Alexander Kerzhakov is the most productive footballer of the Russian national team, an athlete who has managed to prove his talent in various foreign clubs. Of course, his career was not always successful, there were stagnations when he simply could not score. This gave rise to a considerable number of ridicule, memes, which were dedicated to Kerzhakov's anti-records. Even a website was created that tracked the amount of playing time spent without a goal scored. Latest news about Alexander Kerzhakov concern his personal life, rather than a sports career.
The athlete was born in 1982 in St. Petersburg. Alexander's father was a professional footballer and played for the Khimik team. Perhaps this is why the parents immediately decided that the son must certainly become an athlete.
Kerzhakov Alexander: photo
The father regularly played football with his son. The training was pretty hard and grueling. However, the work of his father was not in vain, thanks to the acquired skills, Alexander Kerzhakov was able to enter the youth sports school"Zenith".
His first coach was Sergei Romanov. The young man lived in a boarding school at a sports school.
Carier start
After studying at a sports school, the athlete began to play for the Svetogorets club. Representatives of the Zenit club began to look closely at the young and promising athlete. At the end of the season, Kerzhakov was recognized as the best striker of the tournament. After this event, he received a long-awaited offer from Zenit. The personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov, as well as his career successes, were under the constant sight of the media. The young footballer tried to somehow protect himself from all this, but it did not work.
Kerzhakov made his debut in the team in 2001, he played against Rotor. This meeting ended with a score of 0: 0. The footballer scored his first goal only in the 13th game, which was against the Spartak club. However, the athlete did not have to fight for a place in the main team. His hard work on the field did not go unnoticed, therefore, practically from the first days of his stay at Zenit, he played in the first team.
Kerzhakov Alexander - football star
In 2001, Kerzhakov was included in the list of the best football players in the country. By the way, the athlete was on this list for 5 years in a row. At the same time, the footballer was invited to the national team. At that time, it was led by Oleg Romantsev. He took part in the World Championships held in Japan. However, the athlete spent a little time on the field, the place of the leading scorers was then occupied by other players.
Only after the change of the head coach began to trust Kerzhakov more. He began to spend on the field most match. In the early 2000s. the athlete won the bronze and then the silver medalist of the Russian championship as part of Zenit.
Soon the coach changed in the Zenit team, Dick Advocaat came to the club. At this time, Kerzhakov's activity on the field is significantly reduced. Match commentators and football experts attributed this to the athlete's desire to leave his home club.
Career in Spain
The biography and personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov for any Russian footballer is an option to follow. He managed to play in various European states, achieve high results in Spain, Switzerland, Russia and other countries. In general, you can talk about him long time.
In 2006, an event occurred that Kerzhakov was waiting for. long time... After successful negotiations, he becomes part of the Sevilla team. Of course, it was possible to get into the main team only if you were able to show yourself. As a result, he scores the first goal and becomes part of the base. Ranked third in the Spanish Premier League this season and won the UEFA Cup. For such nice results many experts began to talk about it, and proposals were received from other clubs.
But, as often happened in the career of Alexander Kerzhakov, everything changed after the change of coach. Manolo Jimenez came to Sevilla. The coach began to give preference to other players, and Kerzhakov spent less and less time on the field. The press and fans were interested in how the footballer would behave in this situation. Indeed, Kerzhakov was seriously interested in such clubs as Tottenham, Paris Saint-Germain and even Manchester United. Despite this demand, Kerzhakov chose to stay at Sevilla.
Work in Spanish clubs is becoming successful for many Russian footballers. Kerzhakov's game perfectly suited the style of Sevilla and he was not going to change his registration.
Return to the Russian Premier League
In 2008, the athlete returned to Russia and began to play in the capital "Dynamo". The first year of work at the club was not marked by a productive game and loud successes of the football player, however, Kerzhakov, together with the team, won third place in the national championship. Fans and fans of the athlete quite often criticized him for an unsuccessful game.
