Roman Shirokov

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Birthday: July 6, 1981
Place of birth: Dedovsk, Moscow, Russia
Citizenship: Russia

Biography
Russian footballer, midfielder. Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2008).

He played for the Kazan “Rubin” and the Moscow region “Khimki”. November 26, 2007, as a free agent, signed a contract with St. Petersburg Zenit for a period of 4 years.

March 26, 2008 made his debut in the Russian national team in a friendly match against the Romanian national team (0: 3).

Conflict with Viktor Gusev
June 10, 2008, during the match of the group stage of the 2008 European Championship between the teams of Russia and Spain, sports commentator Viktor Gusev said: “Shirokov is not a player of the national team level”, considering Shirokov the culprit of all the conceded goals from Spain. At first, many of the Russian football community agreed with Gusev: the defeat of the Russian team with such a large account was explained by them as a consequence of the failed game of the central defenders Shirokov and Kolodin, who, despite their low level of technique in comparison with the Spanish attackers, tried to play with them in selection, instead of just knocking the ball out of the field – rudely, but reliably. June 26, 2008, in the semifinals of the European Championship, the Russian team met with the Spanish team again. In that game, neither Kolodin nor Shirokov took part, and the Russian national team lost to the Spaniards 0: 3.

After the second defeat from the Spaniards, the opinion of football experts regarding the exclusive guilt of the central defenders (and Shirokov in particular) was softened: everyone recognized the strength of the Spaniards and their high command and individual skill. Immediately after the European Championships, Roman Shirokov in an interview gave an explanation of what happened in the match against the Spaniards, and Victor Gusev brought him his apologies, but the player did not accept them.

Conflict with Vyacheslav Malafeev
August 2, 2009 after the match of the 16th round of the Championship of Russia among the teams of the Premier League “Saturn” – “Zenith” Roman Shirokov in an interview accused the goalkeeper of “Zenith” Vyacheslav Malafeev in one of the conceded goals. “What to say, if we are 2: 1, the opponent is ten men, can not create a single moment, and we miss the goal after hitting from 50 meters? Even I, probably, would have repulsed this ball. Of course, all the players are guilty, somebody somewhere is not so reconstructed. Well, the goalkeeper’s guilt is obvious, “R. Shirokov said in an interview with Sport Express.