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Vasili Berezutski

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Berezutski.
Vasiliy Berezutski
Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth (1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sabah (head coach)
Youth career
1990–1997 Smena Moscow
1997–1999 Torpedo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 29 (0)
2002–2018 CSKA Moscow 376 (9)
Total 405 (9)
International career
2001–2003 Russia U-21 5 (1)
2003–2016 Russia 101 (5)
Managerial career
2019 Vitesse (assistant)
2020–2021 CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021–2022 Krasnodar (assistant)
2022 CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2024 Shanghai Shenhua (assistant)
2024– Sabah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Berezutski.

Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (Russian: Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender, head coach of the Azerbaijani club Sabah. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed academy.[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.

Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow before going to Torpedo. His identical twin brother, Aleksei, also came through the Torpedo academy with him and played as 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] In August 2020 he returned to CSKA Moscow as assistant to Viktor Goncharenko, where he was joined by Aleksei once again in February 2021. In April 2021, Goncharenko was fired by CSKA and hired by FC Krasnodar, and Vasili followed him as an assistant, with Aleksei staying back at CSKA. On 5 January 2022, Krasnodar fired Goncharenko and Berezutski.[8] On 10 January 2022, he returned to CSKA as an assistant to his brother Aleksei, who was promoted to head coach by that time.[9] On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent, together with his brother.[10]

In early 2024, Berezutski moved to Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, once again as an assistant to Slutsky.[11]

On November 25, 2024, Berezutski signed a 2.5-year contract with Azerbaijani club Sabah, becoming the team's head coach.[12] He led Sabah FK to a 2:2 (3:1 by penalty) win over Turan Tovuz PFK in the Azərbaycan Kuboku 2024/2025 Round of 16. [13]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Torpedo-ZIL Moscow 2000 Russian First League 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
2001 Russian Premier League 26 0 2 0 – – 28 0
Total 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
CSKA Moscow 2002 Russian Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
2003 Russian Premier League 23 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2[b] 0 26 0
2004 Russian Premier League 6 0 1 0 5[a] 0 0 0 12 0
2005 Russian Premier League 27 2 7 0 15[c] 2 – 49 4
2006 Russian Premier League 26 1 7 0 6[a] 0 1[d] 0 40 1
2007 Russian Premier League 26 1 4 0 7[e] 0 1[d] 0 38 1
2008 Russian Premier League 28 0 4 0 5[f] 0 – 37 0
2009 Russian Premier League 28 2 3 0 10[g] 1 1[d] 0 42 3
2010 Russian Premier League 22 0 1 0 11[h] 0 1[d] 0 35 0
2011–12 Russian Premier League 36 0 6 0 12[i] 1 1[d] 0 55 1
2012–13 Russian Premier League 29 0 1 0 2[j] 0 – 32 0
2013–14 Russian Premier League 23 0 3 0 2[a] 0 1[d] 0 29 0
2014–15 Russian Premier League 30 1 3 0 6[a] 1 1[d] 0 40 2
2015–16 Russian Premier League 18 0 1 0 5[a] 0 – 24 0
2016–17 Russian Premier League 27 1 0 0 5[a] 0 0 0 32 1
2017–18 Russian Premier League 25 1 0 0 14[k] 0 – 39 1
Total 376 9 41 0 106 5 9 0 532 14
Career total 405 9 43 0 106 5 9 0 563 14
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup, one appearance in the Russian Premier League Cup
  3. ^ Fourteen appearances, two goals in the UEFA Cup, one appearance in the UEFA Super Cup
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in the Russian Super Cup
  5. ^ Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  7. ^ Six appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Cup
  8. ^ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ Eight appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  10. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  11. ^ Nine appearances in the UEFA Champions League, five appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International goals

Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Vasili Berezutski
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2007 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia 22  Macedonia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2 5 September 2009 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia 39  Liechtenstein 1–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 September 2013 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia 73  Israel 1–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 6 June 2014 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia 79  Morocco 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5 11 June 2016 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France 97  England 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016

Honours

Berezutsky in action for PFC CSKA Moscow in 2009

CSKA

Russia

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Vasili Berezutski at Sportbox.ru (in Russian)
  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. ^ ""КРАСНОДАР" РАСТОРГ КОНТРАКТ С ВИКТОРОМ ГАНЧАРЕНКО" (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 5 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Василий Березуцкий вошел в тренерский штаб ПФК ЦСКА" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Алексей Березуцкий покинул пост главного тренера ПФК ЦСКА" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Слуцкий возглавит "Шанхай Шэньхуа". В Китай с ним едут Василий Березуцкий и Яровинский" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 19 December 2023.
  12. ^ ""Sabah" yeni baş məşqçisini açıqlayıb". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ Vasili Berezutski at Soccerway
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