Dzyuba football player scored how many goals. Dzyuba entered the top ten top scorers in the history of the Russian championships. The most beautiful goal

Family and childhood of Artem Dzyuba

Artyom with early childhood was fond of football. At the age of 8, the child was already enrolled in the Spartak Academy. The coaches saw great potential in the boy, Special attention Alexander Yartsev drew attention to the young talent. It was with Alexander’s patronage that Artem Dzyuba’s sports career began.

The formation of football player Artem Dzyuba. FC "Spartak"

A year later, the athlete made his debut in the main team of Spartak, when football club met with the Yekaterinburg team "Ural" in the match for the Russian Cup.

The young footballer officially joined the main team of FC Spartak in 2007, and in his first season he managed to score 5 goals in 27 matches, for which Dzyuba was awarded the status of “best scorer of the season.” “Spartak” took second place in the domestic championship, respectively, Artem Dzyuba became the silver medalist of the competition.

In 2009, during the team’s stay in Austria, Vladimir Bystrov, a club player, lost a large sum (23 thousand rubles), which was later found in Dziuba’s possession. Artyom reacted categorically: he didn’t take the money, he was set up.

In connection with the incident, Artyom was transferred to the Tom team, where he quickly gained the authority of his teammates and fans of the club. The young guy became the main striker, scoring 10 goals during the season. After the end of the season and demonstrating excellent results, Dzyuba returned to Spartak.

The 2011/2012 season was very successful for Dziuba’s career. He scored 1 of 3 goals in the match with the Swiss Basel (score 3:2 in favor of Spartak). In 2012, the forward was awarded the honor of wearing the captain's armband. The first match (away match with Zenit on May 6, 2012) under the new powers ended in a victory for Spartak with a score of 3:2.

All Artem Dzyuba's goals for Spartak

However, the football player's career soon began to decline. The footballer had to give way to a new player, Emmanuel Emenike, and when the head coach changed to Valery Karpin in November 2012, Dzyuba became a regular on the bench.

Further career of Artem Dzyuba. FC Zenit

After a successful season, Artyom returned to Spartak. In the fall of 2014, the contract with the Moscow club ended, and Artyom refused to renew it because he received a more favorable offer from FC Zenit. The amount of the proposed contract reached €3.3 million, and in the summer of 2015 Artyom joined the legendary St. Petersburg team.

Artem Dzyuba about the reasons for moving to Zenit

In the first game against Dynamo (July 19, 2015), Dzyuba earned a penalty, converted by Hulk. Artem Dzyuba scored his first goal for Zenit during the match against Ural.

On September 26, 2015, Spartak and Zenit entered into a confrontation at the Moscow Otkritie Arena. In the 87th minute of the match, Zenit striker Artem Dzyuba, with the help of Oleg Shatov, equalized the score - 2:2, but out of respect for his former teammates did not celebrate the achievement.

During his first season as part of FC Zenit, Dziuba broke the Champions League record for the number of goals scored by Russians in one season: 6 goals, the last of which was a goal against FC Gent (the previous record belonged to Roman Shirokov).

Artem Dzyuba in the Russian national team

“Evening Urgant”: Dzyuba, Cheryshev and Slutsky demonstrate new uniform national team

Then a break followed, and only in September 2014 the young athlete took part in the national team as part of the qualifying match for the Euro 2016 Cup. His first goal was scored into the Liechtenstein team's net.

In September 2015, Dzyuba brilliantly scored against the Swedes, bringing victory to the Russian team. And a couple of days later, in a game with Liechtenstein, Dzyuba scored the so-called “poker” - 4 goals per match. This earned him the title of the second player in the history of domestic football (USSR and Russia) to score more than 3 goals per game (the first was Oleg Salenko with 5 goals in the match with the Cameroon national team).

Artyom was considered a promising young player who performed well both for Zenit and as part of the Russian national team. In the fall of 2015, in a game against Moldova, he scored the eighth goal in the tournament, setting a record for the number of goals scored in one cycle.

