Vadim Demidov

Vadim Demidov

Demidov playing for Rosenborg in 2010
Personal information
Full name Vadim Sergeievich Demidov
Date of birth (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986
Place of birth Riga, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Brann
Number 6
Youth career
Runar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Sandefjord 1 (0)
2006 → Manglerud Star (loan) 30 (2)
2007 Hønefoss 27 (0)
2008–2010 Rosenborg 79 (4)
2011–2012 Real Sociedad 36 (0)
2012–2013 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 (0)
2013 → Celta Vigo (loan) 12 (0)
2013 Anzhi Makhachkala 0 (0)
2014– Brann 56 (2)
National team‡
2008– Norway 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:31, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Sergeievich and the family name is Demidov.

Vadim Sergeievich Demidov (Russian: Вадим Серге́евич Демидов; born 10 October 1986) is a Norwegian international footballer who plays as a central defender for Brann.

Early life

Demidov was born in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, and is of Russian ethnicity. His father is handball player Sergei Demidov, who played internationally for the Soviet Union and later became a coach in Norway; the family moved to Sandefjord in 1989.[1]

As a youngster, Demidov played both football and handball for Runar and was a big talent in both sports. When he was 15 his father told him that he had to choose between the two sports, and Demidov decided to quit handball; in an interview with FHM in 2011, he claimed that he could have been one of the top three handballers in the world if he had continued playing handball, but that he didn't want to walk in his father's footsteps.[2]

Club career

Demidov turned professional in 2004 when he joined Sandefjord Fotball, and made his debut for the club in the First Division when he came on as a substitute for Magne Sturød after 87 minutes in the opening match of the 2004 season against Hødd.[3] Demidov was then injured for a year[4] and after spending the second half of the 2005 campaign on loan at 2. Divisjon side Fram Larvik,[5] he returned to Sandefjord who had won promotion to the Tippeligaen, with the team subsequently telling the player that the best thing for him would be to join another club.[4]

Demidov spent the 2006 season on loan with Manglerud Star[6] when the club was relegated from the First Division. Ahead of the 2006 season, he lacked motivation to continue with football, but later stated that the year with Manglerud Star was the turning point in his career.[4][7]

Demidov joined Hønefoss for the 2007 campaign, despite being wanted by top flight's Strømsgodset.[7] He played regularly for the club in the First Division before moving to Rosenborg ahead of the 2008 season.[4] In Trondheim he became first-choice centre-back from the beginning playing alongside Kris Stadsgaard,[1] and was a part of the team that lost only one of 60 matches en route to winning two straight league championships, in 2009 and 2010.[4] Demidov played a total of 79 league-matches, scoring four goals during his three seasons with the club.[8]

In July 2010, as his contract was approaching its end, Demidov signed a three-year deal with Spanish club Real Sociedad, effective as of January of the following year.[9] He made his La Liga debut on 29 January 2011, replacing French Antoine Griezmann in the last minutes of a 2–0 home win against UD Almería.[10] All his other 12 appearances in the season were starts, as the Basque team narrowly avoided relegation.

Demidov joined Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2012, signing a three-year contract.[11] He made his first appearance in the 0–2 loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 7 October 2012.[12] He played a total of five matches in the Bundesliga[13] before he returned to Spain and joined Celta Vigo in January 2013, on loan until the end of 2012–13 season.[14] He appeared in his first match on 12 January, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 defeat at RCD Espanyol.[15] After Paco Herrera was replaced by Abel Resino as manager of Celta, Demidov did not play much and stated in June 2013 that he did not want to continue his career in Celta even though the club had an option to buy.[13] On 3 July, his contract with Eintracht Frankfurt which still ran until June 2015 was dissolved by mutual consent.[16]

Demidov signed for Anzhi Makhachkala in September 2013.[17] After only two appearances for Anzhi, Demidov moved to SK Brann in January 2014, signing a three-year contract.[18]

