Alexei Berezutski: biography, achievement

Alexei Berezutski - known Russian football defender. Player of the national team. Multiple winner of the championship and the Super Bowl of the country.

between water polo and basketball

Aleksei Berezutski was born in Moscow in 1982. He has a twin brother, who is older than him by 20 minutes. He is also a professional footballer. Now they are together in favor of the club CSKA and Russian national team.

Their mother worked as an accountant and his father - a teacher of physical education, so the love of the sport they had since childhood. In elementary school, along with football, engaged in water polo. But in the end opted for a football school "Change". Their first coach was Vladimir Lopatin.

Alex and his brother had already stood out against peers tall, discipline and fine physique. At age 15, they were relegated from the top division championship youth schools. Brothers thought seriously engage with football, switched to basketball. Time school team "Torpedo-ZIL" invited their ex-striker "Avtozavodtsev" Vladimir Kobzev. Soon famous coach Boris Ignatiev began to attract them to the games for the first team.

Debut in professional sports

In the professional team Alexei Berezutski made his debut in 2000. He was 18 years old. In the first division, he has gone beyond the "Torpedo-ZIL" in Tomsk in a match against the local "Tom". Berezutski played in the starting lineup. The weather conditions were quite nefutbolnoy - 7 degrees Celsius. As a result, the game ended in a draw 0: 0. After spending one more match for the "Torpedo", Berezutski went on loan to Novorossiysk "Chernomorets", speaking in the big leagues. The elite of Russian football Alexei Berezutski made its debut in March 2001. He came off the bench in a game against the Moscow "Spartak". At the very end of the "red-white" pulled out a victory 2: 1.

Soon, the game against the "Rostselmash" Berezutski scored his first goal in the big leagues. His accurate shot early in the second half saved "Chernomorets" from defeat (1: 1). In total, he spent 14 novorossiytsev matches.

According to the results of the season, "Chernomorets" finished last and relegated to the second league.

The CSKA

The CSKA debuted in May 2002, Alexei Berezutski. Biography of athlete at that time was completely linked with football. The defender left the field in the match against the capital's "Torpedo". Initially, competition in his position was high. Berezutski rivaled Semberas, Evsikova and Dai, but eventually was able to win a place in the starting lineup.

Already in 2003, he played in all matches of the championship from the first minute, first won the gold medals of Russian championship.

With CSKA until now linked his biography. Alexei Berezutski, whose photo is regularly hits the pages of sports newspapers, the club won six Russian championships, five times became silver medalist and twice - bronze. 7 times won the Cup of the country, six times became the owner of the Super Bowl.

In total, the "army" has spent 317 matches and scored 6 goals.

UEFA Cup

On the European scene as successfully performed Alexei Berezutski. Photo defender always gets in the reports CSKA matches in Europe. The most successful was the season of 2004/2005. CSKA began performing in the Champions League. In the second qualifying round tip Azerbaijani "Neftchi" (0: 0, 2: 0), and the third - Scottish "Rangers" (2: 1, 1: 1). In the group stage the Russian club was in the same group with the English "Chelsea", the Portuguese "Porto" and French "PSG". After a goalless draw in Portugal and a home victory over the French (2: 0) in Berezutski team had every chance to continue the struggle.

The situation changed two defeats from "Chelsea" (0: 2 and 0: 1). After that, "CSKA" lost "Port" at home. In the last round they had a party to beat PSG and rely on the fact that the Portuguese lose points in the match against England, who have already secured first place. CSKA coped with - Semak hat-trick, bringing to Muscovites victory in Paris 3: 1. However, the "Port" snatched victory from the "Chelsea", 5 minutes before the final whistle. CSKA took the third place in the group, continued performance in the Europa League.

"Soldiers" immediately put in 1/16 in Portuguese "Benfika" (2: 0, 1: 1) and then passed Belgrade "Partizan" (1: 1, 2: 0) and French "Oser" (4: 0 0: 2).

In the semifinals, the Russians at a party tied with the Italian "Parma" 0: 0, and the House defeated an opponent 3: 0. So CSKA has appeared in the final of the Lisbon "Sporting". After the first time "CSKA" lost 0: 1. The turning point came on 56 minutes when Alexei Berezutski equalized. Then Zhirkov and Vagner Love brought the matter to an end. Winning 3: 1. CSKA Moscow - UEFA Cup.

The Russian team

The Russian team Berezutski acts since 2003. At the height of his success, he was in 2008 at the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland.

Russian team miraculously hit the European Championship, reaching the Euro from the second place, only through a home defeat in the last round of the British.

Euro Russians rivals were Spaniards, Swedes and Greeks. In his debut match Berezutski team suffered a crushing defeat by Spain of 1: 4. However, after, thanks to two victories over Greece (1: 0) and Sweden (2: 0), published in the playoff from the second place.

Outstanding was the quarter-final match. Account at the beginning of the second half, Pavlyuchenko opened. 5 minutes before the final whistle, the Dutch had saved from defeat van Nisterloy. The winner was determined in extra time. Torbinski and Arshavin made Russia in the semifinals.

In the struggle for access to the decisive round of Euro Russians are again ceded to Spain (0: 3), thus winning the bronze medal.

Life

Aleksei Berezutski, a photo with his wife who appears regularly in sports publications, bound by ties of marriage for more than 10 years. His chosen name is Jamila. They have a daughter and son.