Roman Berezovsky

Roman Berezovsky

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Roman was voted Russia's best goalkeeper in the late 1990s. His stable performances in the Armenia national team made him a fan favorite. He is also the current record holder for most saves during penalty kicks in the Russian/USSR championships with 14 saves made. Berezovsky began his professional career in 1991 in the Soviet Top League. The first club of his career was the modest Koshkagorts. In the first Armenian Premier League, the 1992 Armenian Premier League, he started the season in Shengavit Yerevan and ended in Syunik Kapan. After the completion of the season, Berezovsky moved to St. Petersburg, where he played the season with the local Kosmos-Kirovets. After that, for the next season he moved to the Zenit Saint Petersburg. But in that season, he played just five matches.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Berezovsky, at the lack of match practice in 1995, was loaned to the club Saturn-1991 Saint Petersburg. But due to rent for the season, he played only three matches. Upon his return to Zenit, Berezovsky entered the peak years of his career. During the five years spent in Petersburg with the club, he has played in 118 games and in which missed 110 balls. They also managed to win the 1998–99 Russian Cup trophy. Also, the goalkeeper finished third in a list of the 33 best players of the Russian Premier League and won 'Best goalkeeper of the Russian Football Championship' from Russian Sport-Express. In 1999, Zenit began playing goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev, who…

International career

Roman has participated in 79 international matches since his debut in home 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Portugal on 31 August 1996. He is considered as the best Armenian goalkeeper ever. Berezovsky holds the record of second most capped player of the Armenia national team, after former captain Sargis Hovsepyan. He was controversially given a red card during a decisive UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game against Ireland. Spanish referee Eduardo Iturralde González, who resigned after the match, penalized Berezovsky for handball, although replays clearly showed his hands never touched the ball. The FFA filed protest over the bad call, but were denied. Berezovsky's undeserved removal had been the factor that cost Armenia the game. He was named the new captain for the national team on 12 October 2012 and first played as captain for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Italy after Hovsepyan had previously retired.

Coaching career

On 19 June 2019, he left FC Dynamo Moscow after 11 years spent at the club and joined PFC Sochi as a goalkeepers coach under the manager (and former teammate) Aleksandr Tochilin in Sochi's first ever Russian Premier League season. On 20 November 2019, Tochilin was dismissed for poor results and Berezovsky was appointed caretaker manager. The new permanent manager Vladimir Fedotov was appointed by Sochi on 8 December.

Pyunik

On 8 January 2020, Berezovsky was announced as the new manager of Armenian Premier League club FC Pyunik. Just over 7-months later, 13 July 2020, Berezovsky left the club by mutual consent.

Noah

On 25 October 2023, it was announced that he has joined Armenian Premier League club FC Noah as a goalkeeper coach.

Club
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (1994–2000)
Club
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg (1993–1994)
Club
FC Khimki (2006–2012)
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FC Dinamo Moscow (2002–2005)
Club
Gandzasar-Kapan FC (1992–1993)
Club
FC Torpedo Moscow (2001–2002)
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FC Dinamo Moscow (2012–2015)
Club
Armenia men's national football team (1996–2016)
National team
Soviet Union
National team
Armenia
National team
Russia

Trophies & Awards

Award
Second Class Service of the Fatherland Medal

Personal

Early life

Roman Berezovsky was born on 5 August 1974, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR to ethnic Ukrainian parents.

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Armenian footballer

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Roman Anatoliyevich Berezovsky is an Armenian professional football coach and a former goalkeeper. He is the manager of Russian First League club Spartak Kostroma.

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