Pavel Pogrebnyak

Football player infobox
playername = Pavel Pogrebnyak


fullname = Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak
height = 1.88 m (6ft 2in)
nickname = Po
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1983|11|8|mf=y
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Russia (then: Soviet Union)
currentclub = FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
clubcrest =
clubnumber = 8
position = Striker
youthyears = 1989
youthclubs = FC Spartak Moscow
years = 2002
2003
2004
2004
2005
2006
2007–
clubs = Spartak Moscow
Baltika Kaliningrad
Spartak Moscow
Khimki
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Tom' Tomsk
Zenit St. Petersburg
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
40 (15)
16 (2)
12 (6)
23 (4)
26 (13)
54 (29)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (5)
pcupdate = 15 May, 2008
ntupdate = 10 September, 2008

Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak ( _ru. Павел Викторович Погребняк) (born November 8, 1983 in Moscow) is a Russian international footballer. The striker earned his place in the national team while playing for Tom Tomsk. On November 28, 2006, Zenit Saint Petersburg announced a three-year contract with Pogrebnyak.

Club career

Pavel started playing football at the age of 6 for the Spartak Moscow football school. In 2001, he made his debut for the Spartak reserve team and one year later he was selected for the main squad. Between 2001 and 2003 he scored 8 goals in 23 appearances.

In 2003 Pavel played 40 matches and scored 15 goals for Baltika Kaliningrad. The following season he returned to FC Spartak Moscow, having appeared 16 times and scoring 2 goals. The same season he also score 6 goals for FC Khimki in 12 appearances. In 2005 Pavel played for Shinnik Yaroslavl and scored 4 goals in 23 matches. Playing for Tom Tomsk in 2006 was the breakthrough season for Pogrebnyak, as he scored 13 goals in 26 matches and became one of the favorites of the local fans.

Zenit

Pavel also attracted the attention of the Russian national team and was signed in the off season by Zenit Saint Petersburg. In 2007 he and Zenit Saint Petersburg won first place at the Russian Premier League. In 2008 they won the Russian Super Cup, with Pogrebnyak scoring the second goal at the 2-1 victory.

Along with Luca Toni, Pogrebnyak was joint top scorer in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup, scoring 10 goals and helping Zenit St. Petersburg reach the final of the tournament. He could not play in the final due to an accumulation of yellow cards, but the team won the cup.

In the 2008 UEFA Super Cup he scored one of the two goals for Zenit St. Petersburg. Zenit went on to win that game 2-1 against Manchester United.

In 51 official matches for Zenit, Pogrebnyak has scored 28 goals. In the Russian Championship he has scored 12 goals in 30 matches.

International

Pogrebnyak debuted for the Russian national team on August 16, 2006 in a friendly match against Latvia, where he scored his first goal with the squad.

He was also initially called for the squad of the Russian national football team 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 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/russia/7426539.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Euro 2008 | Russia | Pogrebnyak injury rocks Russians ] ] .

International career statistics

Ig match
n =1
d=2006-08-16
st1=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Latvia
sc=1–0
fr=1–0
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n =2
d=2006-10-11
st=Petrovsky Stadium | ci=Saint Petersburg| co=Russia
o=Estonia
sc=1–0
fr=2–0
comp=UEFA Euro 2008 QualifyingIg match
n = 3
d=2008-05-23
st1=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Kazakhstan
sc=1–0
fr=6–0
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n =4
d=2008-05-28
st=Wacker Arena| ci1=Burghausen | co=Germany
o=Serbia
sc=1–0
fr=2–1
comp=Friendly matchIg match
n = 5
d=2008-09-10
st1=Lokomotiv Stadium | ci=Moscow| co=Russia
o=Wales
sc=2–1
fr=2-1
comp=2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Pogrebnyak has a wife named Maria Pogrebnyak, they have a son named Artem Pogrebnyak. [ [http://www.fc-zenit.ru/eng/person.phtml?id=251 The Official Zenit FC Website / First Team / Forwards / Pavel Pogrebnyak ] ]

References

External links

* [http://rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=41&act=players&id=1316&year=2006 Premier League profile] ru icon
* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/pogrebnyak.html Profile at RussiaTeam] ru icon
* [http://www.fc-zenit.ru/eng/person.phtml?id=251 Club Profile] en icon
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/index.html UEFA CUP goal statistics] en icon