Roman Zozulya

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For the gymnast, see Roman Zozulya (gymnast).

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Roman Zozulya
Personal information
Full name Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya
Date of birth (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Albacete
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2006 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Dynamo Kyiv 35 (3)
2011–2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 85 (22)
2016–2017 Betis 6 (0)
2017 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 0 (0)
2017– Albacete 38 (11)
International career‡
2005–2006 Ukraine U17 14 (2)
2007–2008 Ukraine U19 15 (4)
2008–2011 Ukraine U21 22 (1)
2010– Ukraine 33 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2016

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 Albacete Balompié and Ukrainian national team.

Career

Dynamo Kyiv

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.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

On 27 February 2014, in a Europa League match against Tottenham Zozulya was sent off after he directed a head-butt towards Jan Vertonghen.[1] Zozulya was sent off and had to be restrained from attacking Vertonghen, who was accused of faking the degree of contact.[2] Tottenham went on to win the game 3–1, knocking Dnipro out of the Europa League.[3]

Betis

On 27 July 2016, Zozulya signed a three-year contract with La Liga side Real Betis.[4]

Rayo Vallecano

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 purported far-right links after a picture of him wearing a shirt with the Tryzub and lyrics of poet Taras Shevchenko was misinterpreted as featuring the logo of the Right Sector. Zozulya vehemently denied any such links in an open letter to Rayo's fans, declaring that he has only assisted the legitimate Ukrainian army during the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[5][6] On 1 February 2017 Zozulya had his contract cancelled due to the reactions of Rayo fans and returned to Betis.[7] 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.[7]

Albacete

On 8 September 2017, free agent Zozulya signed a one-year contract with Albacete Balompié.[8]

Civil involvement

Zozulya is the founder of the Narodna Armiya (People's Army) organisation which is a part of the civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbass. In particular Zozulya's organisation is providing food, clothing and technical equipment to Ukrainian Army and helps families of the military.[9][10] In 2016, he received a special commendation from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for his support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Together with Ruslan Rotan Zozulya is also the co-founder and sponsor of the Rotan and Zozulya Academy of Football in Dnipro.

International career

Roman debuted for Ukraine on 2 June 2010 against Norway at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. He scored a goal after Yevhen Konoplyanka fired a long shot at Jon Knudsen, who fumbled with the ball and let Roman kick the ball into the net. He was substituted in the 81st minute.[11][12] He was member of the Ukrainian 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 January 2018
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 2007–08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008–09 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 1
2009–10 11 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 3
2010–11 12 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 23 2
Total (Dynamo) 35 3 7 2 9 1 1 0 52 6
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2011–12 15 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 4
2012–13 23 8 2 0 9 3 0 0 34 11
2013–14 24 7 1 0 10 4 0 0 35 11
2014–15 13 1 2 0 9 1 0 0 24 2
2015–16 10 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 15 5
Total (Dnipro) 85 22 11 3 30 8 0 0 126 33
Betis 2016–17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Total (Betis) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Albacete 2017–18 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 7
Career total 144 32 18 5 39 9 1 0 202 46

International

As of 9 October 2016
Ukraine
Year Apps Goals
2010 1 1
2011 0 0
2012 4 0
2013 9 2
2014 7 0
2015 1 0
2016 11 1
Total 33 4

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 June 2010 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Norway 0–1 0–1 Friendly
2. 22 March 2013 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–3 1–3 WC 2014 Qual
3. 15 November 2013 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine  France 1–0 2–0 WC 2014 Qual
4. 29 May 2016 Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy  Romania 1–1 3–4 Friendly

Honors

Dynamo Kyiv

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Recognition

References

  1. ^ Mike Dyce. "Europa League: Roman Zozulya gets straight red for head butting Tottenham player, chaos ensues (GIF)". fanside.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Jan Vertonghen Defends Himself Over Accusations of Simulation for Roman Zozulya Red Card. In May 2015 Zozulya and Dnipro went on to the final of the Europa League, but his team lost, 3-2". insidefutbol.com. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ "UEFA Europa League: Tottenham 3 Dnipro 1". FourFourTwo. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Real Betis signs Roman Zozulya". Real Betis. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Zozulya: Rayo sign forward following ideology controversy". AS English. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ^ Ukrainians cry foul over accusations of neo-Nazi links against striker Zozulia, UNIAN (1 February 2017)
  7. ^ a b Roman Zozulya: Player's Rayo Vallecano loan spell ends as fans call him Nazi, BBC News (1 February 2017)
  8. ^ "Roman Zozulya, nuevo jugador del Alba" [Roman Zozulya, new player of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  9. ^ Юрий Сай (29 April 2015). "Роман Зозуля презентовал фонд "Народная армия", который будет помогать нашим воинам" (in Russian). fakty.ua. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Роман Зозуля совместно с волонтерами Днепропетровска основали фонд "Народная Армия"" (in Russian). dneprpost.com.ua. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  11. ^ Template:Ua icon God loves Trinity
  12. ^ Zozulia nets winner on Ukraine debut
  13. ^ Ukraine team

External links

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