European television sports network, <i>Eurosport,</i> has published a list of coloured athletes that have played in Russian, and were proficient in the language. <br /><br />Included on the eight - man list was Nigeria international Peter Odemwingie, who has Russian blood flowing in his veins, as well as Ivory Coast international midfielder Yaya Toure.<br /><br />Odemwingie, formerly with Lokomotiv Moscow but now plying his trade with Stoke City, was born in Russia before moving to Nigeria at the age of one.<br /><br />The 33 - year - old also speaks several other languages including French, having turned out for La Louvi&egrave;re (Belgium) and Lille (France).<br /><br />While in Russia with Lokomotiv Moscow, Peter Odemwingie granted interviews to the media speaking the Russian language.<br /><br /><br />