Vasili Berezutski

Vasiliy Berezutski
	Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth	20 June 1982 (age 41)
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
1999–2001	Torpedo Moscow
2002–2018	CSKA Moscow
Total
International career
2001–2003	Russia U-21
2003–2016	Russia
Managerial career
2019	Vitesse (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Eastern Slavic name 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.

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 May 2018

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental¹		Other²		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Torpedo-ZIL	2000	First Division	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2001	First Division	26	0	2	0	—		—		28	0
	Total		29	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	31	0
CSKA Moscow	2002	Premier League	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	2	0
	2003		23	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	26	0
	2004		6	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	12	0
	2005		27	2	7	0	14	1	1	0	49	3
	2006		26	1	7	0	6	0	1	0	40	1
	2007		26	1	4	0	7	0	1	0	38	1
	2008		28	0	4	0	5	0	-		37	0
	2009		28	2	3	0	10	1	-		41	3
	2010		22	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	35	0
	2011–12		36	0	5	0	12	1	1	0	54	1
	2012–13		29	0	1	0	2	0	-		32	0
	2013–14		23	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	29	0
	2014–15		30	1	3	0	6	1	1	0	40	2
	2015–16		18	0	1	0	5	0	-		24	0
	2016–17		27	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	32	1
	2017–18		25	1	0	0	14	0	-		39	1
	Total		376	9	40	0	105	4	10	0	531	13
Career total			406	9	42	0	105	4	10	0	562	13

International goals

Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.^[8]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
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

Club

CSKA

Russian Premier League (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
Russian Cup (7): 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
Russian Super Cup (5): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
UEFA Cup: 2004–05

International

Russia

UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 bronze medalist

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.

References

^ Березуцкий Василий Владимирович (in Russian). Sportbox.ru. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
^ Василий Березуцкий: 100 матчей за сборную (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 6 September 2016.
^ "Братья Березуцкие завершили профессиональную карьеру" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 21 July 2018.
^ Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.
^ "England 1 Russia 1". BBC Sport. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ БРАТЬЯ БЕРЕЗУЦКИЕ ЗАВЕРШИЛИ ВЫСТУПЛЕНИЯ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport-Express. 7 March 2018.
^ "VITESSE MET 25 SPELERS NAAR PORTUGAL" [VITESSE WITH 25 PLAYERS TO PORTUGAL] (in Dutch). Vitesse. 2 January 2019.
^ Vasili Berezutski at Soccerway

External links

Vasili Berezutski at CSKA Moscow official website
Vasili Berezutski at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Березуцкий Василий Владимирович (in Russian). Sportbox.ru. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

[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.

[SW-8] Vasili Berezutski at Soccerway

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