Oleg Shatov is a young talented footballer who now plays for the St. Petersburg club "Zenith". He successfully played for the national youth team of the country, and now he defends the Russian national team.

Childhood and family of Oleg Shatov

Oleg was born in Nizhny Tagil. The boy began playing football at the age of seven. His first coach was Sergei Ovechkin. Father and mother were at work almost all the time, so playing football allowed the boy to be constantly busy.

Shatov studied well. Until the eighth grade, his grades were only five and four, and after the eighth grade, the novice footballer started his studies.

The beginning of the career of Oleg Shatov. Ural

When Shatov was only sixteen years old, he moved to Yekaterinburg, having received an invitation from the president of FC Ural. There, a novice footballer trained with a mini-football team every morning, then went to school, and in the evening he waited for Oleg big football... This went on for about three years.

At that time, it seemed to the novice footballer that in futsal his successes and prospects were more obvious than in big football. Nevertheless, when he had to make a choice, he chose big football. So he decided for himself, the same was advised by his father. Thanks to indoor soccer practice, young footballer there was agility, confident dribbling skills, the ability to make quick decisions and excellent speed.

In Yekaterinburg, a teenager lived in a separate apartment, where a woman named Svetlana looked after him, brought up, prepared food and sometimes helped with lessons.

Shatov's professional success, playing in different clubs

Shatov fell in love with Yekaterinburg, he became almost dear to him. Oleg liked the measured life of this city. For the first time in a bumblebee shirt, Oleg came out in August 2007 in a First Division match. It was a game against Dynamo Bryansk. Ural then won with a score of five to zero. Shatov scored his first goal for the team in October of the same year while playing against Anji. In that match, Oleg first appeared on the field in the starting lineup.

Goals by Oleg Shatov

Shatov played over a hundred matches for Ural. He has been on the pitch in the first team all the time since the second half of 2008. In the 2007-2008 Russian Cup, the footballer took part in the semifinals. Unfortunately, in that match the Yekaterinburg team lost to the Amkar team with a score of one-zero. In November 2010, he was awarded first place according to the results of a vote by club fans and local media, Oleg was named best player teams.

By the end of the first season of 2011-2012, Shatov managed to play in one hundred and twenty-four matches for Ural and score sixteen goals.

Oleg Shatov at Anji

At the beginning of 2012, Oleg was at the training camp together with the capital "CSKA". After some time, information appeared in the press about the player's probable transfer to Anji. Indeed, in 2012 it became known that Shatov had signed a contract with Anji for four years.

For a football player, the 2012-2013 season turned out to be very successful. In the qualifying round of the Europa League, he scored the goal against Hungarian Honved in the second leg. In the European campaign of Anji, Shatov's goal was the first goal scored by a Russian footballer. Already in the very next match in the first half, the footballer beautifully sent the ball into the goal of Vitesse, having opened an account.

Football Russians: Oleg Shatov

In August 2012, in the game against Zenit in the national Premier League, Oleg Shatov scored his first goal. He especially distinguished himself in the same year in the match with the Krasnodar team, when the ball flew into the goal already at the thirty-third second of the game. The author of this very quick goal there was Shatov.

Oleg Shatov at Zenit

In August 2013, it became known from official sources about Oleg's transfer to Zenit St. Petersburg. At the end of August, the footballer entered the field against the capital "Dynamo". This game was the debut for Shatov.

In the away match of the Russian championship against the Krylya Sovetov team, the footballer managed to send the ball into their goal twice. Oleg scored the winning goal in the home match against Spartak. In February 2014, the talented footballer became the author of the ball against Borussia Dortmund. It was the first leg of the one-eighth Champions League final.

Shatov's games for the Russian national team

For the first time, Oleg received a call-up to the youth team under twenty-one in November 2010. In a friendly match with France, the footballer made his debut, where he appeared on the field at the seventy-sixth minute, coming on as a substitute. This match took place on the road in the city of Le Mans. The Russian youth team won with a score of one to zero.

