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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alekseyevich and the family name is Eremenko.
Roman Eremenko
File:Roman Eremenko 2019.jpg
Eremenko with Rostov in 2019
Personal information
Full name Roman Alekseyevich Eremenko
Date of birth (1987-03-19) 19 March 1987 (age 39)
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gnistan
Number 13
Youth career
1994–1997 Jaro
1998 Tromsø IL
1999–2003 HJK
2003 Jokerit
2003–2004 Jaro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 JBK
2004–2005 Jaro 19 (3)
2004 → GBK (loan) 3 (0)
2005–2009 Udinese 13 (0)
2007 → Siena (loan) 11 (0)
2008–2009 → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 19 (1)
2009–2011 Dynamo Kyiv 58 (4)
2011–2014 Rubin Kazan 73 (11)
2014–2017 CSKA Moscow 59 (19)
2018 Spartak Moscow 4 (0)
2019–2021 Rostov 44 (9)
2022 HIFK 11 (2)
2023 Honka 21 (3)
2024– Gnistan 39 (4)
International career‡
Finland U17 6 (3)
Finland U19 5 (0)
2006–2008 Finland U21 5 (0)
2007– Finland 73 (5)
Medal record
Finland national football team
Third place Baltic Cup 2014
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2016

Roman Alekseyevich Eremenko (Russian: Роман Алексеевич Ерёменко; born 19 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Veikkausliiga club IF Gnistan.[1] Born in Russia, he represents Finland at international level.

Eremenko is best known for his time at Dynamo Kyiv, winning the Ukrainian Premier League title in 2009, and playing in the Champions League and Europa League. He served a two-year ban for cocaine use from October 2016 to October 2018.

Prior to his ban, Eremenko also played regularly for the Finland national team.[2] He made his international debut in June 2007 at the age of 20, having moved to Finland from Russia as a child.

Early career

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Eremenko started to play football in a youth sector of FF Jaro in Pietarsaari, Finland, in 1994. He would also play in the youth sectors of Tromsø IL in Norway and HJK Helsinki, while his father Alexei Eremenko Sr. was playing professionally for the first teams, before they returned to Pietarsaari and Jaro in 2003.

Club career

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Jaro

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Eremenko's career on senior level started when he made his Veikkausliiga debut for Jaro in 2004 at the age of 17, when head coach Hannu Touru used him as a substitute in a match against MYPA on 29 June 2004. In that match Eremenko appeared on the pitch at the same time with his father, who played for the whole match as a midfielder. Eremenko scored his first goal on senior level on 18 September 2004 in a match against FC Lahti. He made six appearances for Jaro in his first season. During season 2004 he was also loaned to Kakkonen club Jakobstads BK and to Finnish First Division club GBK Kokkola.[3] He made his break through in Jaro during season 2005 when he became a regular in the starting eleven. He gained 13 caps and was in the starting line-up 10 times. In those 13 matches he scored two goals.

Udinese

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In the summer of 2005, Eremenko signed a five-year deal with Udinese for a transfer fee of €180,000.[4] He made his Serie A debut on the first day of the 2006–07 season against Messina. He became the fourth Finnish footballer after Mika Aaltonen, Mika Lehkosuo and his brother Alexei Eremenko Jr to make an appearance in a Serie A match.[5] He was loaned to A.C. Siena on 31 January 2007, where he played 11 games. During the summer of 2007, he returned to Udinese.

In October 2007, Eremenko, Andrea Dossena, Cristián Zapata, and Simone Pepe were awarded new contracts until June 2012.[6]

Dynamo Kyiv

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Eremenko with Dynamo Kyiv in 2009
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Eremenko with Andriy Shevchenko playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2010

In August 2008, he was loaned to FC Dynamo Kyiv, until 31 May 2009. On 22 May 2009, he signed permanently with Dynamo Kyiv until 2014, for a €5 million fee. During his three years at Dynamo, Eremenko established himself as one of the leaders of the team.

Eremenko debuted in the Champions League on 17 September 2008, in a home game against Arsenal FC. That week, he also scored his first goal in the Ukrainian Premier League, netting a pass from Tiberiu Ghioane on the 8th minute of a game against Chornomorets Odesa. Eremenko scored his first goal in the Champions League on 10 December 2008 on Fenerbahçe.

