Aleksandr Yerokhin
Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russia national football team.
![]() Yerokhin with Russia at the 2018 World Cup  | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team 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) | 
| 2011–2013 | 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 | 147 | (31) | 
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Russia U-19 | 9 | (3) | 
| 2011 | Russia-2 | 2 | (0) | 
| 2016– | Russia | 32 | (4) | 
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2021  | |||
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.
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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]
On 7 April 2022, Yerokhin signed a new contract with Zenit until the end of the 2023–24 season.[4]
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.[5] He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.[6]
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[7] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[8] 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.[9]
Career statistics
    
    Club
    
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2007–08 | Divizia Națională | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 
| 2008–09 | Divizia Națională | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | – | 31 | 12 | ||
| 2009–10 | Divizia Națională | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | ||
| 2010–11 | Divizia Națională | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | – | 29 | 9 | ||
| Total | 80 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 34 | ||
| Krasnodar | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | ||
| SKA-Khabarovsk (loan) | 2012–13 | Russian Football National League | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Ural (loan) | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||
| Ural | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | |
| 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 4 | |||
| Total | 62 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 12 | ||
| Rostov | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | – | 38 | 5 | ||
| Total | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | ||
| Zenit St.Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | – | 39 | 8 | |
| 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | – | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 32 | 8 | |
| 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 39 | 9 | |
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 147 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 205 | 36 | ||
| Career total | 353 | 82 | 23 | 4 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 456 | 94 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
 - Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Europa League
 - Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
 - Appearances in promotion play-offs
 - Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
 - Appearances in UEFA Europa League
 - Appearances in Russian Super Cup
 - Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
 
International
    
| Russia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | 
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | 
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | 
| Total | 32 | 4 | 
Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2021[11]
International goals
    
- As of 11 November 2021 (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yerokhin goal)
 
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 September 2018 | Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 4–1 | 5–1 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 4 September 2021 | GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3. | 11 November 2021 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 4. | 6–0 | 
Honors
    
    Club
    
FC Sheriff Tiraspol
- Moldovan National Division:
- 2008, 2009, 2010
 
 - Moldovan Cup:
- 2008, 2009
 
 - CIS Cup:
 
Zenit Saint Petersburg
References
    
- "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.
 - Полоз и Ерохин переходят в «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 June 2017.
 - "Zenit-SKA-Khabarovsk game report". Russian Premier League. 13 May 2018.
 - "Сине-бело-голубые продлили соглашение с Александром Ерохиным" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
 - Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 21 August 2015.
 - "Turkey v Russia game report". Soccerway. 31 August 2016.
 - "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
 - Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
 - "Russia v Croatia game report". Soccerway. 7 July 2018.
 - Aleksandr Yerokhin at Soccerway
 - Aleksandr Yerokhin at National-Football-Teams.com
 - "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
 - "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
 - "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
 - "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
 - "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
 - ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
 - "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
 - ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
 - "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
 - "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
 