Kerzhakov Alexander returned to the Russian Premier League
In 2009, Kerzhakov again becomes one of the most successful footballers in Russia. After spending 24 matches, he scored 12 goals. As part of Dynamo, he played in the Champions League and the Europa League. The career of a football player has always strived upward, but there have also been recessions. In general, the prospects for cooperation with foreign clubs at this time faded into the background.
In 2010, Kerzhakov again moved to his native Zenit. For the transfer of the athlete, 6.5 million euros had to be paid. The return could be called triumphant. As part of the first season, the footballer, together with his team, won the Russian Cup, becoming the champion at the same time.
The contract with the St. Petersburg club was signed for 4 years, however, a little later it was extended for the same period. In 2014, Kerzhakov was named the top scorer in the entire history of Russian football, at that time he scored more than 200 goals. Soon Kerzhakov was no longer put in the main team of Zenit. The press talked about his possible transfer to Lokomotiv. However, the athlete denied this information.
In 2015, Kerzhakov signed a contract with the Zurich club. The footballer played in the team on lease terms. As part of this team, he won the Swiss Cup. It is worth noting that there are quite a few scandalous videos on the Internet with Kerzhakov's participation, where he offends fans of various football clubs... Of course, such actions are unacceptable for a high-level athlete.
Other areas of activity
Alexander Kerzhakov is involved in other areas of activity as well. In 2015, he became one of the founders of the Stars for Children Foundation. The organization supports children in difficult life situations, supports children's hospice and helps children with cerebral palsy.
In addition, Alexander Kerzhakov has published 2 autobiographical books. The footballer is often invited to television projects as a star or professional expert. Kerzhakov has 2 higher educations.
The athlete stands out for his attractive appearance. He was several times included in the ratings of the most handsome men Russia.
Kerzhakov regularly appears on the covers of glossy publications. In 2016-2017, he starred in the video of the famous singer Irina Dubtsova, where he tried himself as an actor. Of course, you cannot pay attention to the personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov, which in 2017 is developing in an extremely successful way.
Personal life
An attractive athlete has never been left without female attention. In 2005 he married Maria Golova. The wedding was luxurious, the celebration was attended by relatives, colleagues, and friends of the newlyweds, among whom there were enough famous personalities... In 2005, the couple had a daughter, Daria. In 2010, Maria and Alexander divorced. Alexander Kerzhakov was often credited with an affair and personal life with Bulanova, which he constantly refuted.
In the same year, the football player began an affair with Ekaterina Safronova. The couple was in no hurry to register the relationship, even despite the fact that in 2013 their son Igor was born. However, in 2014, the couple broke up with a scandal. The footballer accused Catherine of using illegal drugs and filed a lawsuit for deprivation of parental rights. In 2014, the athlete's claim was satisfied.
Currently, Alexander Kerzhakov is officially married to Milana Tulipova. The chosen one is the daughter of a famous politician. In 2017, the couple had a son.
The wife of Alexander Kerzhakov actively uploads family photos to social networks. Judging by the numerous publications, the couple is happy. For 2017, everything is fine in the personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov.
On November 27, 1982, the future Zenit player and the national team Alexander Kerzhakov was born in Kingisepp, Leningrad Region, who became one of the symbols of the new Russian generation of football players.
Love for this game to Alexander, one might say, was inherited from his father, who himself once played for the Khimik club from Dzerzhinsk. He became his first coach. Convinced of his abilities, his father sent Alexander to the Zenit sports school, and at the age of 11 the boy moved to a boarding school. The conditions in the boarding school in the 90s were the most unpretentious, the pupils got out as best they could.
Perhaps, then, Alexander had already begun to form the makings of a businessman, which he was able to reveal in himself in parallel with his football career. For example, in 1996 Kerzhakov and his comrades got tickets for the golden match between Spartak and Alania from Vladikavkaz. But the guys decided not to go to the game, and instead sold tickets at the stadium before the start of the match. According to Alexander, for the amount received, they bought a couple of hot dogs and some other little things. Interestingly, one of the tickets could have gone to a well-known football commentator Vasily Utkin, whom our hero mistook for an ordinary fan.
