/celtic/262117-money-may-deter-alexei-eremenko-from-old-firm-switch//. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  10. ^ The national team on the Finnish Football Association’s website (Finnish)
  11. ^ a b Rakas jalkapallo: sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa, p. 402–403. Edited by Yrjö Lautela and Göran Wallén; written by Yrjö Lautela … [et al.]. Helsinki: Teos, 2007. ISBN 978-951-851-068-3 (hardcover).
  12. ^ Jalkapallokirja 2010, (‘Football Yearbook’) p. 50. Ed. by Heidi Soininen. Publication of the Football Association of Finland. Vol. 50. ISSN-0787-7188.
  13. ^ "Clydsedale Bank Player Of The Month". http://www.cbfootball.co.uk/monthly.aspx?MonthID=11. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 

[edit] External links

FC Rubin Kazan – current squad
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