Schalke 04's Roman Neustadter attends a news conference at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid March 17, 2014. Schalke 04 will play Real Madrid in their Champions League last 16 second leg soccer match in Madrid on Tuesday. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia have named Schalke 04 defender Roman Neustadter, who was born in Ukraine and does not yet have Russian citizenship, in their squad for next month's Euro 2016 tournament.
The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced the squad on Saturday, with head coach Leonid Slutskiy including the 28-year-old Neustadter, who has been living in Germany since he was a child and has played for Germany's youth teams.
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