
Photo: Рыбакова Елена / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Roman Shishkin is the kind of player I notice precisely because most people do not. A Russian right-back from Voronezh, he built a career on the unglamorous work of shutting down the flank, the sort of defending that wins matches without ever making highlight reels. What interests me more is his move into coaching after retiring. Defenders often make sharp tacticians, having spent careers reading the game backwards, and I like the idea of him passing that hard-won positional sense to younger players. The quiet pro turned mentor is a path I genuinely admire in football.
Overview
Roman Aleksandrovich Shishkin (Russian: Роман Александрович Шишкин; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian former association footballer who played as a right-back.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roman Shishkin
- Name (Japanese)
- ロマン・シシュキン
- Reading
- ろまん・ししゅきん
- Born
- January 27, 1987 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Voronezh, Azov Governorate, Tsardom of Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.