Andrei Arshavin - Russian footballer.Former captain of Russia, Honored Master of Sports of Russia.Interest in football Arshavin father instilled in the past a good player. As a child, Arshavin, in addition to football, enjoyed more checkers on them and had a junior level.Football started at age 7.In the Russian team Arshavin made his debut at 20 years of age May 17, 2002 in a game Russia - Belarus in the tournament "Cup of LG» in Moscow, in preparation for the Russian national team for the World Cup 2002. Arshavin was a candidate for a trip to the World Cup in 2002, but failed in the final application. Euro 2012 Arshavin went as captain of the Russian team. In the first league match against Czech Republic Andrew made an assist for Roman Shirokov, who scored the second goal, as well as Roman Pavlyuchenko, when he scored the fourth goal (match ended 4-1 in favor of the Russians).