During the 2009–10 season, he took part in a total of 35 official matches for Dynamo, 26 of which were in the Ukrainian championship, and scored 1 goal.

In the 2010–11 season, besides continuing his successful performance for Dynamo domestically, Eremenko became the top assistant of the Europa League.

After a total of three years of playing for Dynamo, Eremenko played in a total of 127 official games, and scored seven goals. He also won the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League, and the Ukrainian Super Cups in 2009 and 2011.

Rubin Kazan

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In the last stages of the summer transfer window in 2011, Eremenko signed with Russian club Rubin Kazan for a reported fee of €13 million, which is the highest transfer fee ever paid for a Finnish player. His older brother Alexei also signed a contract with Rubin Kazan in August 2011.[7] On 26 November, Roman scored his first goal for Rubin, in a 2–0 home victory over Dynamo Moscow.

On 9 May 2012, he scored the game's only goal in the Russian Cup final.

CSKA Moscow

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Eremenko with CSKA Moscow in 2014

After leaving Rubin Kazan in the summer of 2014, Eremenko signed a four-year contract with PFC CSKA Moscow on 25 August 2014, for a €6 million transfer fee.[8] He was selected as the Best Player of October and December 2014 and March 2015 in the Russian Football Premier League.[9][10][11] He won the Russian Football Premier League MVP of the season 2014–15 award.[12]

On 6 October 2016, Finland announced that Eremenko had been handed a 30-day ban from football by UEFA.[13] On 18 November 2016, UEFA announced that Roman had been handed a two-year ban from UEFA competitions due to testing positive for cocaine.[14] In December 2016, FIFA extended Eremenko's ban to all football competitions.[15] His appeal was rejected by UEFA and the ban was upheld on 6 March 2017.[16]

Spartak Moscow

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On 10 August 2018, Eremenko signed with Spartak Moscow, joining his younger brother Sergei at the team. His father Alexei Eremenko Sr. also played for Spartak.[17] His disqualification expired on 6 October 2018 and he made his debut on 7 October against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Spartak released him from his contract on 8 January 2019.[18]

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Eremenko with Spartak Moscow in 2018

Rostov

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On 18 January 2019, Rostov announced the signing of Eremenko on a 2.5-year contract.[19] Rostov (called FC Rostselmash at the time) was the first club of Roman's father, Alexei Eremenko Sr. In his third game for Rostov on 16 March 2019, he scored twice in the last 10 minutes to give his club a 2–0 away victory over Rubin Kazan.[20]

On 14 June 2019, Rostov announced that Eremenko had extended his contract with the club for four years.[21] On 23 February 2021, Eremenko left Rostov by mutual consent, partly due to COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

HIFK

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After a one-and-a-half-year hiatus from football, on 28 July 2022, Eremenko returned to Finnish football and joined Veikkausliiga club HIFK for the rest of the 2022 season, and reunited with the former national team head coach Mixu Paatelainen.[23]

Honka

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On 4 May 2023, Eremenko signed with Honka for the 2023 Veikkausliiga season.[24] He helped the club to reach the 2023 Finnish Cup final.

Gnistan

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On 1 May 2023, Eremenko signed with newly promoted Gnistan for their maiden season in top-tier Veikkausliiga.[1] Eremenko made 19 appearances and scored two goals, and helped the team to finish 8th in the league and renew their league spot for the 2025.[25] In January 2025, Eremenko was set to sign with Scottish club St Johnstone, coached by Simo Valakari, but was denied a work permit and the deal collapsed.[26] Later in February he renewed his contract with Gnistan.[27]

International career

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Eremenko playing for the Finland national team in 2009

Eremenko made his international debut in the Finland national team at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 6 June 2007 in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualification match against Belgium when Roy Hodgson chose him to the starting line up. The game was interrupted for six minutes after a Eurasian eagle-owl intruded the playing pitch. This incident earned the Finland team their current nickname, The Eagle Owls.[28] Eremenko remained as a regular member for Finland until his doping ban in 2016 and he was a key player in Finland's qualification campaigns for 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012, 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. He scored his first goal for Finland from penalty spot on 3 March 2010 in a friendly match against Malta.

