Former Ukrainian national team striker Yevgeny Seleznev has revealed he may have ended up playing for Sporting Lisbon had he not moved to Krasnodar Kuban. Speaking in an interview with SportArena, Seleznev expressed regret over his move to Russia and disclosed that the president of Sporting had sent him a private jet just days before the transfer window closed. The 37-year-old striker played for Dnipro, Shakhtar, Arsenal Kiev, Akhisarspor, Bursaspor, Karabukspor, Minai, Kolos, Malaga and Kuban during his career, and scored three goals in 10 matches for the Russian club.
Former Dnipro, Shakhtar and Ukraine national team striker Yevgeny Seleznev recalled how he played in Russia for Krasnodar Kuban, and said that he could end up at Sporting Lisbon.
Yevgeny Seleznev admitted that he regretted moving to Kuban and said that he might end up in the Portuguese championship as part of Sportiga.
“I really regret the period of my career in Russia. Maybe that’s the only thing that bothers me. How can I do that. Then I found out that 2-3 days before the transfer window closed, the President of Sporting sent me his private jet. Only then did they show me the correspondence, but then they didn’t tell me about it.
It was when I was on the Dnieper and crossed to the Kuban. I don’t know about Sporting at all, the agent didn’t tell me. It’s not about the money, I didn’t even know there was such an offer. Heard conversations about it from the Internet. And I found out about this only three weeks ago, when I was shown SMS correspondence.
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Seleznev also talked about the nickname “breadwinners” that Ukrainian players receive when they go to Russian tournaments.
“Nickname Breadwinner? I am still the breadwinner. And I will always be the breadwinner. But I shouldn’t have said at the time, I agreed. I admit my mistake. Two months later, I returned to Ukraine,” said Seleznev in an interview with SportArena.
A charity match in Uzhgorod at the Avangard stadium will be held on Tuesday, June 6, and will start at 17:00.
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It was previously known who would take part in the match in honor of Seleznev. It was reported that Sergei Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko were invited to the event, but could not attend.
- Seleznev played for Dnipro, Shakhtar, Arsenal (Kyiv), Akhisarspor, Bursaspor, Karabukspor, Minai, Kolos, Malaga and Kuban during his career.
- For the Russian club, the Ukrainian played 10 matches and scored three goals.
- As part of the national team, Evgeny played 57 matches in which he scored 11 goals.
- The 37-year-old striker became the champion of Ukraine, won the Ukrainian Cup and twice the Ukrainian Super Cup. In the 2008/2009 season he won the UEFA Cup. Throughout his Turkish career, he won the country’s Cup and Super Cup.
