Place of birth Kyiv, Ukraine Number 18 Name Roman Zozulya Height 1.76 m Career start 2005 | Playing position Years Team Role Football player Weight 62 kg | |
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Full name Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya Date of birth (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 26) Current teams FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (#18 / Forward), Ukraine national football team (Forward) Similar People Artem Fedetskyi, Ruslan Rotan, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Yevhen Seleznyov, Andriy Pyatov | ||
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Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya (Ukrainian: Роман В'ячеславович Зозуля, born 17 November 1989 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian football striker, who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Betis and Ukrainian national team.
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Dynamo Kyiv
He was a product of the Dynamo youth system progressing through Dynamo-3 and Dynamo-2. In 2008 after the 2007–08 season he was promoted to the main team.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
On 27 February 2014, in a Europa League match against Tottenham Zozulya was sent off after he directed a head-butt towards Jan Vertonghen. Zozulya was sent off and had to be restrained from attacking Vertonghen, who was accused of faking the degree of contact. Tottenham went on to win the game 3–1, knocking Dnipro out of the Europa League.
Betis
On 27 July 2016, Zozulya signed a three-year contract with La Liga side Real Betis.
Rayo Vallecano
On 31 January 2017, Zozulya joined Rayo Vallecano on loan until the end of the season. His arrival was met with protests from the club's fans, unhappy over his alleged far-right links. Zozulya denying any ultra-right links in a letter to Rayo's fans insisting he did nothing more than volunteering to help the Ukrainian army during the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. On 1 February 2017 Zozulya had his contract cancelled due to reactions of Rayo fans and returned to Betis. This meant that he could not play anymore in the 2016-2017 season because the Royal Spanish Football Federation rules say players cannot register for more than two teams in one campaign.
Civil involvement
Zozulya is the founder of the Narodna Armiya (People's Army) organisation which is a part of the civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbass. In particular Zozulya's organisation is providing food, clothing and technical equipment to Ukrainian Army and helps families of the military. In 2016 he received a special commendation from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for his support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
This was incorrectly interpreted by Spanish media who accused Zozulya of nazism and supporting rogue paramilitary formations, which both Zozulya and Narodna Armiya denied.
International career
Roman debuted for Ukraine on 2 June 2010 against Norway at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. He scored a goal after Yevhen Konoplyanka fired a long shot at Jon Knudsen, who fumbled with the ball and let Roman kick the ball into the net. He was substituted in the 81st minute. He was member of the Ukrainian 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016.
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As of 7 February 2017International
As of 7 February 2017Honors
Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk