Full name Artjoms Rudnevs Playing position Years Team Role Footballer Weight 81 kg Children Arina Rudnev | Place of birth Daugavpils, Latvia Number 16 Name Artjoms Rudnevs Height 1.83 m Spouse Santa Rudnev | |
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Date of birth (1988-01-13) 13 January 1988 (age 27) Parents Zanna Rudneva, Jurijs Rudnevs Current teams Latvia national football team (Forward), Hamburger SV (#16 / Forward), Hamburger SV II Profiles | ||
Artjoms Rudņevs | All Bundesliga goals | 2012/2013 season
Artjoms Rudnevs (born 13 January 1988) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Latvian national football team.
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- Artjoms Rudevs All Bundesliga goals 20122013 season
- Artjoms rudnevs artjom rudnev 10 11
- Early career and ZTE
- Lech Poznan
- 201011 season
- 201112 season
- Hamburger SV
- International career
- International goals
- Career statistics
- Club
- Individual
- Personal life and controversy
- References
Artjoms rudnevs artjom rudnev 10 11
Early career and ZTE
Rudnevs started his career with his local club FC Daugava in Daugavpils, where he played until February 2009 when he signed a contract with the Hungarian club Zalaegerszegi TE. There was a problem with the new contract after signing because the previous one with Daugava was still active, so FIFA was involved. In May 2009, he finally made his debut. Rudnevs played in Hungary for three seasons, scoring 20 goals in 30 league matches.
Lech Poznan
In July 2010, rumors appeared that the Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznan were interested in signing him. Later on these rumors were verified and Rudnevs joined the club on trial. After a successful trial at the club and after passing the medical tests, Lech started signing talks with ZTE. Clubs couldn't agree the transfer fee for a long time and, when it was done, the Polish side failed in talks with the player about the individual contract. It seemed that the talks were over but in August, after Rudnevs had scored two goals in the season opener, the Polish club board and ZTE reopened the discussions. This time talks were successful and Rudnevs signed a four-year contract with the Polish side.
2010–11 season
In his debut in Lech Poznan jersey against Widzew Lodz he scored a goal. The upcoming matches were even more successful as he managed to score three more goals in five consecutive matches until 11 September 2010. It turned out to be the winning goal as Lech won 2–1. Five days later he was on the score sheet again, scoring a hat-trick in a game against Juventus in the Europa League, the first goal a coolly slotted penalty, the second a scissor kick from three yards and the third an equalizing long-yard kick deep into injury time. Rudnevs himself stated that this had been "the best match of his career so far".
Until the end of the Polish Ekstraklasa season, Rudnevs managed to score 11 goals in 27 matches and finished the championship as the fourth top-scorer of the league. On 1 December 2010, he scored yet again against Juventus, saying afterwards that Juventus' goalkeeper Alexander Manninger is his "favourite goalkeeper to play against". The match ended 1–1, a result that gained Lech progress to the next round and at the same time eliminated Juventus from the competition. In the first match against SC Braga in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League, Rudnevs scored a goal as Lech won 1–0. However, in the second match Lech lost 0–2 and were knocked out of the Europa League. With five goals in the Europa League, Rudnevs became the fourth top scorer, sharing this achievement with four other players.
2011–12 season
He became an immediate top-scorer of the league, as of December 2011, having scored 18 goals in 17 league matches. In the start of January 2012 Rudnevs was named the best player of the Ekstraklasa in 2011 by Polish Footballers' Association. Rudnevs finished the season with 22 goals in 29 league matches, becoming the top-scorer. On 8 May 2012, the supervisory board of the German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV agreed on the transfer after the season 2011/2012. On 11 May, the transfer was officially confirmed by both clubs.
Hamburger SV
In the 2012–13 season, Rudnevs became the first Latvian football player in the Bundesliga. Hamburger SV started the season with three consecutive losses in which Rudnevs filled the stat sheet with only one assist. Rudnevs scored his first goal in the Bundesliga on 26 September 2012 in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Monchengladbach. All in all, in his first season with Hamburg Rudnevs appeared in 34 league matches, scored 12 goals and gave four assists, becoming the top scorer of his team alongside Son Heung-Min, who also netted 12 times. Rudnevs lost his place in the starting eleven in the start of the 2013–14 Bundesliga season.
International career
Rudnevs was firstly called up to the national side on 12 November 2008 for the friendly match against Estonia. He started this match in the first eleven. Rudnevs also played for the U-21 side. He was called up to the national side again in January 2010 for the friendly match against South Korea. Rudnevs started the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches in the first eleven alongside Maris Verpakovskis, putting Girts Karlsons on the bench. On 7 October 2011, he scored his first international goal in the 2–0 victory over Malta in a Euro 2012 qualifying match.
International goals
Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first.Career statistics
As of 20 May 2015Club
Individual
Personal life and controversy
Rudnevs is married and has a daughter born in 2011.
Rudnevs caused controversy in his native Latvia when he signed for Poznan, as he had his jersey name printed as "Rudnev", without the "s" in it, a reference to his Russian ethnicity. He also drew the ire of his national team captain, Kaspars Gorkss, when Rudnevs, a native Russian speaker, claimed he had no plans to learn the Latvian language. Gorkss wrote an open letter decrying Rudnevs.