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 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, 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
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Berezutski.

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]

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
Total 290200000310
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
Total 3769400105410053113
Career total 4069420105410056213

International goals
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Vasili Berezutski
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

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. Vasili Berezutski at Soccerway
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