Roman Zozulya
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ukraine U17 | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Ukraine U19 | 15 | (4) |
| 2008–2011 | Ukraine U21 | 22 | (1) |
| 2010– | Ukraine | 33 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 |  | 0–1 | 0–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 22 March 2013 | National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland |  | 1–3 | 1–3 | WC 2014 Qual |
| 3. | 15 November 2013 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev, Ukraine |  | 1–0 | 2–0 | WC 2014 Qual |
| 4. | 29 May 2016 | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin, Italy |  | 1–1 | 3–4 | Friendly |
Honors
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League (1): 2008–09
- Ukrainian Super Cup (2): 2009, 2011
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- UEFA Europa League (1): runner-up 2014–15
Recognition
References
- ↑ Mike Dyce. "Europa League: Roman Zozulya gets straight red for head butting Tottenham player, chaos ensues (GIF)". fanside.com. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "UEFA Europa League: Tottenham 3 Dnipro 1". FourFourTwo. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ "Real Betis signs Roman Zozulya". Real Betis. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "Zozulya: Rayo sign forward following ideology controversy". AS English. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ↑ Ukrainians cry foul over accusations of neo-Nazi links against striker Zozulia, UNIAN (1 February 2017)
- 1 2 Roman Zozulya: Player's Rayo Vallecano loan spell ends as fans call him Nazi, BBC News (1 February 2017)
- ↑ "Roman Zozulya, nuevo jugador del Alba" [Roman Zozulya, new player of Alba] (in Spanish). Albacete Balompié. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ↑ Юрий Сай (2015-04-29). "Роман Зозуля презентовал фонд "Народная армия", который будет помогать нашим воинам" (in Russian). fakty.ua. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "Роман Зозуля совместно с волонтерами Днепропетровска основали фонд "Народная Армия"" (in Russian). dneprpost.com.ua. 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) God loves Trinity
- ↑ Zozulia nets winner on Ukraine debut
- ↑ Ukraine team
External links
- Roman Zozulya at BDFutbol
- Profile on the FFU website (in Ukrainian)
- Roman Zozulya at Soccerway
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