Alexei Eremenko

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This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Alekseyevich and the family name is Eremenko.

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Alexei Eremenko
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Eremenko playing for Saturn Moscow in 2009
Personal information
Full name Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko
Date of birth (1983-03-24) 24 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1997–1999 FF Jaro
1999 Tromsø IL
1999–2001 FC Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 FC Jokerit 15 (2)
2002–2004 HJK 60 (10)
2004–2006 Lecce 35 (0)
2006–2009 Saturn 76 (8)
2009–2011 Metalist Kharkiv 10 (0)
2010 → FF Jaro (loan) 16 (7)
2010–2011 → Kilmarnock (loan) 31 (4)
2011–2013 Rubin Kazan 7 (0)
2013–2014 Kairat Almaty 14 (0)
2014–2015 Kilmarnock 38 (5)
2015 FF Jaro 11 (0)
International career‡
2003– Finland 59 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:41, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2013

Alexei Eremenko (born Aleksei Alekseyevich Yeryomenko; Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Ерёменко; born 24 March 1983) is a Russian-born Finnish professional footballer. He is a midfielder who is able to operate in many roles, and is also known as a set piece specialist.

Personal life

Eremenko was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union but moved to Finland with his family at the age of seven when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds a Russian passport as well. He is the elder brother of Roman Eremenko, and also a new father with a son born in September 2007.

Club career

Eremenko spent some time with Tromsø IL in Norway (his father played for the senior team, he himself played for the under-fifteens team) and with the youth academy of FC Metz in France, before returning to Finland to make his Veikkausliiga debut with FC Jokerit in 2001. A try out with Aston Villa followed, but in the next season he moved to HJK, and eventually became the league's top player. He won two Finnish championships and one Finnish Cup with HJK. In the summer of 2004, Eremenko moved abroad, joining Italian Serie A club US Lecce. After failing to make a major breakthrough at Lecce, he moved to FC Saturn on a four-year deal in January 2006 transfer window, becoming a key player for the Russian side.

On 15 July 2011 it was reported that he is signing for Leeds United in a Finish newspaper, but the transfer was delayed due to a cancelled flight, which prevented him from linking up with the squad in Scotland.

Metalist Kharkiv

On 29 July 2009 Eremenko signed a three-year contract with the Ukrainian club FC Metalist Kharkiv, and [1] scored his first goal in his debut game against HNK Rijeka.

Jaro (loan)

On 12 March 2010 it was announced that Eremenko had been traded back to his first club, FF Jaro, for the 2010 season.[2] His father, Alexei Eremenko Sr., is the current manager of FF Jaro. He managed to score on his debut, in a Finnish League Cup game against JJK on 20 March 2010. He also continued scoring in Veikkausliiga's opening match against FC Lahti, scoring on a rebound after his unsuccessful penalty kick.

Kilmarnock (loan)

On 30 August 2010, it was announced that Eremenko had been traded to Mixu Paatelainen's Kilmarnock until the end of the season.[3] He scored on his debut in a 2–1 victory over St. Mirren. On 5 March 2011, Eremenko was given his second straight red card of the season against Hearts at Tynecastle on after an off the ball altercation with Hearts captain Marius Zaliukas.[4] On 11 April, Eremenko stated that he wanted to end his career at Rugby Park.[5] Eremenko was nominated for the 2010–11 Players' Player of the Year award, losing out to Celtic's Emilio Izaguirre.[6]

After returning from his loan spell, Metalist Kharkiv told him he could leave, where he then stated that he had received bids from a Championship club and a Russian club, with reports that Old Firm duo Celtic and Rangers were interested in signing him.[7] The Championship club was later reported to be the Welsh club Cardiff City.[8] Brighton & Hove Albion, a fellow Championship club, were also believed to be interested in signing Eremenko.[9]

Rubin Kazan

On 30 August 2011, Eremenko signed a contract with Russian club Rubin Kazan alongside his younger brother Roman Eremenko.[10]

Kairat

In June 2013 Kairat signed Eremenko on a free transfer from Rubin Kazan.[11] Eremenko terminated his contract with Kairat on 26 November 2013.[12]

Kilmarnock return

On 28 January 2014, it was announced that Eremenko had joined Kilmarnock until the end of the 2013–14 season.[13] On 7 August 2014, he signed a new contract at Kilmarnock, keeping him at the club for the 2014–15 season.[14] At the end of the season, Eremenko left the club after failing failing to agree terms on a new contract.[15]

Jaro (second spell)

On 7 August 2015, Eremenko signed for FF Jaro, agreeing a contract until the end of the 2015 Veikkausliiga season, with the contract also containing a clause allowing him to move abroad should he receive a suitable offer.[16]

International career

Eremenko made his debut for the Finnish national team on 11 October 2003 against Canada. He was a key player for Finland in 2006 World Cup qualifying, scoring seven goals, four of which came from free kicks. He shared the third position among the top scorers in the group, along with Adrian Mutu, but behind Jan Koller and Ruud van Nistelrooy who both scored nine goals.

International goals

As of 15 November 2011.[17]

      Win       Draw       Loss

International

As of 17 June 2013[20]
Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 3 0
2004 10 7
2005 8 3
2006 5 0
2007 8 2
2008 2 0
2009 8 1
2010 5 0
2011 6 1
2012 4 0
2013 1 0
Total 59 14

Honours

Club

HJK Helsinki
Rubin Kazan

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Алексей Еременко – игрок Металлиста!. metallist.kharkov.ua
  2. ↑ [1][dead link]
  3. ↑ http://www.iltalehti.fi/jalkapallo/2010083012263663_jp.shtml(Finnish)
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  17. ↑ The national team on the Finnish Football Association’s website (Finnish)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Rakas jalkapallo: sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa, p. 402–403. Edited by Yrjö Lautela and Göran Wallén; written by Yrjö Lautela ... [et al.]. Helsinki: Teos, 2007. ISBN 978–951–851–068–3 (hardcover).
  19. ↑ Jalkapallokirja 2010, (‘Football Yearbook’) p. 50. Ed. by Heidi Soininen. Publication of the Football Association of Finland. Vol. 50. ISSN-0787-7188.
  20. ↑ (Finnish) Alexei Eremenko jr. | Suomen Palloliitto. Palloliitto.fi. Retrieved on 1 May 2015.
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