After completing his studies, Kerzhakov went to the LFL club "Svetogorets", in which he managed to score the most balls during a preparatory tournament organized by one of the sports media in St. Petersburg. And at the end of 2000, Alexander finally moved to his main football team- Zenit. And the first time he wore a club shirt was in March 2001 in a match against Rotor Volgograd. And he scored his debut goal three and a half months later - in a principled game with Spartak. And from that moment on, the young footballer could no longer be stopped. At the end of the season, he was included in the list of the best players in the tournament, and a year later he was chosen as the most promising young player in the RFPL. In 2004, he became the top scorer of the championship with 18 goals.
Having proved everything in Russia, Alexander decided to try his hand at abroad. Just at this time, the representatives of Sevilla came out to him. And in early 2007, Kerzhakov moved to the club from the south of Spain. As part of the Seviltsev, Alexander wins bronze medals in the Spanish championship, the UEFA Cup and the Cup of the country. After joining the post of a new coach, Kerzhakov begins to come out mainly as a substitute, until he returns to his homeland in 2008. In just 26 games for the Spanish club, he scored 8 goals.
Dynamo Moscow is becoming the new Russian club for Kerzhakov, and in games for this club he shows that he is in excellent shape, scoring 12 goals in 24 matches during the 2009 season. He shows this, first of all, to Zenit, which, after winning the UEFA Cup in 2008, becomes the grandeur of not only Russian, but also European football. And at the beginning of 2010, the reunification of the St. Petersburg club and its pupil takes place. Kerzhakov plays for Zenit and now, luckily for the club, himself and the fans.
Alexander Kerzhakov, personal life
On June 27, 2015, Sasha married Milana Tyulpanova, the daughter of one of the St. Petersburg senators. This is his second wife. And the first time he tied the knot back in 2005, when he married a student Maria Head. In this relationship, he had a daughter, Daria. Maria and Sasha divorced in 2010. Another child, the son of Igor, Alexandra in 2013 was born by his common-law wife Ekaterina Safronova.
In July 2014, Alexander Kerzhakov sued his ex common-law wife with the demand to deprive her of the right to raise their common son. The reason was named Safronova's drug addiction.
June 27, 2015 Alexander married the daughter of Senator Vadim Tyulpanov Milana Tulip(Born 1993).
Alexander and Milana Kerzhakov with the athlete's children from a past relationship:
Shortly before leaving for Spain, Alexander became a restaurateur, investing in two new restaurants with Russian cuisine. In addition, at the age of 23, he managed to write an autobiographical book, and most recently played a cameo in the movie "Freaks".
Of all musical groups he prefers "Leningrad", and of all musical trends - Russian rock.
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Russian footballer, forward. Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation (2007). The best scorer in the history of Russian football, FC Zenit and the Russian national team.
Biography of Alexander Kerzhakov
Alexander Kerzhakov was born on November 27, 1982 in Kingisepp, Leningrad Region, in the family of Anatoly Rafailovich Kerzhakov, who played in his youth for the second league football team “Khimik” (Dzerzhinsk), and Tatyana Veniaminovna. He grew up in the company of his younger brother Mikhail Kerzhakov, who later became a professional football player and goalkeeper.
First, Sasha trained hard under his father, and then he brought him to the St. Petersburg sports school "Zenith", where his mentor was Sergey Romanov... After the sports school, Alexander began to play for the amateur team "Svetogorets" from the Leningrad region.
In 2006, Alexander graduated from the coaching faculty of the Lesgaft University, and in 2010 he became a student at the St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics (INZHEKON).
Sports career of Alexander Kerzhakov
Alexander's first club was "Svetogorets" - an amateur team from the city of Svetogorsk Leningrad region... As a striker, Kerzhakov learned a lot from the head of Svetogorets Vladimir Kazachenko... Even then, the young footballer demonstrated a mature game beyond his years, and his vision of the field and his scoring instinct surprised coaches and specialists. In early 2000, Alexander was named the best forward of the preseason tournament of the St. Petersburg sports newspaper " Northern Forum". At the end of 2000, the head coach of the St. Petersburg Zenith» Yuri Morozov invited Kerzhakov on the recommendation Vladimir Kazachenko... The footballer made his debut for the new club on March 10, 2001 in the game against Rotor in Volgograd, having spent all 90 minutes of the match on the field.
