Roman Eremenko is a Finnish soccer player of Russian origin who was born in 1987 on March 19 in Moscow. At the moment, he is an attacking midfielder of the Finnish national team and Moscow CSKA. The footballer has a rather interesting biography and a rich career, so it’s worth telling more about her.
Childhood
Roman Eremenko was born in a sports family. His father was also a famous Soviet football player. As can be judged by the surname, Alexei Eremenko is him. At the age of three, Roman and his father moved to permanent residence in Finland, in a city called Pietarsaari. At 16, in 2003, the boy received the citizenship of his new country. But at the same time he kept the Russian one. His brothers are also notorious footballers. And this is Sergey and Alexei Eremenko. So the future of Roman was determined. However, he himself claims that he does not regret that his life is associated with this sport.
Carier start
Roman Eremenko began his professional football career in 2004. Then he was 17 years old. The debut of the football player took place in the major league of the championship of Finland, and then Roman Eremenko played for the team, which was called “Yaro”. He stayed there for two years. And after some time, in 2005, he was noticed by the famous Italian club “Udinese”. Roman Eremenko is a football player who does not lose the chances given to him, and that is why he, without thinking twice, signed a contract. In 2007, Siena became interested in him, but the midfielder went there only on loan, and then for six months. In the summer, he returned back to Udinese.
Having played a certain number of seasons in Italy, Roman Eremenko moved to Kiev. In 2008, he underwent a medical examination at the most popular Ukrainian club Dynamo and signed a contract with him. Only this was a one-year lease. However, Roman Eremenko successfully joined the team, so that the representatives of Dynamo bought from Udinese. This was new for the Ukrainian club, because the former Udinese midfielder became the first Dynamo player to play in Serie A and in the Finnish Premier League. Therefore, it is not surprising that Roman immediately began to be released as a basis both in the national championship and in European competitions.
“Rubin”, CSKA and the national team
Despite the fact that the contract with the Ukrainian club with Roman was signed for 4 years, he did not play there until the end. In 2011, he moved to Rubin. And he played as part of this club until 2014. After the contract with Rubin expired, Roman entered into a 4-year contract with PFC CSKA. Muscovites were interested in him before. Representatives of the “army” offered the leadership of “Rubin” four million euros for the Finnish football player.
The composition of the “horses” Eremenko joined quickly. He immediately showed himself on a professional level and began to score from the very first debut match. In the same season he was recognized as the best player in October and December. And in principle, the long-awaited derby against Spartak scored a double, for which he was even more loved by fans of PFC CSKA. As a result, at the end of 2015 he was recognized as the best player of the whole season.
In the Finnish national team, Eremenko also gained a foothold quickly. The player made his debut in 2007, joined the main team a year later, and since 2012 he has been on the field from the very beginning of the match, and not sitting on the bench.
Achievements and personal life
Roman Eremenko, whose personal life is a secret for everyone, does not particularly like to talk about his affairs. The only thing that was learned about his life in an interview with one of the Russian sports publications is that the midfielder’s girl is not Russian.
But much is known about personal achievements. For example, Roman is the best assistant for the Europa League in the 2010/11 season. He was also twice recognized as the footballer of the year in Finland - in 2011 and 2014. And he is on the list of 33 best players of the Russian Federation.