Vasili Berezutski

Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17.[1] He was a Russia national football team regular, earning his 100th cap on 6 September 2016 in a friendly against Ghana.[2] He played as a fullback or centre-back and sometimes was also deployed as wingback or midfielder.

Vasiliy Berezutski
Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vasiliy 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(s) Centre-back, right-back
Youth career
1990–1997 Smena Moscow
1997–1999 Torpedo-ZIL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Torpedo-ZIL 29 (0)
2002–2018 CSKA Moscow 376 (9)
Total 405 (9)
National team
2001–2003 Russia U-21 5 (1)
2003–2016 Russia 101 (5)
Teams managed
2019 Vitesse (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Berezutski.

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

He officially announced his retirement from playing on 21 July 2018.[3]

International career

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,[4] 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.[5]

On 7 March 2018, he officially retired from international football.[6]

Coaching career

On 3 January 2019, Vasili and his twin brother Aleksei joined Dutch club Vitesse as assistant coaches to Leonid Slutsky, who trained them with CSKA and national team.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torpedo-ZIL 2000 First Division 3000——30
2001 26020——280
Total29020----310
CSKA Moscow 2002 Premier League 2000—0020
2003 230001020260
2004 60105000120
2005 2727014110493
2006 261706010401
2007 261407010381
2008 2804050-370
2009 28230101-413
2010 2201011010350
2011–12 3605012110541
2012–13 2901020-320
2013–14 230302010290
2014–15 301306110402
2015–16 1801050-240
2016–17 271005000321
2017–18 25100140-391
Total3769400105410053113
Career total4069420105410056213

International goals
Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.[8]
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

Honours
Berezutsky in action for PFC CSKA Moscow in 2009

Club

CSKA

International

Russia

  • UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 bronze medalist

Individual
  • In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (9): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2012–13, 2013–14.

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. "Братья Березуцкие завершили профессиональную карьеру" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 21 July 2018.
  4. Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.
  5. "England 1 Russia 1". BBC Sport. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  6. БРАТЬЯ БЕРЕЗУЦКИЕ ЗАВЕРШИЛИ ВЫСТУПЛЕНИЯ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport-Express. 7 March 2018.
  7. "VITESSE MET 25 SPELERS NAAR PORTUGAL" [VITESSE WITH 25 PLAYERS TO PORTUGAL] (in Dutch). Vitesse. 2 January 2019.
  8. Vasili Berezutski at Soccerway
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