April 9, 2016 is a memorable date in professional career Artem Dziuba. In the match with Amkar Perm he scored his 100th goal.

In the second game against the Egyptian national team, Dzyuba scored a goal in the 59th minute. The Russian team won with a score of 3:1. The footballer also scored a goal from the penalty spot during the match between Russia and Spain in the 1/8 finals.

Based on the results of two matches at the 2018 World Cup, Stanislav Cherchesov’s team scored eight goals, each of which deserves separate analysis. We bring to your attention a detailed analysis of all Russian cans.

Goals scored by Russia to Saudi Arabia

The Russian national football team broke football world in the match that opened the world championship. Almost everyone was convinced that the Russians would defeat the Arabians, but only a few expected as many as five unanswered goals against the opponent.

Which side scored

1. Yuri Gazinsky, 12′
After a corner kick from the left flank, defender Ilya Kutepov won the fight on the second floor and headed the ball onto the chest of the oncoming Golovin. He exchanged passes with Zhirkov and gracefully crossed into the penalty area, where an open Gazinsky unhindered made a hole in the far corner of the Arabian goalkeeper's goal.

2. Denis Cheryshev, 43′
Golovin won a race on the opposing side of the field and rolled the ball to Zobnin, who carefully kicked it to Cheryshev. The 27-year-old midfielder put two opponents on the back foot and mentally sent the opponent's keeper Abdullah al-Mayyouf into disarray.

3. Artem Dzyuba, 71′
Mario Fernandez threw an out on Gazinsky's leg, after which Golovin played a one-two with Zobnin and performed a radio-controlled feed into the corner of the goalkeeper's area. The fight in the air was overcome by Dziuba, who performed a very difficult move with body deflection and stabbed the ball into the net just a minute after entering the field.

4. Denis Cheryshev 90+1′
At the end of the match, the same Dzyubinator responded to Ignashevich’s long pass and headed the ball to Cheryshev, who handled it with one touch and made a perfect shot from the Swede with the other. This goal delighted even the most spoiled aesthetes and will undoubtedly be included in the hit parade of the best at the tournament.

5. Alexander Golovin, 90+4′
The “Army” prodigy earned a promising free kick, which he completed himself. The impressive wall did not help the Arabians: Alexander delivered a calculated shot with a twist to the corner left of the goalkeeper and set the final point. You can’t stop admiring the way Golovin scored in this situation.

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Goals scored by Russia against Egypt

Bookmakers in the match with the Egyptians saw the Russian Federation as the clear favorite, but the game was expected to be low - with 1-2 goals. But the superiority of the World Cup hosts turned out to be much more significant - 3:1. All three goals were a sight to behold.

Which side scored

1. Ahmed Fathi, 47′ (own goal)
The indomitable Fernandez made a pass to his club partner Golovin. The CSKA midfielder moved to the edge and, without thinking twice, served, and the Egyptian goalkeeper played clumsily on the way out. The ball, which bounced outside the penalty area, was picked up by Zobnin, who immediately hit it into the far corner, where Dzyuba was located. While falling, the pass was interrupted by North African fullback Fathi, from whose foot the ball flew into the lower left corner.

2. Denis Cheryshev, 59′
The Villarreal midfielder won an aerial duel after Ignashevich's transfer, after which Dzyuba rolled the ball into the corner of the penalty area towards the opening Samedov. The Spartak midfielder waited for Fernandez to run in and rolled the ball to the Brazilian, who with a couple of maneuvers twisted the Egyptian defender and kicked Cherysheva under the attack. Denis executed him mockingly and mercilessly from about six meters away.

3. Artem Dzyuba, 62′
Ilya Kutepov completed a long pass from a free kick in the direction of the Tula Arsenal forward. The striker technically took the ball with his chest, eliminated the defender with one movement and fired a targeted shot into the bottom corner. Further - I have the honor.