As part of the youth team in 2011, Oleg repeatedly took part in the matches of the Commonwealth Champions Cup. Within the framework of this tournament in January 2011, Shatov scored his debut goal for the national team in the match with Finland in the forty-ninth minute. Oleg's goal was the only one for both teams in this match. By the beginning of 2012, Shatov played for the youth team in eleven matches, and managed to score four goals.

For the first time, Oleg was called up to the national team when he was still playing for Anji. He made it to the final squad of the Russian national team at the 2014 World Cup.

Personal life of Oleg Shatov

The footballer has an open character, he is sociable, but Oleg never talks about his personal life, this topic is always banned. All that is known is that he is married to a girl named Victoria. Often they appear together at sporting events.

What profession Victoria has is unknown, but it is definitely not connected with mass culture and television. She devotes a lot of time to Oleg and her career. She is friends with the wife of Igor Smolnikov (Zenit defender), together the ladies launched the Play & Help charity initiative

Oleg Shatov now

In 2016, Oleg Shatov entered the Russian national team at the European Championship in France. He and the rest of the team trained hard under the supervision of coach Leonid Slutsky.

In June of the same year, it became known that Oleg Shatov had invested 15 million rubles in the construction of a school stadium in his native Nizhny Tagil.

Oleg Alexandrovich Shatov was born on July 29, 1990 in the city of Nizhny Tagil Sverdlovsk region... He started playing football at the age of seven and at first preferred mini-football.
In 2006, he became a player at the VIZ-Sinara mini-football club from Yekaterinburg, but even then, in the futsal technical youth, the inclinations of a football player were clearly visible. Grigory Ivanov, President of FC Ural, played a significant role in Shatov's sports destiny. It was he who invited 17-year-old Oleg to the club, which was then performing in the First Russian division- first on a leasehold basis, and then entered into a full-fledged contract with him.
Shatov very quickly became a player in the first team and in 2010 was recognized by the fans as the best player at the end of the season. By the way, in that Russian championship, he played an impressive match against Krasnodar in Yekaterinburg - Ural then won with a score of 3: 1, and Oleg was noted scored ball and an effective pass.
In 2012, Anji Makhachkala, which was assembling its Dream Team, bought the young talent from Ural, signing a 4-year contract with him. Shatov did not get lost in the company of eminent stars from all over the world, he became an important link in the overall team mechanism, played brightly, scored beautiful goals, but in the second half of 2013 the development vector of Anji changed dramatically, and Zenit took the opportunity to acquire Oleg.
In a club from St. Petersburg, the Ural nugget finally formed as a mature master, began to be regularly called up to the Russian national team. It was in the city on the Neva that Shatov won his main trophies: he became the champion of Russia in 2014/2015, the next season he won the Cup of the country, in 2015 and 2016 he helped Zenit become the owner of the Super Cup.
I must say that Krasnodar has long wanted to get Shatov into its ranks and conducted the first negotiations on his transfer back in 2010 with Ural. But it turned out that only almost 8 years later, in February 2018, this footballer ended up in our club. Citizens rented Shatov from Zenit until the end of the 2017/2018 season, while Krasnodar has the opportunity to buy Oleg from a club from St. Petersburg for the amount specified in the contract.
On February 8, 2018, Shatov signed a personal contract with Krasnodar and joined his new team.

Playing career of Oleg Shatov

Years	Command	Matches	Goals	Assists
	"Ural" Yekaterinburg
	Anji Makhachkala
	Zenit St. Petersburg
	Russian youth team
	Russian team

* All statistics are given taking into account matches of the Russian Cup, Russian Super Cup and European cups

Achievements

Champion of Russia 2014/15

Silver medalist of the Russian Championship 2013/2014

Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship 2012/2013, 2015/2016, 2016/2017

Winner of the Russian Cup 2015/2016

Russian Cup finalist 2012/2013

Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2015, 2016

Listed 33 best footballers Russian Championship 2014/2015, 2015/2016

Oleg Alexandrovich Shatov. Was born on July 29, 1990 in Nizhny Tagil. Russian footballer, attacking midfielder of Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russian national team.

