Vasili Berezutski

Vasili Berezutski

Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Moscow
Number 24
Youth career
Smena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Torpedo-ZIL 29 (0)
2002– CSKA Moscow 340 (8)
National team‡
2003– Russia 101 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Berezutski.

Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski (Russian: Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Moscow. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZIL. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow.[1] He is a Russia national football team regular, he earned his 100th cap on 6 September 2016 in a friendly against Ghana.[2] He plays as a fullback or centre back and sometimes is also deployed as wingback or wide-midfielder.

Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow. His identical twin brother, Aleksei, is also a CSKA defender.

International

Vasili scored his first goal for Russia during a Euro 2008 Qualification match against Macedonia.

He was called up to Russia's Euro 2008 squad and came on as a late substitute in their second game against Greece in Salzburg and started the semi-final against Spain in Vienna.

He was named in Russia's provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2012, but had to drop out before the tournament began due to a thigh injury.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad,[3] and appointed as the team captain. He was chosen in Russia's squad for Euro 2016 and scored an injury time equaliser in Russia's opening game against England.[4]

Career statistics

As of 01 June 2016
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torpedo-ZIL 2000 3000—30
2001 26020—280
Total2902000310
CSKA Moscow 2002 2000—20
2003 2302010260
2004 601050120
2005 27270151493
2006 2618060401
2007 2615070381
2008 2804050370
2009 28240101423
2010 22020110350
2011–12 36060121541
2012–13 2901020320
2013–14 2304020290
2014–15 3014061402
2015–16 1801050240
Total324749087446011
Career total354751087449111

Honours

Berezutsky in action for PFC CSKA Moscow in 2009

Club

CSKA

International

Russia

Individual

International goals

As of match played 11 June 2016. Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.[5]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2007Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia22 Macedonia1–03–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2 5 September 2009Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia39 Liechtenstein1–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 September 2013Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia73 Israel1–03–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 6 June 2014Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia79 Morocco1–02–0Friendly
5 11 June 2016Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France97 England1–11–1UEFA Euro 2016

References

  1. ↑ Березуцкий Василий Владимирович (in Russian). Sportbox.ru. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Василий Березуцкий: 100 матчей за сборную (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "England 1 Russia 1". BBC Sport. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Vasili Berezutski profile at Soccerway
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