Aleksandr Yerokhin

Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russia national football team as a central midfielder.

Aleksandr Yerokhin
Yerokhin playing for Russia at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin
Date of birth (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989
Place of birth Barnaul, Soviet Union
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zenit St. Petersburg
Number 21
Youth career
1997–2004 Dynamo Barnaul
2004–2007 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Sheriff Tiraspol 80 (30)
2011–2012 Krasnodar 19 (1)
2013 → SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (loan) 9 (2)
2013–2014 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2016 Ural Yekaterinburg 37 (10)
2016–2017 Rostov 36 (6)
2017– Zenit Saint Petersburg 61 (15)
National team‡
2008 Russia U-19 9 (3)
2011 Russia-2 2 (0)
2016– Russia 24 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2019

Career

Club

He grew up in the youth team of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2008, he signed for FC Sheriff Tiraspol, and played a few matches for the team that season. By the 2009 season he had become a first-team player and became its playmaker.

On 28 June 2017, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[2] On the last day of the 2017–18 season, he scored 4 goals in a 6–0 victory over FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[3]

International

He was called up to the Russia national football team in August 2015 for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Sweden and against Liechtenstein.[4] He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[5] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[6] He didn't make any group-stage appearances for the team, before he became the first player to be a fourth substitute in the extra time of the match after coming on to the field in the round of 16 match against Spain. He also appeared as a substitute in the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to Croatia.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 May 2019[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheriff Tiraspol 2007–08 Divizia Națională 72000072
2008–09 271141-3112
2009–10 281180-3611
2010–11 186113-299
Total 80302340010334
Krasnodar 2011–12 RPL 17121––172
2012–13 2011––31
Total 19132----203
SKA-Khabarovsk (loan) 2012–13 RFNL 9200–20112
Ural 2013–14 RPL 25210––262
2014–15 25610–00266
2015–16 12420––144
Total 621240--006612
Rostov 2015–16 RPL 11200––112
2016–17 25400131–385
Total 36600131--497
Zenit St.Petersburg 2017–18 RPL 27700121–398
2018–19 1661090–266
Total 431310211--6514
Career total 24964825762031472

International
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201640
2017110
201861
Total211

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2018[8]

International goals
As of 10 September 2018 (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yerokhin goal)
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2018Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Czech Republic4–15–1Friendly

Honors

Club

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual
  • CIS Cup top scorer:
    • 2009 (shared)

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. Полоз и Ерохин переходят в «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 June 2017.
  3. "Zenit-SKA-Khabarovsk game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 13 May 2018.
  4. Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 21 August 2015.
  5. "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  6. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  7. "A.Erokhin". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. "Aleksandr Erokhin". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  9. "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  10. "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.


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