He started playing football at the age of 7. Pupil of the mini-football club "VIZ-Sinara". The first coach is Sergei Yurievich Ovechkin.

Secondary education.

He plays as a left winger, but can play a central attacking midfielder if necessary. Possesses high speed, good dribbling and accurate passing.

In 2006 he became a player of the mini-football club "VIZ-Sinara".

On March 21, 2007 at the age of sixteen he was loaned by a football club Ural... There he was a player of the main squad, having played over 100 games for the team. Participant of the semifinal match of the 2007/08 Russian Football Cup. On November 19, 2010 he was chosen as the best player of the team, taking first place in the voting by local media and club fans.

In January 2012, he went to the training camp with CSKA. However, in the same year, he signed a four-year contract with Anji.

July 26, 2012 in the second leg qualifying round Of the Europa League against Hungarian "Honved" scored a goal, which became the first in the European campaign of "Anji". In the next match of the qualifying stage against Vitesse, he opened the scoring in the second half.

On August 19, 2012, in a match against Zenit, he scored his first goal in the Russian Premier League.

On September 16, 2012, in a match against Krasnodar, he scored one of the fastest goals in the championship, having distinguished himself already in the 33rd second of the match.

In the away match of the Russian championship against Wings of the Soviets, he scored a double - Shatov's first goal in this match was victorious.

On February 25, 2014, in the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, he scored a goal against Borussia Dortmund.

Recognized by the fans as the best player of Zenit in September 2014.

The debut in the Russian youth team took place on November 16, 2010 in a friendly match against the French youth team, held in Le Mans, France. He came on as a substitute in the 76th minute. The match ended with the victory of the Russians with a score of 1: 0.

He scored his first goal for the youth team on February 9, 2011 in a match against the youth team of Ukraine.

He made his debut for the Russian national team on February 6, 2013 in a match against Iceland, coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute of the game. In the 66th minute, he struck the gate of Hannes Halldoursson after the transfer of Roman Shirokov.

Oleg Shatov - the first goal for the Russian national team

Oleg Shatov's height: 173 centimeters.

Oleg Shatov is a midfielder from the small provincial Nizhniy Tagil, who has achieved a successful career in big football by diligence and perseverance. Despite his fame, the athlete still remains a sympathetic, open person with a broad soul and a kind heart.

Childhood and youth

Oleg Shatov was born in the Ural town of Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region on July 29, 1990. The boy's parents are non-public people and rarely meet with journalists. According to Oleg's father, no one was particularly interested in football in the family, but from childhood his son loved to chase the ball with the courtyard boys. At the age of seven, the boy took his mother by the hand and led him to record him for football.

The first coach was a mentor football school"Spring" Sergei Ovechkin. The mentor recalls that the young athlete became the youngest in the group, but remained hardworking and persistent. There were three workouts per day for different age groups and little Shatov remained for all three. The boy had his own agreement with his father. Sports should not interfere with learning. In the morning, Oleg went to lessons, then did homework and only in the evening went to training.

Oleg Shatov in childhood (left)

When the boy turned 13, the player was noticed by the president of the Ural football club and the head of the VIZ mini-football club Grigory Ivanov. The coach personally invited the young football talent to Yekaterinburg. Since in hometown There were no development prospects for the football player, the parents agreed to the proposal. Shatov Sr. admits that letting his son go into an independent life so early was exciting, but the son showed independence and responsibility.

The coach took care of the young pupil, rented an apartment and hired a woman to look after the boy and take care of him. Shatov also changed the school. The football player's class teacher, a math teacher, shared in an interview that at first Oleg studied very well, the student was even transferred to a specialized polytechnic class. And then football began to take away all the time, it was sorely lacking for school and lessons.

