Arshavin named greatest player in Russian league since USSR collapse

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In honour of the anniversary, Russian sports newspaper Sport-Express, decided to find out once and for all. By asking ten different coaches with a history in the RFPL, ten sports journalists and their own readers as well as comparing the grades the paper has given to the players after each match since the beginning of the tournament, it reached a verdict after a tight race between two legends.

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Rank Player Club(s) Points

1: Andrey Arshavin Zenit St. Petersburg & Kuban Krasnodar 77

2: Yegor Titov Spartak Moscow & FC Khimki 76

3: Ilya Tsymbalar Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow & Anzhi Makhachkala 61

4: Andrey Tikhonov Spartak Moscow, Krylia Sovetov Samara & FC Khimki 60

5: Igor Akinfeev CSKA Moscow



6: Vagner Love CSKA Moscow 30 Aleksey Smertin Uralan, Lokomotiv Moscow & Dinamo Moscow 30 Stanislav Cherchesov Spartak Moscow 30

7: Seydou Doumbia CSKA Moscow 23


8 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Zenit St. Petersburg & Dinamo Moscow 21

9: Dmitry Loskov Rostelmash, Lokomotiv Moscow & Saturn Ramenskoye 20

10: Hulk Zenit St. Petersburg 16

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