Review of the best goals

Many of the goals scored Russian team, turned out to be a masterpiece and will decorate not only the group stage of the World Cup, but the entire tournament as a whole. We present the most beautiful goals of the Russian national team. You can watch the video online on our website.

Third place

The Saudis are playing defense like an amateur on Fifa. Great finish by Cheryshev tho pic.twitter.com/p7nhdswr39

— Billy Marshall (@BillyM_91)

Artem Dzyuba - Russian football player, central forward of St. Petersburg Zenit and the Russian national team, captain of the national team. Two-time winner of the Russian Cup, two-time winner of the Russian Super Cup, Russian champion of the 2018/2019 season. Master of Sport.

Participation in the 2018 World Cup was a turning point in Dzyuba’s sports career. The forward proved himself to be a brilliant player and charismatic leader. In September 2018, Artem was recognized as man of the year by GQ magazine.

Childhood and youth

Artem Sergeevich Dzyuba, future forward of the Russian national football team, was born in Moscow on August 22, 1988. Zodiac sign: Virgo. Artem's family was not connected with sports. Sergey Vladimirovich, father, Ukrainian by nationality, from the Poltava region.

All goals of Artem Dzyuba in the RPL season 2018/19

After the 2018 World Cup, foreign clubs became interested in the talented and charismatic footballer, including the English Cardiff City, the Chinese Shanghai Shenhua, the French Bordeaux and the Turkish Galatasaray. But now Artem continues to play for Zenit St. Petersburg; he returned to the team after a loan spell at Arsenal.

As part of the League of Nations, Dzyuba was chosen as captain of the Russian national team during the absence of the injured Igor Akinfeev, as well as after his departure in the fall of 2018.

Personal life

The football player is married. His wife's name is . Artem met his future wife in Nizhny Novgorod. At the time we met, Christina was a 4th year student at one of the universities in Novgorod. A month after they met, the couple legalized their relationship. In 2013, their son Nikita was born.

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Artem Dzyuba and his wife Kristina

The tall, stately football player (Artem's height is 196 cm, weight - 91 kg) was always noticed by girls. In March 2015, the football player’s personal life became the subject of increased attention. IN Russian media A sensational video appeared in which the football player met with a certain mysterious blonde. Representatives of the press recognized the blonde, who was sitting in the car with the athlete, as a popular TV presenter

Number of goals: 88

Over the course of his long career, Titov scored as many goals as Dzyuba did, but we will still put him above Artyom. Firstly, Yegor still did not play as a forward. Secondly, Titov had significantly fewer goals from the penalty spot during his career than Dziuba. It's funny that both players started scoring goals in Spartak Moscow. Titov scored 87 out of 88 goals for the red and white team, leaving the last one to Khimki near Moscow.

Dzyuba's first goal, two deletions, two missed penalties. How is this in general?

Repent if you didn’t include the match between Amkar and Arsenal on Friday afternoon.

7-8th place: ,

Number of goals: 98

Igor Semshov is one of Dzyuba’s coaches at Arsenal Tula, but most fans associate him with Moscow clubs. During the Torpedo era in the Premier League, Igor was the undisputed leader and captain of the Muscovites; in their lineup, he scored more than half of all his goals (54). Then there was an equally long performance for Dynamo with a short break in St. Petersburg. I wonder if Artyom will be able to beat his coach’s result in the remaining eight matches? So far it looks like a sick fantasy, but it accelerates well.

Another Spartak hero from the list, Andrei Tikhonov, has changed many clubs. In addition to the RFPL, he had several foreign tours - to Israel and Kazakhstan, but this did not stop him from becoming one of the main scorers of Russian football. Tikhonov scored 68 goals for his native Spartak. Then he managed to get Khimki into the Premier League, and then became a hero of Samara fans, playing for the local Wings. Now he is coaching the Volga team, and next season there is every chance of seeing his club in major league Russia.