International career

Demidov made his debut for Norway on 28 May 2008, replacing Jan Gunnar Solli after 76 minutes in a friendly match with Uruguay.[19] In October the Russian Football Union checked the possibilities for the player to appear for Russia, the country of his parents;[20] when Norway manager Egil Olsen chose Morten Fevang ahead of him for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Montenegro and Netherlands in June 2009, however, he admitted that he would consider playing for Russia if he didn't get more chances for Norway.[21]

Demidov played his second international in a friendly against Slovakia on 3 March 2010,[22] and featured heavily in the country's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, in an eventual third-place finish in Group H.

Personal life

He is married to the Norwegian hurdler, Christina Vukicevic.[23]

Club statistics

As of 22 November 2016[24]
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2004 Sandefjord Adeccoligaen 1000-10
2005 0000-00
2006 Manglerud Star 30232-334
2007 Hønefoss 27010-280
2008 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 2511090351
2009 28340-323
2010 26020121401
2010–11 Real Sociedad La Liga 13000-130
2011–12 23000-230
2012–13 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 5000-50
2012–13 Celta de Vigo La Liga 12000-120
2013–14 Anzhi Makhachkala Russian Premier League 00101020
2014 Brann Tippeligaen 50000050
2015 OBOS-ligaen 2511000261
2016 Tippeligaen 2610000261
Career total 246813222128111

Honours

Club

Rosenborg

References

  1. 1 2 "Tidligere spiller:Vadim Demidov" [Former player:Vadim Demidov]. rbkweb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Christiansen, Anders K. (26 August 2011). "Demidov: – Kunne blitt en av verdens beste i håndball" [Demidov: – I could have been one of the best handballers in the world] (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sandefjord – Hødd". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Busk, Martin (26 May 2012). "Det er veldig ensomt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sommerens overganger i Adeccoligaen" [Transfers in Adeccoligaen]. fotballmagasinet.no (in Norwegian). 30 August 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Per Steiner Markussen (13 January 2006). "Vil leie ut Demidov". fotballmagasinet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  7. 1 2 Fredrik Økstad Sandberg (15 November 2011). "Det reddet karrieren min" [It saved my career] (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Vadim Demidov". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Odd Rune Wolden; Alf-Ivar Rabben Nordsetrønningen (30 July 2010). "Demidov har skrevet under for Real Sociedad" (in Norwegian). TV 2 Sporten. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Real Sociedad 2–0 Almeria". ESPN Soccernet. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Transfer perfekt: Demidov wechselt zur Eintracht" [Transfer done: Demidov moves to Eintracht] (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Nordtveit storspilte da Demidov debuterte med tap" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Norwegian News Agency. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  13. 1 2 Busk, Martin (25 June 2013). "- Uaktuelt å bli i Celta Vigo" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Vadim Demidov, international defensive reinforcement for RC Celta". Celta de Vigo. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Garcia chips in with goal". ESPN FC. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Vadim Demidov leaves Bundesliga's Eintracht Frankfurt by mutual consent". Sky Sports. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Вадим Демидов и Абдул Разак — в "Анжи" (in Russian). Anzhi Makhachkala. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  18. ↑ "Demidov er Brann-klar". http://www.ba.no (in Norwegian). ba.no. Retrieved 4 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  19. ↑ Haraldsen, Stian (28 May 2008). "Tale, ikke tale om" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  20. ↑ Haugli, Kurt (14 October 2008). "Russerne vil ha Demidov" [Russians want Demidov] (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  21. ↑ Sivertsen, Øyvind (12 June 2009). "Jeg er russisk" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  22. ↑ Haugli, Kurt (27 May 2010). "Vadim Demidov vil så gjerne vise seg frem" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  23. ↑ "Vukicevic: – Ønsker en verdig avslutning på karrieren" (in Norwegian). vg.no. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Vadim Demidov". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen.
  25. ↑ Berre, Tor (19 October 2006). "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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