Roman Eremenko
Personal information
Full name	Roman Alekseevich Eremenko
Date of birth	March 19, 1987 (1987-03-19) (age 22)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Dynamo Kyiv
Number	11
Youth career
2003-2004	Jaro
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2009 2007 2008–2009 2009–	Jaro Udinese → Siena (loan) → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) Dynamo Kyiv	19 (3) 13 (0) 11 (0) 19 (1) 25 (2)
National team2
2006-2008 2007-present	Finland U-21 Finland	27 (0) 24 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 December 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Roman Alekseevich Eremenko (Russian: Рома́н Алексеевич Ерёменко; Ukrainian: Роман Олексійович Єременко) (born 19 March 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kiev.

[edit] Position

Eremenko plays in the position of central midfielder but can also operate as a winger and occasional right-back.

[edit] Club career

He made his Veikkausliiga debut for Jaro in 2004 at the age of 17. In the early 2005 season he was already one of the team's key players.

In the summer of 2005 Eremenko signed a five-year deal with Udinese. He made his Serie A debut on the first day of the 2006-07 season against Messina. He was loaned to A.C. Siena on 31 January 2007, where he played 11 games. During the summer of 2007 he returned to Udinese.

In October 2007, Eremenko, Andrea Dossena, Cristian Zapata, and Simone Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012. In August 2008, he was loaned to FC Dynamo Kyiv, until May 31, 2009. On 22 May 2009 FC Dynamo Kyiv officials are keeping Russian-born Finnish midfielder, he has signed on a permanent basis until 2014.^[1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Dynamo Kyiv

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2009

[edit] Personal

Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of three when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. In 1998 he moved to Tromso (Norway) with his family, as his father got a 1 year contract with Norwegian top division side, Tromso IL. The contract was not renewed, so the family moved back to Finland after the season. While in Norway, Roman went to school at "Bjerkaker skole", and played for one of Tromso IL's childrens teams. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds Russian passport as well, Roman is the younger brother of Alexei Eremenko Jr. His father took over as manager in Jaro in August 2009.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Italian) Profile at Udinese Calcio's official website

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