6th place:

Number of goals: 102

“Hey, Semak, let’s score,” army fans still remember the footballer. Semak played seriously for four Russian clubs, but the statistics at CSKA are especially impressive - 68 goals in 282 matches. That stage ended with a move to PSG, after which Semak never returned to his home club. But Semak already had a decent career: he became the champion of Russia several times, and took bronze at Euro 2008 in the national team. Now Semak is coaching Ufa, with which he is seventh in the RFPL, and in a few years he intends to head PSG. Well, at least that's what he plans.

5th place:

Number of goals: 104

Hiddink called this forward a “sleeping giant,” but Pavlyuchenko certainly did not sleep on the field. Well, or I didn’t always sleep. Having ended up in the Moscow Spartak in the early 2000s, Roman scored 69 goals over several years. Then there was Euro 2008, after which he went to score goals on British soil. Returning to Russia, the forward found himself at Lokomotiv, but after a couple of seasons he left the club due to failed negotiations on a new contract.

After visiting clubs of a lower rank, Pavlyuchenko began this season in the second division with Moscow Ararat, with whom he very quickly terminated his contract under very strange circumstances. But the end to his career has not yet been set: Pavlyuchenko is the only one on the list, besides Dziuba, who can still improve his result.

4th place:

Number of goals: 120

The record holder of the Russian Championship for the number of seasons in the Russian Championship: in his career there were as many as 20. The graduate of Rostov football has long been the standard of the “classic ten” in our football. He played at Loko for more than 10 seasons and became one of the main football players in the history of the railroad. Last season the club gave him farewell match in the Russian Championship: Loskov really wanted everything to be real. Now the “king of free kicks” is trying to pass on his knowledge to the current Loko players. And, looking at some of the standards of Manu Fernandes and the Miranchuk brothers, you understand what he can do.

3rd place:

Number of goals: 130

Kirichenko almost never played for top Russian clubs (only CSKA can be considered this). However, this did not stop him from becoming the top scorer of the RFPL twice. “Rostov”, “Moscow”, “Saturn”: the footballer never found his team, wandering from club to club. But he scored consistently in each of them. So much so that he broke into the top three scorers of the Russian championships! More recently, Kirichenko helped Rostov create a football boom in the city, helping Berdyev on the coaching staff. Everything was going towards the fact that he would become his replacement as the main one, but some ridiculous story happened that led to Kirichenko leaving the club. According to myths, he did not contact the Rostov management on the right day. Well, we are waiting for Kirichenko at another club; he looked very solid on the coaching bench.

2nd place:

Number of goals: 139

Undoubtedly, the main Russian striker of recent years only retired last season. It's hard to believe, but Kerzhakov was only four goals short of becoming the highest scoring player in the history of the Russian championships. It so happened that the forward found himself out of work at his beloved Zenit, and the upcoming record did not become a reason for him to leave his native St. Petersburg. Kerzhakov remained in the club system, remaining second on the list. Be that as it may, Alexander still became the top scorer in the history of Russian football - in terms of the total number of goals in all tournaments (233). And at the same time the best scorer in the history of Zenit and the Russian national team.

1st place:

Number of goals: 143

A true legend of Volgograd football: do you remember many players who scored more than 100 goals for the provincial club? Veretennikov’s case is truly unique for Russian football, which makes it all the more pleasant to see him among the top scorers to this day. Just think about it, Veretennikov scored 141 of 143 goals for Rotor Volgograd. After that period, Oleg spent more than 10 seasons as a football player, but highest level never returned. “Rotor” did not return to it either. Oleg ended his career in the same Volgograd - in amateur league. But the status of the king of the Russian Premier League still remains with him: no one simply could score more than him!

Artem Sergeevich Dzyuba is a famous Russian football player, forward, player of the Russian national team and Zenit St. Petersburg, who played on loan for Arsenal Tula in the first half of 2018. Previously, Dzyuba played for Spartak and Rostov. Artem Dzyuba - Master of Sports of Russia (2015).

