Pavel Pogrebnyak
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| Full name | Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fulham | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–2002 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Spartak Moscow | 18 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Baltika Kaliningrad (loan) | 40 | (15) |
| 2004 | → Khimki (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| 2005 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2006 | Tom Tomsk | 26 | (13) |
| 2007–2009 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 58 | (22) |
| 2009–2012 | VfB Stuttgart | 68 | (15) |
| 2012– | Fulham | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Russia | 30 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (Russian: Павел Викторович Погребняк; born 8 November 1983 in Moscow) is an association footballer currently plays as a striker with English side Fulham and the Russian national team. He is nicknamed Pogreb ("The Cellar")[1] or Velikiy Po ("Po the Great"),[2] the latter was popularized by his former Zenit teammate Andrei Arshavin.[3]
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Club career
Pavel started playing football at the age of six for the Spartak Moscow football school. In 2001, he made his début for the Spartak reserve team and one year later he was selected for the first team squad. Between 2001 and 2003, he scored eight goals in 23 appearances.
In 2003, Pavel played 40 matches and scored 15 goals while on loan with Baltika Kaliningrad. The following season, he returned to Spartak Moscow, appearing 16 times and scoring two goals. The same season he also scored six goals for FC Khimki in 12 appearances. In 2005, Pavel played for Shinnik Yaroslavl and scored four goals in 23 matches. Pogrebnyak made his true breakthrough during the 2006 season with Tom Tomsk scoring 13 goals in 26 matches and became one of the favorites amongst the local fans.
Zenit St. Petersburg
Pavel was signed in the off-season by Zenit St. Petersburg. In 2007, Zenit won the national league, with him chipping in 13 goals. Zenit won the 2008 Russian Super Cup 2–1 over Lokomotiv Moscow, with Pogrebnyak scoring the winner in the 82nd minute.
Along with Luca Toni, Pogrebnyak was joint top-scorer in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup season, scoring 10 goals and helping Zenit reach the final to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium. However, Pogrebnyak was to miss the final because of suspension following a third tournament booking in the semifinal's second leg win over Bayern Munich. In the final, Zenit still triumphed over runners-up Rangers to add their first European silverware.[4] In the 2008 UEFA Super Cup he scored one of the Zenit's two goals in the 2–1 over English champions Manchester United.
On 28 January 2009, Zenit officials declared that they were on the verge of accepting a bid from Blackburn Rovers which would see the player move to the English side during the January transfer window, but the transfer did not take place.[5]
In 51 official matches for Zenit, Pogrebnyak scored 28 goals, 12 of them in the national league.
VfB Stuttgart
On 1 August 2009 he agreed to join Stuttgart.[6] Pogrebnyak made his Bundesliga début seven days later by playing all 90 minutes in the opening day 2–0 defeat to the defending champions Wolfsburg. He scored his first goal in his second game, on 15 August 2009, in Stuttgart's 4–2 win over Freiburg, in which he also won a penalty.[7]
He ended his first season in German football scoring eight goals (six in the league). He made amends for this by starting the 2010–11 season scoring five goals in seven games including his first hat-trick in Stuttgart's historic 7–0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Fulham
On 31 January 2012, Pogrebnyak moved to Fulham.[8][9]
International career
Pogrebnyak debuted for the Russian national team on 16 August 2006 in a friendly match against Latvia, where he scored his first goal.
He was also initially called-up as part of the Russian squad for UEFA Euro 2008, but because of a knee injury he picked up in a friendly match versus Serbia, he was replaced by Oleg Ivanov before Russia began the tournament.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 January 2012.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Super Cup | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FC Baltika Kaliningrad | 2003 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 |
| Total | 40 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 2004 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
| FC Khimki | 2004 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2005 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| Total | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| Tom Tomsk | 2006 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2007 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 24 |
| 2008 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |
| Total | 58 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 39 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2009–10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 |
| 2010–11 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13 | |
| 2011–12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Total | 68 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22 | |
| Fulham | 2011–12 | ||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||
| Career total | 245 | 77 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 311 | 106 | |
International
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International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 16 August 2006 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 4 June 2006 | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 3 | 23 May 2008 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 6–0 | Friendly | |
| 4 | 28 May 2008 | Wacker Sportpark, Burghausen, Germany | 0–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 10 September 2008 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 6 | 3 September 2010 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 0–1 | 0–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 7 | 3 September 2010 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 0–2 | 0–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying | |
| 8 | 10 August 2011 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Personal life
Pogrebnyak is married to Maria[11] and they have three sons: Artjom, Pavel and Alexej.[12]
He is a brother of Kirill Pogrebnyak and Nikolai Pogrebnyak who currently plays for FC Tom.
Career honours
Club
- Zenit St. Petersburg
- Russian Premier League (1): 2007
- Russian Super Cup (1): 2008
- UEFA Cup (1): 2007–08
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008
Individual
- Zenit St. Petersburg
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer (1): 2007–08
References
- ^ "Гус Хиддинк едва не зашиб болельщика" (in Russian). Izvestia. 6 September 2006. http://www.izvestia.ru/sport/article3096292/. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Погребняк купил свой портрет" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 27 May 2009. http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/491842/. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Андрей Аршавин: "Скоро все будет хорошо!"" (in Russian). Sport Express. 29 December 2008. http://news.sport-express.ru/2008-12-29/276670. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Lindsay, Clive (14 May 2008). "Zenit St Petersburg 2–0 Rangers". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ Zaitsev, Slava (28 January 2009). "Rovers bid for Russian: Blackburn eye Pogrebnyak". Sky Sports News. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12874_4864754,00.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Pogrebnyak deal done". vfb.de. 2 August 2009. http://vfb.de/en/aktuell/news/2009/32406.php. Retrieved 2 August 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Bundesliga round-up". Sky Sports. 15 August 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,14964_5492567,00.html. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ^ "Pogrebnyak on the move to Fulham". VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2012. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2012/pogrebnyak-wechsel/page/1279-0-1-1328048959.html. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "FFC Sign Pogrebnyak". Fulham F.C.. 31 January 2012. http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2012/February/PogrebnyakAnnouncement.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Pogrebnyak injury rocks Russians". BBC News. 7 June 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/russia/7426539.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Weinacht, Dennis (21 August 2009). "Pogrebnyak: Maria macht ihn zum neuen Gomez" (in German). goal.com. http://www.goal.com/de/news/827/bundesliga/2009/08/21/1453362/pogrebnyak-maria-macht-ihn-zum-neuen-gomez. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Pogrebnjak: Habe nicht vor, hier wegzugehen". bild.de. 18 July 2011. http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/pavel-pogrebnyak/hat-nicht-vor-den-vfb-zu-verlassen-18925186.bild.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
External links
- Player profile (Russian)
- Pavel Pogrebnyak at fussballdaten.de (German)
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Russian footballers
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Russia international footballers
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- FC Khimki players
- FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
- FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
- FC Tom Tomsk players
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Moscow
- Russian Premier League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany