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Unstoppable Artem Dzyuba has been the best player in Russia in 2019/20

European football may finish the 19-20 season early, so if that happens, who has been the best performers?

12:10pm on Wednesday 18th March 2020
By
Michael Yokhin

Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, most of European football's top leagues have ceased play. Should that instigate the cancellation of the leagues, we have the Player of the Year awards all ready to hand out.

Russian Premier League – Artem Dzyuba

31 yrs - ST (C) - Zenit
93
Defending
Creative
Passing
Attacking
Shooting
Decisive
Aerials
Physical
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1733
Played matches
21
13
9
Shots P90
3.22
Shots On target P90
1.09
Successful passing %
70%
Final third passes P90
23.58

The Russian Premier League continues as if nothing has happened, with stadiums full of fans, and it is unclear whether it will be stopped at a certain point. One thing is clear – Zenit are going to keep the championship title with ease, and their centre-forward Artem Dzyuba is the best player of the season by a distance.

The 31-year-old national team captain has flourished since the World Cup, and this term he is significantly better than in 2018/19. Dzyuba, who took part in 21 fixtures, is both the top scorer with 13 goals and the best assist provider with nine, thus directly contributing to exactly half of Zenit's 44 goals.

To put things in perspective, the entire Spartak Moscow squad scored 24 goals in 22 games.

The Zenit star is very powerful and his presence in the penalty area is immense, but at the same time, he possesses a deft touch, vision and tactical awareness. He is simply unplayable by Russian standards when on song.

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