May 22

Vladimir Granat

Vladimir Granat is a Russian football player. He was born on May 22, 1987 in Ulan-Ude. Regarded a promising football player, Vladimir started his career as a center back in Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude youth academy.

In 2004 Vladimir featured five times for Zvezda Irkutsk. In 2005 the center back switched to Dynamo Moscow. In 2006 Vladimir embarked on a loan spell at Sibir Novosibirsk. In March 2007 Vladimir made his debut in the Premier League. He represented his country playing for Russia-2 national football team. In the season 2011/2012 Granat was named one of the best championship players. On May 11, 2012 he was called up to the Russian national team for the UEFA Euro 2012.