Aleksandr Kerzhakov

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Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Kerzhakov in 2017
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov
Date of birth (1982-11-27) 27 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Zenit Saint Petersburg 159 (64)
2006–2008 Sevilla 26 (8)
2008–2010 Dynamo Moscow 51 (19)
2010–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg 129 (56)
2016 → Zürich (loan) 17 (5)
Total 382 (152)
International career
2001–2002 Russia U21 4 (2)
2002–2016 Russia 91 (30)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Russia U17
2018–2019
Russia U18
2019–2020 Russia U19
2020–2021 Tom Tomsk
2021–2022
Nizhny Novgorod
2023 Karmiotissa
2023 Spartak Subotica
2024 Kairat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Кержаков [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kʲɪrʐɐˈkof]; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.

He used to be the most prolific goalscorer in the history of Russian football from 2013 to 2025, with the number of goals scored in competitive games standing at 233. He is described as a forward who likes to "drop deep to link with the midfield, expecting players to break beyond him" for whom he creates space.[1]

A full international since 2002, Kerzhakov earned 90

caps for Russia and played at two World Cups and two European Championships. In 2014, he surpassed the record held by Vladimir Beschastnykh
for most goals for the Russian national team.

Club career

Zenit

Born in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, he spent the 2000 season at amateur club FC Svetogorets Svetogorsk, helping them win the Northwest regional league by scoring 18 goals.[citation needed]

In 2001 Kerzhakov transferred to FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, debuting in March and scoring his first goal in June against Spartak Moscow. In his first season, Kerzhakov was the second choice striker behind Hennadiy Popovych. However, later in 2001, he helped Zenit finish third in the Russian Premier League and runners-up in 2003. In 2002, Kerzhakov developed a striking partnership with Andrey Arshavin which earned them both call-ups to the Russian national team. That year Kerzhakov represented Russia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed]

In 2003, Czech manager

Vitória, Beşiktaş, Bolton, and Sevilla. In the knockout stages, Kerzhakov scored against Rosenborg and Olympique de Marseille as Zenit reached the quarterfinals to face Sevilla.[2] Kerzhakov gave his best performance by scoring a goal in the away leg but could not save his team as they lost out 5–2 on aggregate.[citation needed
]

Sevilla

With decreased playing timed following the appointment of Dick Advocaat at Zenit, Kerzhakov transferred to Sevilla in December 2006, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract worth €5 million, as part of the deal of the partnership of the clubs.[3]

Under then manager Juande Ramos, Kerzhakov featured alongside Luís Fabiano and Frédéric Kanouté.[4] He played his first match on 14 January 2007 and scored his first goal on 28 January 2007 in a 4–2 victory against Levante UD. He scored the winning goal against Tottenham in a 4–3 victory in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals on 5 April 2007. Kerzhakov later contributed to Sevilla's victorious run in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup season.[5]

After Juande Ramos moved to

Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

According to Russian newspaper

Sport-Express, on 30 January 2008, Kerzhakov stated he would stay at Sevilla to help in the La Liga and UEFA Champions League campaigns.[7]

Dynamo Moscow

Kerzhakov in action for Dynamo Moscow in 2009

In February 2008, after being left out of Sevilla's Champions League tie against Fenerbahçe, Kerzhakov signed a three-year contract with Russian side Dinamo Moscow.[8] Kerzhakov established himself as a first choice striker with Tsvetan Genkov and Cícero, scoring his first goal against FC Moscow. He finished the 2008 season as the top scorer in the squad with seven goals, helping the club finish in third place and earn a play off spot in the qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League.[citation needed]

During the 2009 season, Kerzhakov maintained his spot as a first choice striker ahead of Aleksandr Kokorin and Fyodor Smolov but Dynamo finished eighth and lost to Celtic and CSKA Sophia in an attempt to qualify for the Champions League and inaugural Europa League.[citation needed]

Return to Zenit

In January 2010, Kerzhakov rescinded the last year of his contract with Dynamo and returned to his first professional club

