Pavel Pogrebnyak

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Pavel Pogrebnyak
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Personal information
Full name Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak
Date of birth 8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) (age 28)
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).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Pogrebnyak.

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 Pogrebniak in Domodedovo airport (7 June 2007)

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
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

National team Club Season Apps Goals
Russia Tom Tomsk 2006 5 2
Zenit St. Petersburg 2007 2 0
2008 5 3
2009 2 0
VfB Stuttgart 2009–10 3 0
2010–11 7 2
Total 24 7

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 August 2006 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Latvia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 4 June 2006 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Estonia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 23 May 2008 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Kazakhstan 1–0 6–0 Friendly
4 28 May 2008 Wacker Sportpark, Burghausen, Germany  Serbia 0–1 1–2 Friendly
5 10 September 2008 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Wales 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3 September 2010 Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 0–1 0–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
7 3 September 2010 Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 0–2 0–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
8 10 August 2011 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Serbia 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

Individual

Zenit St. Petersburg

References

  1. ^ "Гус Хиддинк едва не зашиб болельщика" (in Russian). Izvestia. 6 September 2006. http://www.izvestia.ru/sport/article3096292/. Retrieved 4 November 2009. 
  2. ^ "Погребняк купил свой портрет" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 27 May 2009. http://spb.kp.ru/online/news/491842/. Retrieved 4 November 2009. 
  3. ^ "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. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ 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. 
  6. ^ "Pogrebnyak deal done". vfb.de. 2 August 2009. http://vfb.de/en/aktuell/news/2009/32406.php. Retrieved 2 August 2009. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Bundesliga round-up". Sky Sports. 15 August 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,14964_5492567,00.html. Retrieved 15 August 2009. 
  8. ^ "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. 
  9. ^ "FFC Sign Pogrebnyak". Fulham F.C.. 31 January 2012. http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2012/February/PogrebnyakAnnouncement.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2012. 
  10. ^ "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. 
  11. ^ 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. 
  12. ^ "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
Fulham F.C. – current squad
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