Roman Shirokov

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1981 (44 years old)
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Dedovsk, Moskau Oblast, UdSSR

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Central Midfield

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White

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187 cm

Weight
83 kg

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477731

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Soccer

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Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov (Russian: Роман Николаевич Широ́ков ; born 6 July 1981) is a Russian international football official and a former player.

As a player, he was described as "a deep-lying midfielder with an aptitude for getting forward to score goals".

He was called up for the Euro 2008 and started in the opening group match against Spain, being deployed in the centre of defence as then-manager of Russia Guus Hiddink decided to follow the footsteps of his compatriot Advocaat, thus relegating experienced Sergey Ignashevich to the bench. This move proved unsuccessful as Russia were beaten 1–4 with Shirokov at fault on the number of occasions, including Spaniards' first and third goals. After the game Hiddink slammed his team's performance in defence and revamped the squad, leaving Shirokov out of the first team for the rest of the tournament.

After a string of assuring performances in the centre of Zenit's midfield, he was called back to the national team in 2010 for a friendly against Bulgaria. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012. He scored the second goal of Russia's opening game of this tournament against the Czech Republic in a 4–1 win.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He was excluded from the squad on 6 June due to injury.

On 5 June 2018, he was appointed by FC Dynamo Moscow as the deputy general director in charge of sports. He left Dynamo on 1 May 2019.

During an amateur game in August 2020 he attacked a referee with punches to his face and kicks once he had knocked the referee to the ground, causing the referee to be hospitalized for three weeks. He was reported to the police for assault. He was tried and found guilty by a Moscow court. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. He was also suspended by his employer, Match TV.

On 2 March 2022, Shirokov supported the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, adding that Russians who do not support it are welcome to leave the country.

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