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30/05/1981 Russian footballer Andrey Arshavin is born

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Andrei Arshavin's 31 goals for Arsenal

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Andrey Arshavin | Zenit St. Petersburg | Goals & Skills - 2013-14 - HD

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The Rise and Fall of Andrey Arshavin

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Arshavin was born in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, in May 1981. Arshavin began playing football at an early age and at seven years of age, he was enrolled in the Smena football academy of Zenit, his hometown club. As a schoolboy before football became his sole focus, he was a talented draughts player. Arshavin's father died of heart failure at age 40.