Pavel Pogrebnyak is the Russian striker of the Ural football club, the UEFA Cup top scorer in 2007/2008, the idol of the boys of the Tomsk region who are rooting for their home team, a member of the elite scorers club, included in the list of the best winners, the title of Honored Master of Sports and exemplary family man.
Biography
November 8, 1983 in the city of Moscow a light-haired and blue-eyed boy was born, who was named Pavel. His mother worked in medicine at that time, and dad was a simple driver in a factory. All his life, his father Victor was an ardent fan of the Spartak football club.
And therefore, from childhood, Paul was introduced to football. Together with his father and brothers, they enjoyed watching football matches and discussing highlights. The family’s favorite soccer player playing for Spartak was Igor Shalimov, playing with the number 7 on his uniform.
By elementary school, Pavel began his career in football, being a junior of the Spartak club and even then had great expectations, turning out to be a very talented child. Quite quickly, the athlete made his debut in his beloved Spartak at a fairly young age.
In 2002, Pavel performed several goal attacks, which earned the recognition of Spartak fans. But from 2003 to 2007, Pavel changed several teams, where he also scored actively. After excellent games in teams such as Baltika, Khimki, Shinnik, Tom, he was noticed in the Zenit team and invited to play for them.
Sports career
Zenit paid about 5 million euros for Paul. For the club, the acquisition of this magnificent striker brought the Cup in the championship in the Russian Premier League in 2008. Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak distinguished himself in the Super Cup of Russia, scoring two goals. “Zenith” then won 2-1.
In 2009, the German team “Stuttgart” bought Pogrebnyak from “Zenith” for several million euros. In a match against the champion of “Wolfsburg”, a swift Russian brought victory to the German club, earning a penalty. In 2012, Pavel joined the English team in the Fulham team, and soon in this club he became the first Russian player to distinguish himself in the opening games of the English Premier League.
Pavel got to the Russian team back in 2006. Then, playing with the team of the Latvian national team, Pogrebnyak brought victory to his club, scoring a goal, which was the first and last in this game. In 2008, while playing for the Russian national team in a friendly match against the national team of Serbia, Pavel injured his knee. As a result, the Euro 2008 Championship was held without his participation.
