Dark - skinned Amkar Perm defender Brian Idowu has opened his heart to his club&rsquo;s official website on his link to Russia.<br /><br />Born in St. Petersburg 23 years ago, he began his football education at FC Zenit St. Petersburg before joining Amkar Perm in 2010. <br /><br />&ldquo;This is a difficult question.&nbsp; How many times have I heard it, and the same time could not find an exact answer. <br /><br />&nbsp;&ldquo;Russian roots is from my mother.&nbsp; Her father was Nigerian and her mother - Russian. My grandparents met in Leningrad.<br /><br />&nbsp;&ldquo;Dad trained as an architect, and my mother - a doctor.&nbsp; I was born in St. Petersburg, and three years later the parents briefly moved me to Nigeria,&rdquo; Idowu told fc - amkar.org.<br /><br />Idowu last traveled to Nigeria in 2010, and he noticed that the living standards in the country have improved compared to when he lived there as a child.<br /><br />