Saturn Moscow in the domestic league.[10][11]

The following season began with a disappointing loss to FC Twente in the round of 16 of the Europa League. However, Kerzhakov went on to score 23 goals in 32 appearances in the Russian Premier League, finishing as the second highest goal scorer behind CSKA Moscow's Seydou Doumbia. Zenit finished first in the regular season and then won the championship group in the spring of 2012 to claim their second league title in two years.[citation needed]

During the 2012–13 season, Kerzhakov was a first choice striker in Spalletti's 4-2-3-1 formation, netting 11 goals in the league, including braces against

F.C. Basel in the round of 16. With Spalletti purchasing Salomón Rondón midway through the 2013–14 season, Kerzhakov's playing time decreased amid reports of a strained relationship with the Italian manager.[12]

After the arrival of

FC Zurich.[15]

Zurich

At Zurich, Sami Hyypiä used Kerzhakov as a striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation. He would go on to score five goals in seventeen appearances in a campaign that ended in the club's relegation from the Swiss Super League.[16]

Final season at Zenit

Kerzhakov returned to Zenit for the 2016–17 season under Mircea Lucescu.[17] Lucescu used Kerzhakov as a substitute striker, only starting him in the first match of the season. Kerzhakov officially retired on 13 July 2017 and was appointed the coordinator of Zenit's youth and academy teams.[18]

International career

Kerzhakov with the Russia national football team in 2011

Early international career

Kerzhakov began playing for the Russian U21 team in 2001. He made his senior debut for Russia in a friendly against Estonia on 27 March 2002. Two months later, Oleg Romantsev selected Kerzhakov for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as one of four strikers alongside Vladimir Beschastnykh, Ruslan Pimenov, and Dmitri Sychev. He was on the bench for Russia's first two games against Tunisia and Japan but came on for Valery Karpin against Belgium in the 82nd minute and provided an assist for Sychev in an eventual 3–2 defeat.[19][20]

After Romanstev's sacking, new manager

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifiers, Kerzhakov scored his first goal for Russia in a friendly 1–1 draw against Sweden on 21 August 2002. In 2003, he won the Cyprus International Football Tournament, playing in the final match.[21]

After making eight appearances in the qualification tournament, he was selected by Georgi Yartsev for the final tournament as one of four strikers in the squad behind with Dmitri Bulykin, Dmitri Kirichenko, and Dmitri Sychev. He was on the bench for the games against Spain and Greece, but played a full game against Portugal, as Russia was eliminated from the group stage.[citation needed]

2004–2010

Following Euro 2004, Kerzhakov featured regularly under Yartsev during the

Yuri Semin, continued to select Kerzhakov as he went on to score three goals including a double against Liechtenstein as Russia failed to qualify for final tournament.[24]

Under

Euro 2008 qualification campaign by scoring a goal in a 3–0 victory over North Macedonia in September 2007.[29] Despite being the top scorer for Russia with five goals, Kerzhakov failed to make Hiddink's 23-man squad for the tournament finals.[30]

After an 18-month exclusion, Kerzhakov was recalled in May 2009 for the

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Finland in Helsinki.[31] He started the game and scored two goals as Russia defeated Finland 3–0 and went on to play for the remainder of the campaign.[32] During the playoff against Slovenia, Kerzhakov was on the bench for first leg but came on at half-time for Roman Pavlyuchenko in the second leg. In the 66th minute, he received a straight red card from Terje Hauge for a deliberate kick at Slovenian goalkeeper Samir Handanović. Slovenia emerged victorious with a 1–0 win and eliminated Russia after an aggregate 2–2 draw on away goals.[33]

2010–2016: Record goalscorer and last appearances

Kerzhakov training for Russia on 3 September 2014, ahead of the game when he broke the record for most goals for Russia

