Roman Aleksandrovich Shishkin (; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian former association footballer who played as a

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Position

Shiskin played as fullback on either flank or

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Biography

Roman Shishkin was born in

Voronezh Voronezh ( ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects wes ...

. He is a son of Aleksandr Shishkin, a driver.

Career

Shishkin graduated from local football school and at age 15 secured his first professional contract with FC Fakel. After some time with Fakel he moved to Spartak Moscow. He made his professional debut for Spartak in 2004 when

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started fielding a lot of young players. His

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debut was on 7 July 2004 in a game against

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. Roman eventually lost his position in the first team. In 2006 when Fedotov was appointed as a manager, Shishkin became a first team regular. Shishkin played as a right fullback. On 12 September 2006, Shishkin made his European debut after he came in as a substitute in the

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match against

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. At the end of 2006

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named Shishkin among Europe's eight most prospective footballers and described him as having a good shot from distance and being useful from set-pieces In 2009,

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

sent Shiskin on loan to

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. On 6 July 2010, Shishkin signed with

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. His attitude and performances for the club were rewarded in 2013 when he was named

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by manager

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. On 28 January 2017, he joined

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on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 3 July 2017, he returned to

, signing a 3-year contract as a free agent upon the expiration of his Lokomotiv contract. On 13 January 2019, he returned to

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. On 11 July 2019, Shishkin left Krasnodar by mutual consent. On 12 August 2019, he signed with the

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club

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. His Torpedo contract was terminated by mutual consent on 17 February 2020. On 19 February 2020 he was registered as a player of

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. On 11 September 2020 he signed with the third-tier

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club

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which also featured former Russian internationals

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and

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International

Shiskin was invited by

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to participate in the

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training sessions. His debut for the national team took place on 24 March 2007 as he played the whole match during Russia's 2–0 victory over Estonia. After a few years' absence from the squad, Shishkin forced his way back into contention following some good performances for Lokomotiv Moscow, and he would play a part in Russia's successful qualifying campaign for

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. He was named in

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's provisional squad for the tournament itself, but had to withdraw due to a stomach ailment. Shishkin did not appear for the national team again until late 2015, when he featured in friendlies against Portugal and Croatia. He was then included by Leonid Slutsky in the Russian squad for

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Career statistics

Notes

International

Honours

Individual

* Best Young Player of

(1):

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* List of 33 top players of the Russian league (3): #3 (

), #3 ( 2011/12), #2 ( 2013/14)

Club

;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2014–15

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shishkin, Roman 1987 births Footballers from Voronezh Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players Living people Russian Premier League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players UEFA Euro 2016 players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Men's association football fullbacks FC Krasnodar players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Krasnodar-2 players 21st-century Russian sportsmen