Background
Roman Shishkin was born in Voronezh. He is a son of Aleksandr Shishkin, a driver.
Roman Shishkin was born in Voronezh. He is a son of Aleksandr Shishkin, a driver.
Shishkin graduated from local football school and at age 15 secured his first professional contract with Football Club Fakel.
Shiskin plays as fullback on either flank or defensive midfielder. After some time with Fakel he moved to Spartak Moscow. He made his professional debut for Spartak in 2004 when Nevio Scala started fielding a lot of young players.
Roman eventually lost his position in the first team
In 2006 when Fedotov was appointed as a manager, Shishkin became a first team regular. Shishkin played as a right fullback.
On 12 September 2006 Shishkin made his European debut after he came in as a substitute in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League match against Bayern Munich. At the end of 2006 Union of European Football Associations named Shishkin among Europe"s eight most prospective football players and described him as having a good shot from distance and being useful from set-pieces
In 2009 Football Club Spartak Moscow sent Shiskin on loan to Football Club Krylia Sovetov Samara.
On 6 July 2010, Shishkin signed with Lokomotiv Moscow.
His attitude and performances for the club were rewarded in 2013 when he was named vice-captain by manager Slaven Bilić. Shiskin was invited by Guus Hiddink to participate in the national team training sessions. His debut for the national team took place on 24 March 2007 as he played whole match during Russia"s 2–0 victory over Estonia.
He was named to the provisional Russia"s squad for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012, but had to drop out before the tournament began due to stomach ailment.