On 30 May 2025, Eremenko was called-up to the Finland national team, after a nine-year absence, for the World Cup qualifying matches against Netherlands and Poland.[29]

Personal life

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Roman Eremenko is married to Marika Eremenko and has three children.[30] Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of three when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds a Russian passport as well, Eremenko is the younger brother of Alexei Eremenko Jr and the older brother of Sergei Eremenko.[31] His father took over as manager in Jaro in August 2009.

In 2016, he was suspended for two years because of doping after failing a doping test. He tested positive for cocaine based on a sample done by UEFA.[32] In late 2023, Eremenko admitted in Finnish media that he was addicted to cocaine at the time when he got caught in 2016.[33][34]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 May 2025[35][36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jaro 2004 Veikkausliiga 6 1 0 0 – – 6 1
2005 Veikkausliiga 13 2 0 0 – – 13 2
Total 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 3
GBK (loan) 2004 Ykkönen 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Udinese 2005–06 Serie A 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2006–07 Serie A 6 0 3 0 – – 9 0
2007–08 Serie A 7 0 4 0 – – 11 0
Total 13 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Siena (loan) 2006–07 Serie A 11 0 0 0 – – 11 0
Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 19 1 0 0 7[b] 1 – 26 2
Dynamo Kyiv 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 26 1 3 0 6[c] 0 1[d] 0 36 1
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 26 3 3 0 16[e] 1 – 45 4
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 6 0 1 0 4[e] 0 1[d] 0 12 0
Total 58 4 7 0 26 1 2 0 93 5
Rubin Kazan 2011–12 Russian Premier League 21 2 4 1 0 0 – 25 3
2012–13 Russian Premier League 25 6 2 0 10[f] 0 1[g] 0 37 6
2013–14 Russian Premier League 27 3 1 0 11[f] 5 – 39 8
Total 73 11 7 1 22 5 1 0 103 17
CSKA Moscow 2014–15 Russian Premier League 25 13 2 0 6[c] 0 – 33 13
2015–16 Russian Premier League 25 3 1 0 7[c] 0 – 33 3
2016–17 Russian Premier League 9 3 1 0 2[c] 1 1[g] 0 11 4
Total 59 19 4 0 15 1 1 0 78 20
Spartak Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 4 0 1 0 2[f] 0 – 7 0
Rostov 2018–19 Russian Premier League 9 3 2 1 – – 11 4
2019–20 Russian Premier League 19 5 0 0 – – 19 5
2020–21 Russian Premier League 16 1 1 0 1[f] 0 – 18 1
Total 44 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 48 10
HIFK 2022 Veikkausliiga 11 2 1 0 – 0 0 12 2
Honka 2023 Veikkausliiga 21 3 5 1 2[h] 0 0 0 28 4
Gnistan 2024 Veikkausliiga 19 2 0 0 – 0 0 19 2
2025 Veikkausliiga 4 1 0 0 – 0 0 4 1
Total 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
Career total 358 55 35 3 75 8 4 0 466 63
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Coppa Italia, Ukrainian Cup and Russian Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Ukrainian Super Cup
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Russian Super Cup
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of 5 September 2016[37][36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2007 6 0
2008 8 0
2009 10 0
2010 8 1
2011 9 0
2012 6 1
2013 14 1
2014 8 2
2015 3 0
2016 5 0
Total 73 5
As of 7 September 2014[38][36]
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eremenko goal.
List of international goals scored by Roman Eremenko
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 March 2010 Ta'Qali, Malta File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1–1 2–1 Friendly
2 26 May 2012 Salzburg, Austria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1–0 3–2 Friendly
3 10 September 2013 Tbilisi, Georgia File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 5 March 2014 Győr, Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2–1 2–1 Friendly
5 7 September 2014 Thorshavn, Faroe Islands File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

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Dynamo Kyiv

Rubin Kazan

CSKA Moscow

Honka

Individual

  • Finnish Football Association Player of the Year: 2011,[39] 2014
  • Finnish Sports' Journalists Player of the Year: 2011,[40] 2014, 2015
  • UEFA Europa League most assists leading to a goal in tournament phase: 2010–11[41]
  • Russian League MVP of the season: 2014–15
  • Russian Premier League Player of the Month: October 2014, December 2014, March 2015[42]

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