Artem Dzyuba is the champion of Russia (2019), two-time winner of the Russian Cup (2014, 2016), two-time winner of the Russian Super Cup (2015, 2016). Participant in the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Championship.

early years and education of Artem Dzyub

Father - Sergei Vladimirovich Dzyuba - originally from the Poltava region, worked as a policeman.

Mother - Svetlana Aleksandrovna Dzyuba - was born in Chuvashia. In Moscow she worked as a salesperson, then became deputy director in a grocery store.

Dziuba's parents lived in a communal apartment. In 1992, a daughter, Olga, Artem’s sister, was born into the family. Afterwards, the family bought an apartment in the Novokosino area.

Artem Dzyuba has been interested in football since childhood. At the age of eight, the boy was taken to the Spartak Academy for trial. Athletic ability Artema noted Alexander Yartsev(son famous football player and trainer Georgy Yartsev), and little Dzyuba began to play football seriously.

And Dzyuba’s performance at school was quite good. As Artem himself said: “I was a good student at school, loved history and was a champion in the disciplinary diary.”

Already in 2005, Artem Dzyuba began playing for the reserve team. Artyom tried very hard and was allowed to train with the main team.

Artem Dzyuba and his career at Spartak

Sports career Dzyuba, of course, began at Spartak. The young footballer officially joined the main team of FC Spartak in 2006, and made his debut in the Russian Cup match against Ural Yekaterinburg. But in the championship, Artem Dzyuba played for the first time in a match with Ramenskoye “Saturn”. In the 2006 season, Artem played 8 matches for the main team, but did not score goals.

On April 15, 2007, in a game against Tom, Artem Dzyuba came on as a substitute and scored his first goal in an official match. In 2007, in all tournaments, Artem managed to score 5 goals in 27 games. “Spartak” took second place in the domestic championship, respectively, Artem Dzyuba became the silver medalist of the competition.

Dzyuba's career at Spartak developed gradually, but the striker scored few goals and in 2009 Artem was loaned to Tom, where he quickly gained authority among his teammates and fans of the club. Artem Dzyuba became the main striker in Tomsk, scoring 10 goals per season in 2010. After the end of the season and demonstrating excellent results, Dzyuba returned to Spartak.

As you know from Artem Dzyuba’s biography on Wikipedia, the long 2011/2012 season was very successful for his career. Artem Dzyuba scored 11 goals in 41 league matches.

In the photo: football player Artem Dzyuba (Photo: Nataliya Kondratenko/Global Look Press)

Dzyuba scored 1 of 3 goals in the match with the Swiss Basel (score 3:2 in favor of Spartak). Having passed the Swiss, the club reached the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. IN return match¼ finals of the Europa League against Porto, Dzyuba scored a goal and made an assist, but Spartak was eliminated from the tournament.

On April 28, 2012, Dzyuba scored a goal against CSKA, but Spartak lost the derby with a score of 1:2.

In the photo: Spartak player Artem Dzyuba in the match “Spartak” (Moscow) - CSKA (Moscow) (Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS)

In 2012, Artem Dzyuba was awarded the honor of wearing the Spartak captain's armband. The first match (away against Zenit on May 6, 2012) under the new powers ended in a victory for Spartak with a score of 3:2.

However, the football player’s career at Spartak soon began to decline. Dzyuba had to give way to a new forward Emmanuel Emenike, for this after the dismissal of the coach Unai Emery Artem called him “trainer.”

After the change of head coach in November 2012 to Valeria Karpina Artem Dzyuba soon became a regular on the bench.

In the photo: Spartak player Artyom Dzyuba (Photo: Sharifulin Valery/TASS)

In July 2013, Dzyuba moved on loan to FC Rostov, where in the very first games he showed himself to be an excellent striker. With the Rostov team, the young footballer became second among scorers in the Russian Championship with 17 goals, losing to Seydou Doumbia from CSKA. As part of Rostov, Artem Dzyuba also won his first prize - the Russian Cup.

