Andrey Arshavin - Russian wizard
Today's post is dedicated to our football genius - Andrei Arshavin!
“Outdo Arshavin? Such a football player has not yet appeared in Russia. At the moment, Andrey is the best Russian football player of the last 10-20 years. Therefore, Arshavin is very far from me and everyone else,” said Oleg Shatov.
“When Andryusha went to school, the teachers said that he had to go straight to second grade. From the age of 4 he could read and knew many poems by heart, especially by Korney Chukovsky. I also loved Russian folk tales, but my favorites were “Doctor Aibolit” and “Uncle Styopa the Policeman.” For some time I even dreamed of becoming a policeman.”
“Andrey enthusiastically played checkers in kindergarten and even received a youth rank. A teacher from the House of Pioneers of the Vasileostrovsky district convinced him to take checkers seriously and was worried that Andrei had gone into football.”
“Another hobby of Andrey in childhood was tin soldiers. At home, we had battles of hundreds of soldiers, which he lined up and rearranged.”
@ Tatyana Arshavina
“When I was seven, I went to the Smena Sports and Youth Sports School, my dad brought me there. I then lived on Vasilyevsky Island and from the second grade I began to travel across the city on my own to Smena. As my mother later told me, I thought I was going alone, but in fact my mother was following me, but then I didn’t know that,” said Arshavin.
In 1997, Andrei began playing for the Smena adult team. The following year he graduated from school and entered the St. Petersburg University of Technology and Design, Faculty of Chemical Technology.
“When I turned 17, I had to choose an institute, and my friends and I decided to go to the Institute of Technology and Design, because there are a lot of girls there, and it’s probably easy to study. In addition, my mother worked in textiles, and I thought that, as a last resort, she could go through everything she knows for me one more time,” said Arshavin.
In his second year, Andrei began playing for the Zenit reserve team. In the third, he made his debut in the main team of the “blue-white-blues”. In order not to fly out of the institute due to frequent absenteeism, I switched to the Faculty of Fashion Design, where it was much easier to study.
In 2000, Arshavin became a player in the main team of Zenit. He easily joined the team and became one of its leaders. With Zenit, Andrey won gold medals at the Russian Championship in 2007. And in 2008, for the first time in its history, the club won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
“Arshavin means a lot to Zenit: he is a true team leader, one of the best players in the Russian Championship. Andrey's best quality: he is always in the right place at the right time. He is constantly on the move and can adapt to any situation. Plus, he is individually a very strong and versatile player. Sometimes Arshavin is called either a forward or a playmaker, but I believe that he is a symbiosis of both. Andrey is a unique case!” - said Dick Lawyer.
Several opinions about Andrey from Zenit fans on sports.ru
Para Sol Ka: “Shava is the god of football! For me, more valuable than all Andrei’s awards are his tears at Euro 2008, after the enchanting match he played with the Dutch.”
zhirov: “Arshavin is a fantasy, it’s a surprise, it’s unpredictability on the field. This is a man who turns the sometimes very boring football action on the field into a performance, into art. Arshavin is the Cinderella of St. Petersburg football, short in stature, from the difficult 90s, whom an angry Morozov kicked out of the team, an example for many others that not the best field in Udelnaya can become a stepping stone to European Championship bronze and triumphant four goals against Liverpool! He will have something to remember in his old age from his turbulent life, and we will also tell the young people - I even saw Arshavin himself live on the field! He was lucky with time, coaches, partners - it is in such troubled times that life brings former non-commissioned officers and warrant officers to marshal's stars on shoulder straps, and glider designers to chief missile designers. He is the Chief Designer of the game on the field, that’s why the fans perk up when he appears - he’ll come up with something and amaze them. And words that are offensive to fans come from the same place - from creativity, which is rarely ordered, but comes on a whim, when you are no longer expecting it.”
Zhorzhik: “Shava is a Zenit legend, he is a player who has not yet exhausted himself and can benefit the team, but he should be allowed to play in the first team!”