Oleg's classmates recall that they rarely saw a student in class. But the footballer was distinguished by his determination. Shatov knew what he wanted to achieve in life, and from childhood he connected his biography only with football.

Football

Arriving in Yekaterinburg, little Oleg at first played mini-football and on a large football field. When the time came to decide on the sport, the boy chose big football. In 2007 the young man became a player of FC Ural.

A fast, dexterous footballer of short stature - 173 cm with a weight of 73 kg, Oleg took the position of a midfielder and began to play effectively in the first matches for the honor of the club. Colleagues and coaches noted the peculiarities associated with the experience in mini-football - the speed of reaction and the ability to act competently at short distances.

The midfielder played 127 matches for the Ural Bumblebees and scored 16 goals against his opponents. Having gone to training camp with CSKA Moscow in January 2012, the midfielder eventually signed a contract with Anji Makhachkala. Oleg's first goal in the Premier League hit Zenit in August 2012.

On August 14, 2013, the midfielder changes the club to Zenit St. Petersburg. The debut on the field for the "white-blue" took place on the field in the match against the capital "Dynamo". The next couple of seasons were successful for the athlete. In 2014, he was recognized as the best player in matches and months according to the results of a vote of the club's fans.

Together with the St. Petersburg club, he became the champion of Russia in the 2014-2015 season. The club took the Russian Cup in the 2015-2016 season, as well as the Russian Super Cup in 2015 and 2016. Also in 2013, he made his debut in the Russian national team in a friendly match against Iceland, scoring a goal against the opponents.

For a successful game on the field, a football player receives an appropriate reward. Clubs do not seek to advertise players' salaries, but, according to some information from sports publications that analyzed open information, Shatov's annual earnings at Zenit are € 2.5 million.

By the way, the coach changed the position of the athlete on the field with Zenit. As the midfielder admitted, the preferred location for him is the center, but the blue-white mentor chose places on the flanks for Oleg.

The best feints and goals of Oleg Shatov

Perhaps it was this choice that was the reason for not the most productive game in the 2016/2017 season. The club's management remained dissatisfied with the statistics of Shatov's goals and assists. Ultimately, the athlete ended up outside the list of the main line-up of players in the number of Zenit-2 players.

Personal life

Oleg tries not to dwell on the details of his personal life, however, like his beautiful wife Victoria. Joint photos, interviews of relatives and friends of the couple allow us to come to the conclusion that the lovers began dating back in Nizhny Tagil. The girl followed her future husband.

Victoria is very modest and charming. The wife gave her beloved two young sons, the youngest of whom was born in 2016. Victoria is engaged in charity work and philanthropy. Together with her friend Ekaterina Smolnikova (wife of Igor Smolnikov - Shatov's colleagues at Zenit), she organized the Play & Help charitable organization. Oleg often appears on the organization's Instagram page, who supports his spouse in his endeavors.

By the way, Oleg himself is also distinguished by the breadth and generosity of his soul. In 2016, with funds donated by the midfielder, in the homeland of a football player for 15 million rubles. a football field was built for young athletes.

But in social networks young man you rarely meet. The athlete's official page on VKontakte is run by fans. The reason for this is Oleg's busy schedule. It also interferes with visiting their homeland more often, with their parents, who still prefer to stay in Nizhny Tagil. Oleg's father is sympathetic to the rare visits of a star son and notes that they themselves visit a young family.

Oleg Shatov now

At the beginning of 2018, Zenit gave the midfielder on loan to an opponent - the football club Krasnodar. Oleg, realizing that on the eve of the World Cup, he needed playing practice, agreed to the transition. Of course, the situation of misunderstanding with the coach Mancini, sending him to Zenit-2 did not cause pleasant emotions in the athlete.

According to the contract signed by the clubs, the midfielder could enter the field against Zenit only if he paid 10 million rubles. per match. On April 7, 2018, Oleg appeared in the Krasnodar line-up against the blue and white. It remains unknown who paid the amount stipulated in the contract. The player himself said that he does not play against Zenit, but for Krasnodar.