In the photo: Zenit players Nicholas Lombaerts and “Rostov” Artem Dzyuba (from left to right) (Photo: Valery Matytsin/TASS)

Transfer of Artem Dzyuba to Zenit

Dziuba returned to Spartak and performed well at first, but then negotiations for a contract extension became the main thing in his career. In 2015, Dziuba’s contract with Spartak was ending. At the beginning of 2015, the management of Spartak decided not to renew the contract with Dzyuba. In February 2015, the Zenit football club and Russian national team striker Artem Dzyuba reached an agreement that from July 1, 2015, the player would continue his career with the “blue-white-blues,” as reported in the news. According to some media reports, Dzyuba agreed on a salary of 3 million euros per year.

In the photo: Artem Dzyuba, forward of FC Zenit (Photo: Vyacheslav Evdokimov/TASS)

Before moving to Zenit, Artem Dzyuba was transferred to the reserve team. Spartak decided not to let the player go to Arsenal for playing practice; Zenit also wanted to take Dzyuba on a free loan, but at the same time fully take on the payment of Artem’s salary. On the last day of the winter transfer window, Spartak loaned Dziuba to Rostov with compensation of about a million euros and without the opportunity to take part in the game against Spartak.

Spartak deprived Dzyuba of his February salary for an interview with the press service of Zenit, with whom the player signed a five-year contract, but its validity began only in June 2015. The RFU Players Status Committee recognized this decision as illegal and ordered Spartak to pay the debt.

“We spent a lot of money on raising Dzyuba, and this is a man who would strangle all his relatives for a penny,” commented Leonid Fedun debt of the Dzyuba club.

In the first game for Zenit against Dynamo (July 19, 2015), Dzyuba earned a penalty, converted Hulk. And Artem Dzyuba scored his first goal for Zenit during the match against Ural. In the first match against Spartak, Dzyuba saved the team from defeat. During his first season as a member of FC Zenit, Dzyuba broke the Champions League record for the number of goals scored by Russians in one season: 6 goals, the last of which was a goal against FC Gent.

In the first years, Artem performed well at Zenit. He regularly scored goals, and on April 9, 2016, in a match with Amkar, he scored his 100th goal.

At the beginning of 2017, Artem Dzyuba was chosen as the team's vice-captain and later became captain. On November 19, 2017, he played his 100th match as part of the St. Petersburg team.

In the photo: Artem Dzyuba, forward of FC Zenit (Photo: FC Zenit/TASS)

But then the Zenit coaching staff, led by Roberto Mancini decided to bet on Alexandra Kokorina, as the main central striker. Artem Dzyuba was removed from the team and did not participate in its first training camp in January 2018.

Forward of Zenit and the Russian national football team Artem Dzyuba said that the handball coach Evgeniy Trefilov and his methods are what football players need in this moment. After the women's handball team won the 2016 Olympics, Dzyuba said: “Trefilov is my idol. Let them invite you to the national team, it will be an interesting practice. Similar conversations are already underway. He will give to us all."

In the fall of 2017, Artem Dzyuba and Alexander Kokorin, after the Russian national team was eliminated from the Confederations Cup, posted a video on Instagram where they showed their mustaches with a gesture. According to many fans, this message was addressed to Stanislav Cherchesov. However, later the players refuted these guesses, and Main coach the national team stated that they would be able to play for the national team.

In the photo: Alexander Kokorin and Artem Dzyuba (Photo: instagram.com/kokorin9)

At the same time, in the fall, Cherchesov expressed doubt that there was any point in inviting Zenit forward Dzyuba to the 2018 World Cup. “Now we need to think about whether we need big forwards at the World Cup or not. Regardless of the names,” said the coach.

