.jpg) Pogrebnyak with Tosno in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–2002 | Spartak Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Spartak Moscow | 18 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Baltika Kaliningrad (loan) | 40 | (15) |
| 2004 | → Khimki (loan) | 12 | (6) |
| 2005 | → Shinnik Yaroslavl (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2006 | Tom Tomsk | 26 | (13) |
| 2007–2009 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 58 | (22) |
| 2009–2012 | VfB Stuttgart | 68 | (15) |
| 2012 | Fulham | 12 | (6) |
| 2012–2015 | Reading | 93 | (26) |
| 2015–2018 | Dynamo Moscow | 25 | (1) |
| 2018 | Tosno | 6 | (3) |
| 2018–2021 | Ural Yekaterinburg | 45 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Russia U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Russia | 33 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak (Russian: Па́вел Ви́кторович Погребня́к [ˈpavʲɪl ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ pəɡrʲɪbˈnʲak]; born 8 November 1983) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Born in Moscow, Pogrebnyak began his career at Spartak Moscow, making his professional debut in 2002. Over the next three years, he spent time away on loan at Baltika Kaliningrad, Khimki and Shinnik Yaroslavl before joining Tom Tomsk in 2006. After a season with them, he moved to top Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg. There he spent three seasons and had his greatest spell of success, winning the Russian Premier League, the Russian Super Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup. In 2009, he joined German side VfB Stuttgart. After two and a half seasons, he moved to English Premier League side Fulham in January 2012, and then to Reading six months later.
He is nicknamed The Pog,[1] Pogreb ("The Cellar")[2] or Velikiy Po ("Po the Great"),[3] the latter popularized by his former Zenit teammate Andrei Arshavin.[4] He is a "powerful player who holds the ball up well."[5]
- ^ "Brede Hangeland hoping The Pog becomes a vital cog in the Fulham machine". London Evening Standard. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Гус Хиддинк едва не зашиб болельщика (in Russian). Izvestia. 6 September 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ Погребняк купил свой портрет (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Андрей Аршавин: "Скоро все будет хорошо!" (in Russian). Sport Express. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan. "Euro 2012: Russia". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.