As a result, Krasnodar won with a score of 2: 1, with Shatov scoring one of the goals. However, for him the match turned out to be incredibly emotionally intense. Goal scored and the resulting injury was the reason for the replacement of the midfielder on the field. Once on the bench, the young man, unable to cope with the storm of emotions, shed a mean man's tear.

Awards

• 2014/2015 - Champion of Russia
• 2015/16 - Winner of the Russian Cup
• 2015, 2016 - Winner of the Russian Super Cup
• 2014/2015, 2015/2016 - in the lists of 33 best footballers of the Russian championship

Name: Shatov Oleg Alexandrovich.
Date of Birth: July 29, 1990
Place of birth: Nizhny Tagil, USSR.
Position: Midfielder.

Oleg Shatov - the story of a football player

He started playing football at the age of seven, in the section of the mini-football club "VIZ-Sinara".

The player started playing for VIZ-Sinar in 2006, but on March 21, 2007 he was loaned to football club Ural. Since Oleg Shatov was the main player in the team from Yekaterinburg. Was one of its best players from 2007 to 2011. In total, Shatov played 127 games for this club, scoring 16 goals.

From 2006 to 2011 he played for the mini-football club "VIZ-Sinara" from Yekaterinburg.

In January 2012, he went to the training camp with CSKA Moscow, but continued his career in Anzhi, Makhachkala. The contract was signed for 4 years. Scored his debut goal for Anji in the Europa League against the Hungarian Honved. The first goal in the Premier League of the Russian Federation was realized by a talented midfielder against the St. Petersburg Zenit. On September 16, he scored one of the fastest goals in the Russian championships. The ball was driven into the gates of Krasnodar in the 33rd second. In total, Oleg played 34 matches for Makhachkala residents and scored 3 goals.

August 14, 2013 signs a contract with St. Petersburg Zenith... He made his debut with them in the match against Dynamo Moscow. Playing for this team, Shatov, thanks to his speed and good dribbling, became one of the main players in the club, periodically scoring important goals both in the championships and in the euro arena.

Oleg Shatov's career in the Russian national team

On November 16, 2010, the talented midfielder made his debut for the Russian youth team in a friendly game against France. The match took place in France, in the city of Le Mans. The midfielder came on as a substitute in the 76th minute of the match. Russia won the confrontation 1: 0. On February 9, he made his first goal for the Russian youth team against the Ukrainian youth team. In total, Shatov played 15 matches for this team, scoring 4 goals.

On February 6, 2013, he made his debut for the Russian national team in the confrontation with Iceland. The player was absent from the starting lineup, came on as a substitute in the 46th minute of the match, and already on the 66th, shot straight into Iceland's goal. He played with the national team at Euro 2016, and gave an assist in the match against Slovakia.

Let's move on to achievements and club statistics on the example of the table:

Club	Year	League	Cup	Eurocup
		games / goals	games / goals	games / goals
URAL	2007	8/2	0/0	—
	2008	26/1	2/0	—
	2009	28/2	3/0	—
	2010	35/4	1/0	—
	2011/12	27/7	2/0	—
"ANZHI"	2011/12	8/0	0/0	0/0
	2012/13	24/3	3/0	14/2
	2013/14	2/0	0/0	0/0
"ZENITH"	2013/14	22/4	1/0	7/1
	2014	28/4	2/1	16/1
	2015	27/8	3/0	7/2
	2016	18/2	2/1	4/1
	2017/18	13/0	0/0	3/0

We also look at the list of achievements that he achieved with FC Zenit:

• became the champion of Russia - 2014/15;
• Russian Cup winner - 2015/16;
• winner of the country's supercup - 2015, 2016.

Personal life of Oleg Shatov

Married to Victoria Shatova, the couple has two sons - Mark and Leo.

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