First goal for Zenit Kerzhakov scored against the Moscow " Spartacus»June 30, in his 13th match. In his debut season in the Major League, Alexander became the bronze medalist of the championship and was among the 33 best football players in the country. V next year he was called up to the national team and took part in the World Championships in Japan and Korea.
In 2004, Kerzhakov scored 18 goals and became the top scorer of the Russian Premier League. Alexander was included in the list of 33 best players for five years in a row.
Towards the end of 2006, Kerzhakov was signed by the Spanish “Sevilla” for five million euros, the colors of which he first defended on January 14, 2007. In the camp of "Nerviontsy" he took bronze medals of the Spanish championship, the Spanish Cup and the UEFA Cup of the 2006/2007 season.
In 2005, Kerzhakov, having taken up the restaurant business, opened two cafes - Lukomorye on the Petrogradskaya side and near the Chornaya Rechka metro station, and leaving for Sevilla, he handed over the business to his parents and partners.
In 2008, returning to Russia, Kerzhakov joined Dynamo Moscow, which he helped to achieve third place in the Chechen Republic with his game. In January 2010, Alexander signed a contract with his native Zenit, and in the very first season after returning to the St. Petersburg club, he won the Russian Cup and was recognized as the best Russian player in the Russian championship. In May 2012, Kerzhakov, in a match against Spartak Moscow, scored the hundredth goal for his team in the Chechen Republic. In August 2012, the athlete extended his contract with Zenit for another four years. In the fall of the following year, Alexander scored a goal against Spartak and became the top scorer in the history of Russian football (208 goals), breaking the record. Oleg Veretennikov (207).
In December 2015, Kerzhakov went on loan to Swiss “Zurich” until the end of the season and as part of FCZ achieved leadership in the Swiss Cup, but the club was eliminated from the top national league.
On July 13, 2017, Kerzhakov, who took over as the coordinator of Zenit's youth teams, announced the end of his playing career.
After graduating from his professional career, Kerzhakov still did not completely give up football activities. In addition to sports affairs, Alexander continued to develop in other areas. So, in 2017, his second autobiographical book, entitled "The Best", was published. The first - "Up to 16 and older" - he released back in 2002. In addition, Alexander did not forget about his restaurant business, as well as the "Stars for Children" charitable foundation.
Since the fall of 2017, Kerzhakov began to host a travel reality show "Team for pumping" on the Match TV channel, within which, together with ex-footballer of the Russian national team, Akhrik Tsveiba, he began training local FCs.
Personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov
Kerzhakov's first wife became Maria the Head... The footballer played a wedding with a 20-year-old student of the St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance in February 2005; the figure skater Evgeni Plushenko was a witness from the groom's side at the ceremony. In the same year, the couple had a daughter, Daria. In 2010, Kerazhkov divorced Maria and began an affair with Ekaterina Safronova, ex-wife of a hockey player Kirill Safronova, who was raising her five-year-old daughter Sophia at that time.
In 2013, the Zenit striker and Ekaterina had a son, Igor, and the following year, Alexander sued Safronova, demanding that she be deprived of her right to raise their common child. Positive decision the claim was accepted in October 2014. Later, within the framework of the talk show "Direct broadcast "on the TV channel" Russia 1 "Kerzhakov named his civil marriage with Catherine "fake family" and said that his ex-wife is a drug addict.
Alexander Kerzhakov: “I am a living person, I had a family that turned out to be a fake, made me doubt human honesty in principle. After all, I was ready to spend any money on the health of my beloved person. Only everything turned out to be discounted, it was not necessary. Understand that everything happens in life: good and bad. I know this for sure. But mistakes will never make you some kind of fallen people. On the contrary, they will teach and help you to realize many things in your life. They will show that some people turned out to be weak, and their lot is to continue rolling into the abyss; others are strong enough to recognize their vices and eradicate them. "
June 27, 2015 Kerzhakov married Milana Tulip, daughter of a senator Vadima Tyulpanova... She gave birth to her husband's son Artemy on April 10, 2017. In February 2018, rumors appeared in the press that this marriage of Alexander had also cracked.
