Sergei Semak
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| Full name | Sergei Bogdanovich Semak | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
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Current team | FC Rubin Kazan | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June, 2008 | |||
Sergei Semak (Template:Lang-ru) (born 27 February 1976 in Sychanskoye, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine) is a Russian football player.
He played mostly for CSKA Moscow and then for Paris Saint-Germain in France. He now plays for Rubin Kazan.
International career
Semak made his international debut in 1997 and took part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
Having lost his place in the national team with the arrival of Guus Hiddink in 2006, Semak missed out on Russia's Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, but was surprisingly recalled to the national team, just prior to the Euro 2008 finals. Semak captained the Russia national team in their first Euro 2008 warm-up friendly against Kazakhstan. Sergei Semak had a good performance in the crucial match against Greece and provided an assist for the only goal Russia scored with a skilled bycicle kick pass from a wide angle. Another notable performance in Euro 2008 from Semak came in the quarter-finals when his left-winged cross was volleyed in by Roman Pavlyuchenko against the Netherlands.
Honours
- Russian Premier League champion in 2003
- Russian Cup winner in 2002 and 2005
- UEFA Cup winner in 2004/05
External links
- Profile at RussiaTeam Template:Ru icon
- Club profile Template:Ru icon
- Statistics at KLISF
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