Kerzhakov's red card against Slovenia resulted in a suspension for two qualifiers of the Euro 2012 campaign.[34] Upon being recalled by Dick Advocaat, Kerzhakov scored in the victories over Ireland and Macedonia.[35][36] He did not score again for the rest of the qualification campaign but managed to make three additional appearances as Russia topped Group B to qualify directly for the final tournament. Advocaat included him in the final tournament squad, but he scored no goals as Russia failed to progress from their group.[37]

After Euro 2012, former England manager Fabio Capello utilized Kerzhakov as the first choice striker after dropping Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko, and Pavel Pogrebnyak. Kerzhakov appeared in all ten of Russia's qualification matches and finished as the team's top goalscorer with five goals, including the winning goal in a 1–0 defeat of Portugal.[38]

Making Capello's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Kerzhakov appeared as a 71st-minute substitute for Yuri Zhirkov and scored the team's equalising goal three minutes later in the opening match of the tournament, a 1–1 draw with South Korea. The goal was his 26th for Russia, equaling Vladimir Beschastnykh's record for the national team.[39] Kerzhakov came on as a late substitute for Aleksandr Samedov in Russia's 0–1 defeat to Belgium.[40] He started in the final group match against Algeria before being substituted for Maksim Kanunnikov in a 1–1 draw as Russia were eliminated in the first round.[41]

On 3 September 2014, he became the top scorer for the Russian national team after netting two goals in a 4–0 friendly win over Azerbaijan.[42]

Kerzhakov continued to appear in Capello's squads for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification campaign. He was on the bench against Sweden and Austria while being substituted at half-time against Liechtenstein and Moldova.[43][44] Kerzhakov went on to appear as a second-half substitute in the 0–1 home defeat to Austria in what was Capello's last match at Russia coach.[45] Capello's successor, Leonid Slutsky, omitted Kerzhakov from the remaining qualification matches as well as the final tournament.[46] He made his final appearance for the national team in a friendly against Lithuania on 26 March 2016.[47]

Coaching career

On 15 March 2018, the

FC Nizhny Novgorod, which was recently promoted into the Russian Premier League.[52] The club avoided relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season, and on 16 June 2022 Kerzhakov left Nizhny Novgorod.[53] He moved to with his family to Dubai but did not have a job there.[54] On 8 February 2023, Kerzhakov was hired as a manager by Cypriot club Karmiotissa.[55] He left Karmiotissa after one victory in six games under his management on 1 April 2023,[56] moving back to Dubai.[54] In May 2024, he became the manager of Kairat, a club in the Kazakhstan Premier League. On 3 September that year, his contract was terminated by mutual agreement, and Kerzhakov left the club. Under his leadership, Kairat played 12 matches. In these games, the team won six times, drew three times, and lost three times.[57]

Personal life

His younger brother, Mikhail, is a professional footballer who also plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg as a goalkeeper.[citation needed] In 2002, Kerzhakov authored his autobiography titled Up to 16 and older. (Russian: До 16 и старше)[citation needed]