Filmography of Alexander Kerzhakov
Freaks (2010) ... plays himself
Sasha had a love of football since childhood, since his father could not imagine his life without a ball. Alexander has younger brother which continues family traditions, plays football and is a goalkeeper. At first, Sasha was coached by his father and tried to make a real football player out of him, making every effort for this. After home workouts, the child was taken to the Zenit children's youth sports school (St. Petersburg). For this, Sasha had to give a sports boarding school at the school. Here, Sergey Romanov, who was his coach and developed a strong character in the athlete, had a special influence on the life of a football player.
The beginning of Kerzhakov's football career at Zenit
After graduating from the sports school, Alexander played for the Svyatorets team, and in 2008, after a successful debut in this team, Zenit coach Yuri Morozov invites Alexander to join his team. This was done on the recommendation of Vladimir Kazachenko. Alexander began his first debut at Zenith in March 2001. He scored his first goal in a game with Moscow Spartak.
In 2002, Alexander is considered the best player in the Premier League. In 2004, it turns out, he scored 18 goals.
2006 marks for Alexander the signing of a contract for more than 5.5 years with the Spanish club Sevilla. The Spaniards bought it from Zenith for 5 million euros. In Seville, Alexander won the bronze medal and the winner of the UEFA Cup and the Spanish Cup. In total, in this club, Alexander took part in 49 matches for 2 seasons and scored 11 goals.
Return to native land
In 2008, Kerzhakov returns to his homeland and plays for Moscow Dynamo. In the first season, he scores in 27 matches and 7 goals and again wins bronze as part of the Dynamo team. In 2010, Kerzhakov returns to Zenit again and signs a contract with the club for 4 years. Returning to this club, he immediately becomes the champion of Russia, wins the Cup of Russia, he is recognized as the best Russian footballer.
In 2012, he scores his 200th goal. In 2015, information appears that Kerzhakov wants to leave the club, and most likely continue his career as a forward for Moscow Lokomotiv or Samara's Wings of the Council.
In 2015, Kerzhakova is leased by the German club Zurich, where he played in 18 matches. Kerzhakov scores 5 goals. In the summer of 2017, Kerzhakov announces the end of his playing career and in turn receives the position of the coordinator of Zenit youth teams. After that, he will be installed as an expert on the sports channel "Match TV"
During his football career, Alexandra Kerzhakov, won the following titles: the best scorer of Zenit in the history of the club, the best scorer of the Russian national team, the top scorer in European competitions.
Family life of Kerzhakov
Alexander's family life does not add up. He loved 3 women, but from them he saw only misfortunes. From his first marriage with Maria Kerzhakova, his daughter Daria was born. In 2010, Alexander begins a relationship with Ekaterina Safronova (ex-wife of hockey player Kirill Safronov). Kerzhakov and Safronova did not register their relationship. In 2011, their son Igor was born, and in 2014 Kerzhakov through the court deprived Ekaterina of parental rights. His third wife is Milana Tyulpanova, the daughter of the deceased senator Vadim Tyulpanov. In 2017 Kerzhakov's son is born. And in July 2018, Alexander accuses his wife of drug addiction and Milan admits this fact that she uses narcotic substances... She agrees to treatment so as not to lose her son.
Thanks to numerous talk shows on the country's TV channels, viewers know the name of Yekaterina Safronova. Kerzhakov's wife, who has famous footballer common child, was not married to him. After parting, their conflict concerned the place of residence of their son Igor, born in 2013. Despite the participation of influential lawyers - Alexander Dobrovinsky and Ekaterina Gordon - in the fate of the woman, the woman lost the process and was deprived of the opportunity to see the child. Why did it happen? What is known about the blonde beauty?