Artem Dzyuba at the 2018 World Cup

On June 3, 2018, Dzyuba was included in the team’s final application for the World Championships in Russia. At the same time, the footballer told reporters that he did not believe in this news when it became known.

Artyom Dzyuba addressed journalists before the start of the World Championship, calling on them to rally around national team and stop creating a negative background. According to the Zenit forward, after watching analytical programs on the Match-TV channel, he got the impression that media workers behave like enemies of the national team.

“When I’m lying in my room, I like to watch the Match TV channel. The background is always as if you are our enemies. You always don’t like something: “Cool in Argentina, cool in Portugal, cool there, cool there.” I would like to say: “Well, go there, why are you here?” We work and know that people are rooting for us and worrying about us. I assure you: there will be no indifferent people on the football field. Everyone will fight, fight and play football,” the “Championship” quoted the footballer.

On June 14, in the opening match of the championship, in which Russia played with the Saudi Arabian national team, Artem Dzyuba entered the field in the 70th minute, replacing Fedor Smolov, and scored a goal a minute later. The Russian team defeated Saudi Arabia with a score of 5:0.

In the photo: Russian national team player Artem Dzyuba (Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS)

Dzyuba's performance evoked positive assessments from foreign experts. Former football player England team Gary Lineker, who now works as a pundit for leading British sports channels, was very impressed by the performance of Russian striker Artyom Dzyuba in the World Cup match against Saudi Arabia. “Super Dziuba,” the specialist wrote on his Twitter.

Artem showed himself even better in the Russian team’s victorious second match - against Egypt (3:1). Zenit forward Artem Dzyuba not only scored a goal, but also set a championship record for the number of single combats.

According to the Instat Football Twitter, Dziuba entered the match with Egypt in 55 combats, winning 23 of them. Both figures are the best at the 2018 World Cup. Dziuba was ahead of the forward of the Colombian national team Radamel Falcao and defender of the Uruguay national team Diego Godina.

Dzyuba scored the only goal of the Russian national team in the match against Spain, and Artem himself earned and converted a penalty. In this game Artem installed new record world championships. The big forward managed to win 13 horse fights in 65 minutes of the meeting. This result was the best in the tournament. The previous record, as news reported, also belonged to Artyom Dzyuba. In the match against Uruguay, the footballer won 12 combats on the “second floor”.

At the 2018 World Cup, the Russian team reached the quarter finals, where they lost to Croatia only in a penalty shootout. In both playoff games, Dziuba was an ironclad member of the main team, doing a huge amount of work up front, and winning a lot of fights in the air.

“Artem Dzyuba is a hero worthy of the genre of opera or ballet, which are so highly developed in our country. You can both love and hate Artem, which is what the fans did last years, but only now has he truly shown what he is capable of. It turned out that Dzyuba is a real king of the air, and in order to win at least something at the top, you need to somehow seriously damage him (this also failed). Artem took on the burden of leadership both in terms of communicating with journalists, whom he called on to come to their senses even before the start, and in everything else,” “SP” wrote about Dzyuba in an article dedicated to the performance of the Russian national team players at the 2018 World Cup.

American sports channel ESPN compiled a symbolic team of football players who most surprised with the level of their play at the 2018 World Cup, and included two players from the Russian national team - midfielder Denis Cheryshev and striker Artyom Dzyuba.

The authoritative British publication Sky Sports published a rating best football player World Championship 2018. The top 50 players were formed after analyzing 32 different indicators in the actions of athletes. Artem Dzyuba took 18th place on the list, ahead of Lionel Messi.

Three goals scored by the Russian national team against their opponents at the 2018 FIFA World Cup claimed to be the best goal of the tournament. One of the goals was Artem Dzyuba's goal against the Egyptian national team.

On July 28, in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented state awards and certificates of honor to 23 players and six coaches of the Russian national football team.

During the awards ceremony, football player Artem Dzyuba suggested that President Vladimir Putin change his hockey skates to football boots.