In April 2023, Kerzhakov said that he opposed the invasion of Ukraine, and has left Russia since then.[58]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[59]
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2001
Russian Top Division
 28 6 5 2 0 0 – 33 8
2002 Russian Premier League 29 14 2 0 2 2 – 33 16
2003 Russian Premier League 27 13 3 3 – – 30 16
2004 Russian Premier League 29 18 6 6 7[b] 6 – 42 30
2005 Russian Premier League 25 7 5 5 8[b] 3 – 38 15
2006 Russian Premier League 21 6 2 0 6[b] 4 – 29 10
Total 159 64 23 16 23 15 0 0 205 95
Sevilla 2006–07 La Liga 15 5 5 0 8[b] 2 – 27 7
2007–08 La Liga 11 3 3 0 3[c] 1 2[d] 0 19 4
Total 26 8 8 0 11 3 2 0 46 11
Dynamo Moscow 2008 Russian Premier League 27 7 2 1 – – 29 8
2009 Russian Premier League 24 12 2 2 4 1 – 30 15
Total 51 19 4 3 4 1 0 0 59 23
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2010 Russian Premier League 28 13 3 0 5 4 – 36 17
2011–12 Russian Premier League 32 23 3 0 7[c] 1 – 42 24
2012–13 Russian Premier League 23 10 0 0 8[e] 1 0 0 31 11
2013–14 Russian Premier League 19 6 1 0 11[c] 3 1[f] 0 32 9
2014–15 Russian Premier League 14 3 1 0 6[g] 1 – 21 4
2016–17 Russian Premier League 13 1 0 0 3[h] 1 1[f] 0 17 2
Total 129 56 8 0 40 11 2 0 179 67
FC Zürich 2015–16 Swiss Super League 17 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 7
Career total 382 152 46 21 78 30 4 0 508 203
  1. ^ Includes Russian Cup, Copa del Rey, Swiss Cup
  2. ^
    UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ One appearance in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  5. ^ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ a b Appearance in Russian Super Cup
  7. ^ Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia[60] 2002 7 3
2003 8 0
2004 7 0
2005 10 4
2006 5 0
2007 7 6
2008 0 0
2009 6 2
2010 2 2
2011 5 0
2012 12 5
2013 8 2
2014 11 5
2015 2 1
2016 1 0
Total 91 30
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kerzhakov goal.
List of international goals scored by Aleksandr Kerzhakov
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 August 2002 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Sweden 1–0 1–1 Friendly match
2 7 September 2002 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Republic of Ireland 3–1 4–2
UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
3 16 October 2002 Central Stadium, Volgograd, Russia  Albania 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
4 26 March 2005 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 3 September 2005 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 2–0
7 8 October 2005 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Luxembourg 2–0 5–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 24 March 2007
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
, Estonia 		 Estonia 1–0 2–0[61]
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
9 2–0
10 2 June 2007 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Andorra 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
11 2–0
12 3–0
13 8 September 2007 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Macedonia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
14 10 June 2009 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 2–0
16 8 October 2010 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 3–2
UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
17 12 October 2010
Macedonia
  Macedonia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
18 25 May 2012 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Uruguay 1–1 1–1 Friendly match
19 1 June 2012 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland  Italy 1–0 3–0 Friendly match
20 11 September 2012 National Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 3–0
22 12 October 2012 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Portugal 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 6 September 2013 Central Stadium, Kazan, Russia  Luxembourg 3–0 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 11 October 2013 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 4–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 26 May 2014 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia  Slovakia 1–0 1–0 Friendly match
26 18 June 2014 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil  South Korea 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
27 3 September 2014 Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia  Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 Friendly match
28 2–0
29 18 November 2014
Groupama Arena, Budapest
, Hungary 		 Hungary 2–0 2–1 Friendly match
30 7 June 2015 Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia  Belarus 4–2 4–2 Friendly match

Managerial statistics

As of 3 October 2024

Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Russia U18
 1 September 2018 30 June 2019 17 8 1 8 31 25 +6 047.06
Russia U19 1 July 2019 24 September 2020 9 4 5 0 23 8 +15 044.44
Tom Tomsk 24 September 2020 9 June 2021 28 10 6 12 27 31 −4 035.71
Nizhny Novgorod
 17 June 2021 16 June 2022 33 10 9 14 28 42 −14 030.30
Karmiotissa 8 February 2023 1 April 2023 7 2 1 4 10 14 −4 028.57
Spartak Subotica 12 June 2023 13 November 2023 15 5 1 9 14 25 −11 033.33
Kairat 29 May 2024 3 September 2024 12 6 3 3 23 18 +5 050.00
Total 121 45 26 50 155 163 −8 037.19

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Sevilla

FC Zürich

Individual

Charity

In 2017, he became an ambassador of social Football for Friendship international children's forum.[62] In 2018, he took part in the Football for Friendship programme where he presented the cup to the winners of the final match of the programme's championship.[62]

Political views

Kerzhakov opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and connected leaving Russia in 2022 with the opposition to the invasion.[54]

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