Andrey Arshavin produced one of the all-time great performances in Premier League history while at Arsenal.
The Russian was an unstoppable force in the Gunners' away trip to Anfield on April 21, 2009, when he netted all four of Arsenal's goals in their 4-4 draw against Liverpool.
His 90th minute goal looked to have secured all three points for Arsene Wenger's side, but a 93rd minute equaliser from Yossi Benayoun meant the two teams shared the spoils - a fatal blow to Rafael Benitez's Reds' title challenge that year.
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SkyThat famous night at Anfield was certainly the highest point of Arshavin's career in north London that began with him becoming the club's most expensive player ever when they secured his services for £15million from boyhood club Zenit Saint Petersburg, where he spent the first nine years of his professional career.
While the Russian never won silverware during his four years at the Emirates, he scored 31 goals in 144 games and is looked back at favourably by fans.
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Arshavin's time with Arsenal came to an end in 2013 as he made his return to Russia with Zenit where he spent two years at before enjoying a brief spell at fellow Russian Premier League side Kuban Krasnador.
The ex-forward ventured outside Russia for the second time in his career when joining Kazakhstani club Kairat for the last three years of his career, as he hung up his boots in 2018 after scoring nine goals in 37 games.
A lover of football all his life, it was unlikely that Arshavin would venture away from the sport following his retirement as he went on to hold administrative posts at boyhood club Zenit since 2019.
He then was into the role of the club's Deputy General Director for Sports Development before becoming a member of Zenit's executive board last summer. The 42-year-old has overseen a successful season thus far for Zenit who sit atop of the Russian Premier League and won the Russian Super Cup earlier in the campaign.
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Arshavin was previously an ambassador for the UEFA Europa League Trophy Tour as he spoke about his experiences in England, including his best team-mate as well as the defenders he feared during his time in Premier League.
"Let's say [Cesc] Fabregas, he can deliver the ball from any point to another in the right moment and with the right timing," he revealed. "I didn't really have that type of defender but it was still really difficult to play against [Branislav] Ivanovic and John Terry, if we're talking about England".