“Vladimir Vladimirovich, it is a great honor for us to be here and a great pride to represent the country. We will be very pleased if you change your hockey skates to football boots,” the news quoted Dziuba as saying.

Continuation of career, first championship

After the successful 2018 World Cup, news appeared about a possible new transfer of Dzyuba. Artem became a transfer target for many foreign clubs. "SP" reported that Artem Dzyuba fell into the sphere of interest of Bordeaux. The Turkish Galatasaray was considering the possibility of acquiring the Zenit St. Petersburg striker. There was also news that Dziuba could continue his career in China, having received a very lucrative contract.

After a double against Scotland, Dziuba overtook Roman Pavlyuchenko and took third place in the list of the national team's top scorers.

Completion qualifying tournament It turned out to be unsuccessful for Artem. After a major defeat at home to Belgium in last match In the Euro 2020 qualifying tournament, the Russian team defeated San Marino with a score of 5:0. Contrary to expectations, Artem Dzyuba did not score anything in this game and finished the qualifying tournament in 6th place in the scorers race.

In the selection for Euro 2020, Artem Dzyuba scored 14 points in the goal+pass system (9 goals, 5 assists) and was in second place in this indicator.

Scandal with Spartak fans

The end of 2019 was marked by a number of scandals related to Dziuba. The match with San Marino was remembered for the insults the pseudo-fans directed at the forward. “SP” reported that during the final round match of the group stage of Euro 2020 qualifying, a group of fans chanted obscene insults at the captain of the national team.

“Today at the stadium in San Marino, in the last match of the EURO 2020 qualification, an inadequate group of people tried to ruin the general holiday. But such visitors to the stadium will never succeed, because they are not fans and not heroes,” said a message on the official Instagram account of the Russian national team with the hashtag #whoareyou.

Then fans insulted Artem Dzyuba at the Ural - Spartak meeting. The situation reached its apogee during the game between Zenit and Spartak. Already at the match of youth teams, detentions began; according to media reports, many fans and supporters from Moscow were detained on the day of the game.

During the match of the 18th round of the Russian championship between St. Petersburg Zenit and Moscow Spartak, the red-white fans again insulted Artyom Dzyuba. To drown out the shouts of Moscow fans at the Zenit Arena, speakers were used to imitate the noise of the stands, the news reported.

“Some bark and grunt, others kill. I said this to those who are sectarians, who are fascists, and the rest are normal fans,” Dzyuba himself made such a sharp statement after the game. After this, there was a lot of criticism against Dzyuba, in particular, ex-RFU President Vyacheslav Koloskov called the use of the word fascists an obvious overkill.

Personal life of Artem Dzyuba

Artem Dzyuba is married, his wife’s name is Christina. The football player met his future wife, a 4th year student, in Nizhny Novgorod in 2012. After a month of dating, the couple got married. In 2013, Artyom and Christina had a son, whom his parents named Nikita.

In the photo: the wife of Russian national team player Artem Dzyuba Kristina with her son (Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS)

Dzyuba often dedicates goals to his son Nikita; according to him, Nikita is also a striker.

In the photo: Russian national team player Artem Dzyuba with his son (Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS)

In March 2015, Artem Dzyuba, on the eve of the team’s departure for the 2016 European Championship qualifying match in Montenegro, temporarily left the team and spent time in the company of an attractive blonde.

The 27-year-old footballer walked out of the hotel lobby after dinner. While talking on the phone, Artem slowly walked away from the hotel to a safe distance and sat in the passenger seat of an expensive foreign car, where a pretty blonde was waiting for him. The couple spent some time talking, which smoothly turned into lovemaking, the news reported.

After sitting in the car for about an hour, Dzyuba at around ten in the evening went back to the hotel for the meeting planned by the head coach of the Russian national team. Fabio Capello lights out. Capello, commenting later on the news about this case, said: “They talked. But it’s not forbidden to talk.”