Roman was voted Russia's best goalkeeper in the late 1990s. His stable performances in the
Armenia national team made him a fan favorite. He is also the current record holder for most saves during
penalty kicks in the Russian/USSR championships with 14 saves made. Berezovsky began his professional career in 1991 in the
Soviet Top League. The first club of his career was the modest Koshkagorts. In the first
Armenian Premier League, the
1992 Armenian Premier League, he started the season in
Shengavit Yerevan and ended in
Syunik Kapan. After the completion of the season, Berezovsky moved to
St. Petersburg, where he played the season with the local
Kosmos-Kirovets. After that, for the next season he moved to the
Zenit Saint Petersburg. But in that season, he played just five matches.
Zenit Saint Petersburg Berezovsky, at the lack of match practice in 1995, was loaned to the club
Saturn-1991 Saint Petersburg. But due to rent for the season, he played only three matches. Upon his return to Zenit, Berezovsky entered the peak years of his career. During the five years spent in Petersburg with the club, he has played in 118 games and in which missed 110 balls. They also managed to win the
1998–99 Russian Cup trophy. Also, the goalkeeper finished third in a list of the 33 best players of the
Russian Premier League and won 'Best goalkeeper of the
Russian Football Championship' from Russian Sport-Express. In 1999, Zenit began playing goalkeeper
Vyacheslav Malafeev, who graduated from the Zenit local football school. After Berezovsky was sent off for insulting a referee, Malafeev made his debut in the match against the
Alania Vladikavkaz.
Torpedo Moscow Berezovsky spent his last season in Zenit in 2000, from which he went to
Torpedo Moscow and then in
Dynamo Moscow, where he spent the next four years. With the capital club Torpedo, Berezovsky has not won a trophy, but spent a lot of games (88). On 30 June 2003, he was called to play for the Legionnaires team of the Russian Premier League. The Legion team lost to the Russian team 5–2.
Khimki Berezovsky moved to
Khimki in 2006. With him, they won a ticket to the Russian Premier League and four seasons entrenched in it. During this period, Berezovsky has won four individual trophies: 3rd place among goalies on the number of clean sheets in the Russian championships, 1st place among goalkeepers on the number of goals conceded in the Russian Premier League, and became the Champion of Russia in the Soviet and Russian football as reflected by the number of penalties. Berezovsky became the 26th member of the
Lev Yashin club. In a match with
Amkar, Khimki won 2–0. This was his one hundredth "dry" game. On 15 April 2008, Berezovsky was elected captain of FC Khimki. On 27 December 2010, Roman signed a new contract with the club. The agreement was for one-year. At 175, Berezovsky has made two second most league appearances for Khimki, after
Miodrag Jovanović.
Return to Dynamo Moscow On 2 February 2012, Berezovsky signed a 1.5-year contract with
Dynamo Moscow. It had been 10 years since he signed his first contract with Dynamo. He made his debut against
Anzhi Makhachkala. He began the 2014–15 Russian Premier League season for Dynamo Moscow as the starting goalkeeper. At the age of 40, he started in all 4
UEFA Europa League qualifying round matches for Dynamo Moscow, which saw the team successfully enter the group stage of the
2014–15 UEFA Europa League. ==International career==