Biography pages before meeting with Kerzhakov
A native of St. Petersburg, she was born in 1987, her date of birth is July 20. It is known that she was listed among the fans of the SKA hockey club and once took part in a beauty contest held by the administration for the fans. Catherine's maiden name is Lobanova. She was lucky to like a young promising hockey player - Kirill Safronov, who showered her with gifts and other signs of attention. Their meeting took place in 2006, and a year later the couple had a joint daughter named Sonya. After the birth of the child, the lovers registered their relationship. Since then, the girl has been named Safronov. Catherine was a good wife and mother until the career of a star hockey player began to decline.
In 2010, Kirill signed a contract with Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik and left to play in Tatarstan. The wife did not follow her husband, explaining that she needed the help of her mother in raising her daughter. There is a version that even before the hockey player left, the woman met Alexander Kerzhakov, who was married to Maria Golova at that time.
Relationship with Kerzhakov
None of former spouses for a long time he did not comment on where and when their first meeting took place, because both at that time were not free. Today it is known that this acquaintance was of an accidental nature and took place in a nightclub. For the first time, Kerzhakov and his new passion appeared together in front of the cameras in December 2010, on the day of a Gazpromneft party. Safronova Ekaterina for some time continued to visit her husband in Nizhnekamsk, until the secret became clear. Eyewitnesses claim that a fight even broke out in one of the bars in St. Petersburg between a hockey player and a football player. Be that as it may, the Safronovs divorced, and Kerzhakov began a lengthy divorce proceedings, as a result of which he had to pay serious compensation.
Until 2012 in social networks Ekaterina did not exhibit joint photos with the legendary Zenit. Apparently, this was due to a legal battle. But then the public no longer doubted that Safronova and Kerzhakov had an affair. When in 2013 a young woman gave birth to a son, no one had a shadow of doubt about the fatherhood of the legendary footballer. A surprise was the fact that Alexander, after a while, expelled his common-law spouse from country house, and in May 2014 he filed a lawsuit to restrict the mother in parental rights.
Drug problem
The man won the case, and in the fall of 2015, the St. Petersburg court of the Kalininsky district restricted his mother's parental rights. The son Igor was transferred to the upbringing of his father. The photo of Ekaterina Safronova spread all over the media, and she began to appear on the air, talking about the unfortunate fate of the mother, from whom the father took the child, using his influence and money. The famous Zenit man did not publicize the main reason for this decision for a long time, but after the intervention of the media he was forced to make public the fact that for a number of years the woman has been addicted to cocaine. A video appeared on the Internet, where it is obvious to everyone how his wife spent her time in the absence of her husband. This fact was confirmed by the child's nanny. All the measures taken to treat the woman did not give any result, after which the common-law spouse decided to disperse and take responsibility for raising his son.
According to the court decision, Ekaterina Safronova can communicate with the child after passing the test for the absence of drugs in the blood in the presence of persons emotionally significant for the baby. But instead of carrying out the order, she chose to run on TV, accompanied by human rights activist Yekaterina Gordon, in order to arouse the sympathy of those around her. V " Live broadcast»She was offered to voluntarily take a drug test to prove that she was not involved in drug use. But the woman refused. In December 2016, with a nine-month-old daughter in her arms, she was detained while buying a dose of cocaine by law enforcement agencies.
Children
In total, the woman has three children. The eldest, Sonya, is raised by her first husband, Kirill Safronov. He is happily married. His second wife Anastasia already had a daughter named Stephanie. For some reason, this is exactly what Ekaterina Safronova called her third child. Photos of her appeared on the web with a new man, presumably her father. youngest daughter... She posts touching pictures with the eldest Sonya and little Stephanie, but the mother has not seen Igor, a joint child with Kerzhakov, for a long time. The departure of the footballer to Switzerland and his marriage to Milana Tulipova, who devotes herself to raising the baby, made Safronova's participation in the fate of her son very problematic. And the detention with white powder confirms that even the birth of a third child did not force the woman to give up her addiction.
