Artjoms Rudnevs
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Artjoms Rudņevs is a Latvia
n football
forward
of Russia
n origin. He plays as a striker for Lech Poznań
.
club Zalaegerszegi TE
. At first there was a problem with the new contract because the old one with Daugava was still active, so FIFA
was involved. In May 2009 he finally made his debut.
In July 2010 rumors appeared that the Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań
were interested in signing him. Later on these rumors were verified and Rudņev joined the club on trial. After a successful trial at the club and after passing the medical tests, Lech started signing talks with ZTE. The clubs couldn't come to a conclusion for a very 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 the same year, after Rudņev had scored two goals in the season opener, the Polish club board and ZTE reopened discussions. This time talks were successful and Rudņevs signed a four-year contract with the Polish club. In his debut in Lech Poznań jersey against Widzew Łódź he scored a goal. He scored two goals again in the third round of the championship in a 5–0 win over Cracovia. He scored his fourth goal in consecutive five matches against Śląsk Wrocław on 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 cooly slotted penalty, the second a scissor kick from 3 yards and the third an equalizing long-yard kick deep into injury time. Rudņevs himself stated that this had been "the best match of his career so far".
After 8 matches of silence Rudņevs scored two goals on 27 October 2010 in the Polish Cup 1/8 final match against Cracovia and his team won 4:1, going through to the quarterfinals. On November 10 Rudņevs scored a brilliant goal for Lech in a 2–2 draw against Polonia Warsaw. In the next game three days later he scored again – this time a header against Lechia Gdansk
in a 2–0 victory. This was his sixth goal of the league season. It wasn't long to wait for the seventh goal of the season. Rudņevs scored his seventh in the next league match – this time that was the only and the winning goal in a league match 1–0 victory over Polonia Bytom
on 20 November. His eighth goal in the Polish Ekstraklasa came on March 5, 2011 against Arka Gdynia
, as Lech won 3-0. Until the end of the Polish Ekstraklasa season Rudņevs managed to score 3 more goals, finishing as the fourth top scorer of the league with 11 goals in 27 matches.
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 Rudņev 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 5 goals in the Europa League, Rudņevs became the fourth top scorer, sharing this achievement with 4 other players.
. He started this match in the first eleven. Rudņevs 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. Rudņevs started the EURO 2012 qualifying matches in the first eleven alongside Māris Verpakovskis
, putting Ģirts 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.
. His name and surname are of Russian descent, and closer to the original they would be Artiom Rudnev not Artjoms Rudņevs. When journalists in Poland and Latvia asked why he favoured that spelling, despite his passport name remaining the same - Artjoms Rudņevs -, the player answered - "Yes, I come from Latvia, but I was born in a Russian
family - that's why."
Zalaegerszegi TE
Lech Poznań
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n origin. He plays as a striker for Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
.
Club Career
Rudņevs started his career with his local club, FC Daugava, where he played until February 2009 when he signed a contract with the HungarianHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
club Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...
. At first there was a problem with the new contract because the old one with Daugava was still active, so FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
was involved. In May 2009 he finally made his debut.
In July 2010 rumors appeared that the Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
were interested in signing him. Later on these rumors were verified and Rudņev joined the club on trial. After a successful trial at the club and after passing the medical tests, Lech started signing talks with ZTE. The clubs couldn't come to a conclusion for a very 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 the same year, after Rudņev had scored two goals in the season opener, the Polish club board and ZTE reopened discussions. This time talks were successful and Rudņevs signed a four-year contract with the Polish club. In his debut in Lech Poznań jersey against Widzew Łódź he scored a goal. He scored two goals again in the third round of the championship in a 5–0 win over Cracovia. He scored his fourth goal in consecutive five matches against Śląsk Wrocław on 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
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
in a game against Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
in the Europa League, the first goal a cooly slotted penalty, the second a scissor kick from 3 yards and the third an equalizing long-yard kick deep into injury time. Rudņevs himself stated that this had been "the best match of his career so far".