After the resounding success of Zenit and the Russian National Team at Euro 2008, Andrei became a real star. It’s hard to imagine now, but after the Euro, Zenit responded to Barcelona’s offer to buy Arshavin for 15 million euros with a return fax - with an offer to buy the Messiah for 20 million. And then it surprised few people.
But in the winter, a whole epic began with Andrei’s transfer to London Arsenal. He packed and unpacked his suitcases several times, then finally flew to London on the last day of the transfer window. The clubs reached an agreement so late that the FA commission took another day to decide whether to confirm the transfer.
Andrei's first year and a half in England were wonderful. What were they doing with Fabregas on the field?!
Here are some comments from Arsenal fans:
“In my opinion, he is simply a god!”
“It seems that I am seriously in love with Arshavin”
“I can’t believe that we have a player of such a high level on our team...”
“This is how I see the lineup for the next game: Almunya - MP, MP, MP, MP-MP, MP, MP, Arshavin - MP, MP, where MP means “I don’t care”!”
The most important event in Andrei’s career was Euro 2008, at which the whole of Europe learned that Russians also know how to play football, and that St. Petersburg has its own little genius.
Here's what they said about Arshavin's performance in Europe:
“The Russian with the face of a child played and teased the well-known Dutchmen” - Ske Sport
“What pleasantly surprises me most is Arshavin’s performance - it is truly grandiose!” — Z. Zidane
“I know Arshavin. He is a rising European star..." - Edwin van der Sar
In recent years, fans have become accustomed to throwing a lot of criticism and insults at Arshavin, but few can remember how much this football player has done to help children.
Andrey is a FIFA charity ambassador. As part of this role, he supports the organization SOS Children's Villages of Russia. Arshavin helps children and families in difficult situations not only financially, from his own pocket, but also by attracting funds and attention to this problem. Andrey can often be seen at the SOS Children's Village in the city of Pushkin, where he plays football matches with children.
Andrei Arshavin at the presentation of Russia's bid for the 2018 World Cup.
Andrey Arshavin and Vitaly Petrov at the presentation of Nike Mercurial Vapor boots.
Andrei Arshavin and world football stars in an advertisement for one of the sponsors of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Arshavin as a conductor in the theater
Andrei's family life is in complete disarray. In 2013, he separated from his common-law wife Yulia. With whom they are raising beautiful children: sons Artyom and Arseny, and daughter Yana.
For those who missed previous posts about our Zenit players:
Danny is a crowd favorite
Hulk - comic book hero on the field
Esquiel Garay - Wall Defender
Sergei Semak - a legend of Russian football
Javi Garcia - “Murcian tank” of the support zone
Axel Witsel
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Andrei Arshavin with his wife Alisa
As it turned out, the football player left his common-law wife for his new passion, Alisa Kazmina. Their romance began when both were not yet free.
They met in the UK, where the girl worked under a contract with a modeling agency. Since 2013, lovers began to appear together. The young people lived in a civil marriage for four years. They were going to get married in 2020, but due to legal proceedings between Arshavin and his ex-wife, the ceremony was postponed.
Only in 2020 did they officially register their relationship. So Alice became the second and first official wife of Arshavin.
The wedding took place in St. Petersburg at the Wedding Palace. Alisa changed her last name to Arshavin. It became clear to all the guests and those present at the wedding from the blurred figure of the bride that she was pregnant. Photos of the wedding can be seen online.
In 2020, a girl was born who became Alice’s third child and Andrey’s fourth.
The couple live in a three-story mansion in St. Petersburg, designed by Alice. The new wife personally drew up a sketch of the fireplace, and it was brought to life by the famous sculptor Vladimir Roik. The couple also jointly designed a nursery for the child.
The criminal case of Arshavin’s wife has been reached
Arshavin's wife is known as an eccentric and ambitious person. Recently, interesting information from a model from Kazakhstan, Olga Semenova, appeared online. The model posted a photo on her page where Arshavin hugs her. After that, according to her, Alisa called her and began to threaten her with violence. Kazmina promised to cut off her fingers and plant drugs on her.
