Roman Shishkin

Roman Alexandrovich Shishkin (Russian Роман Александрович Шишкин; born January 27, 1987 in Voronezh; FIFA notation: Roman Shishkin ) is a Russian football player in the service of Lokomotiv Moscow. It can be used as a full-back and defensive midfielder.

Career

Roman Shishkin began his career as a youth player at Fakel Voronezh. The age of 14 he moved to Spartak Moscow, where he made ​​his debut in the first team in 2004. However, after Nemanja Vidić and experienced players like Clemente Rodríguez were obliged sank his chances of inserts substantially, so he flirted with a move. However, Vladimir Fedotov, the former coach of Spartak, could dissuade him from leaving. In 2006, he was able to finally establish himself as a regular player at the position of right-back. Due to its impressive performance was also Guus Hiddink, the coach of the Russian national team, attentive to him, so that he graduated from Estonia so far the only international match at the qualifying match for the 2008 European Championship on March 24, 2007. International experience, he was also able to collect in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup, where he still was unsuccessful with Spartak Moscow, however. At the end of 2006 was counted by UEFA at the eight most promising football players under the age of 20 years.

Achievements

• Best soccer player in the Russian league Premjer under 20 years: 2006
• Russian Vice-Champion: 2006, 2007

Private

Roman Shishkin is married and has a daughter who was born in March 2012.