After 8 matches of silence Rudņevs scored two goals on 27 October 2010 in the Polish Cup 1/8 final match against Cracovia and his team won 4:1, going through to the quarterfinals. On November 10 Rudņevs scored a brilliant goal for Lech in a 2–2 draw against Polonia Warsaw. In the next game three days later he scored again – this time a header against Lechia Gdansk
Lechia Gdansk
Lechia Gdańsk is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk, Poland. The club's name comes from Lechia, a poetic name for Poland. The club was founded by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Lechia Lwów. Founded in 1945, Lechia was a powerhouse in Polish football during the mid-1950s...
in a 2–0 victory. This was his sixth goal of the league season. It wasn't long to wait for the seventh goal of the season. Rudņevs scored his seventh in the next league match – this time that was the only and the winning goal in a league match 1–0 victory over Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...
on 20 November. His eighth goal in the Polish Ekstraklasa came on March 5, 2011 against Arka Gdynia
Arka Gdynia
Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...
, as Lech won 3-0. Until the end of the Polish Ekstraklasa season Rudņevs managed to score 3 more goals, finishing as the fourth top scorer of the league with 11 goals in 27 matches.
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
SC Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga , commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the AXA Stadium, also known as The Quarry, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004...
in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League Rudņev 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 5 goals in the Europa League, Rudņevs became the fourth top scorer, sharing this achievement with 4 other players.
National team
He was first called up to the national side on 12 November 2008 for the match against EstoniaEstonia national football team
The Estonia national football team represents Estonia in international association football. Team members are selected by the head coach of Estonian Football Association . Estonia play their home matches at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....
. He started this match in the first eleven. Rudņevs 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. Rudņevs started the EURO 2012 qualifying matches in the first eleven alongside Māris Verpakovskis
Maris Verpakovskis
Māris Verpakovskis , is a Latvian football forward, currently playing for the Azerbaijan Premier League club FK Baku in Azerbaijan and the Latvia national football team.-Latvia:...
, putting Ģirts Karlsons
Girts Karlsons
Ģirts Karlsons is Latvian football striker currently playing for Azerbaijani club FC Inter Baku.-Club career:Karlsons started his career at FK Liepājas Metalurgs in 1998. He spent the next six season with the club...
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.
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Goal | Final Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 October 2011 | Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... , Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
2 – 0 | Win 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... |
Uncertainties about the shirt
Before the start of 2011-2012 season Rudņevs handed in a request for the Lech Poznan board to change his surname on the shirt from "Rudnevs" to "Rudnev", stating that the last letter "s" is added to people's names in the nominative form of the Latvian languageLatvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
. His name and surname are of Russian descent, and closer to the original they would be Artiom Rudnev not Artjoms Rudņevs. When journalists in Poland and Latvia asked why he favoured that spelling, despite his passport name remaining the same - Artjoms Rudņevs -, the player answered - "Yes, I come from Latvia, but I was born in a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
family - that's why."
Career statistics
- As of 26 October 2011
Club Season League Cup Europe UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals FC Daugava 2005 ? 4 0 0 0 0 ? 4 2006 20 4 0 0 0 0 20 4 2007 19 7 0 0 0 0 19 7 2008 19 7 0 0 0 0 19 7 Total ? 22 0 0 0 0 ? 22 Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszegi TEZalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...2008/09 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2009/10 25 16 0 0 0 0 25 16 2010/11 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 Total 30 20 0 0 1 0 31 20 Lech Poznań Lech PoznanLech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...2010–11 2010–11 EkstraklasaThe 2010–11 Ekstraklasa was the 77th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It began on 6 August 2010 and concluded on 29 May 2011. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2009–10 season, while the remaining...27 11 5 4 8 5 40 20 2011–12 2011–12 EkstraklasaThe 2011–12 Ekstraklasa is the 78th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It started on 29 July 2011 and will conclude on 6 May 2012. A total of 16 teams participate, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2010–11 season, while the...11 14 2 3 0 0 13 17 Total 38 25 7 7 8 5 53 37
Club
Daugavpils Daugava- Latvian Cup Winner (1): 2008
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi TE
Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet is a Hungarian football team from the city of Zalaegerszeg.ZTE traces its roots back to 1912, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its first match was a 4-2 defeat to a team from Vasvár. The team was first composed of members of a literary and debating society...
- Hungarian Cup Runner-up (1): 2010
Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
- Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
Runner-up (1): 2011