Alexander Anatolyevich Kerhakov

Alexander Kerhakov
Alexander Kerzhakov (2010)
Personnel
Surname	Alexander Anatolyevich Kerhakov
birthday	November 27, 1982
place of birth	Kingissepp ,  USSR
size	176 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2001-2006	Zenit St. Petersburg	156 (64)
2007	Sevilla FC	26 0(8)
2008-2009	FK Dynamo Moscow	51 (19)
2010-2017	Zenit St. Petersburg	130 (56)
2016	→  FC Zurich  (loan)	6 0(2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2002–	Russia	90 (30)
1 Only league games are given. As of March 31, 2017 2 As of November 5, 2015

Aleksandr Kerzhakov ( Russian Александр Анатольевич Кержаков / Aleksandr Anatol'evič Keržakov; FIFA spelling aloud English transcription. Aleksandr Kerzhakov * 27. November 1982 in Kingissepp , Leningrad Oblast , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian football player and scorer of his country.

Career

society

The striker played in the Russian league for Zenit Saint Petersburg until he moved to the Spanish Primera División for Sevilla FC during the winter break of the 2006/07 season. Kerzhakov was the top scorer in the Russian Premjer League in 2004. For this reason he was also called Alexander the Great in Russia. For Sevilla, Kerhakov wore the shirt with the number 9.

With Sevilla he won the UEFA Cup on May 16, 2007 against Espanyol Barcelona , the Copa del Rey on June 23, 2007 against Getafe FC and on August 21, Supercopa de España against Real Madrid .

In the winter break of the 2007/08 season he returned to the Russian Premjer League for FK Dynamo Moscow . At the beginning of 2010 he moved back to Zenit Saint Petersburg. Since winter 2016 he has played in the Swiss Super League at FC Zurich .

National team

He took part with the Russian national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea and in the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal, but was not nominated by coach Guus Hiddink for the UEFA Euro 2008 as the most dangerous Russian player . Alexander Kerzhakov has been the record scorer for the Russian national team since September 3, 2014, when he beat Vladimir Bestschastnych's record with his 27th goal .

Private life

Alexander Kerzhakov has a younger brother named Michail, who is also a professional footballer and plays in the position of goalkeeper.

Alexander Kerzhakov is divorced and has two children. He has a daughter from the marriage who was born on September 7, 2005. Kerschakow is currently in a relationship with Yekaterina Lobanova. The couple's son was born on March 21, 2013.

In 2010, Kerhakov began studying industrial engineering .

During the Russian presidential election campaign in 2012 , Kerhakov was one of Vladimir Putin's “confidants” .

successes

• UEFA Cup : 2007
• Russian champion : 2010, 2015
• Russian Cup : 2010
• Premjer League Cup: 2003
• Copa del Rey : 2007
• Spanish Super Cup : 2007
• Top scorer in the Russian Premier League : 2004
• Footballer of the Year in Russia : 2010 (Sport-Express), 2010 (Futbol)

Web links

Commons : Alexander Anatoljewitsch Kerschakow  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexander Kerzhakov in the database of weltfussball.de
• Career in Seville
• Description of his career (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ putin2012.ru/trustees ( Memento from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)