Vasili Berezutski

Vasili Berezutski

Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth	20 June 1982
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	CSKA Moscow
Number	24
Youth career
	Smena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2001	Torpedo-ZIL	29	(0)
2002–	CSKA Moscow	320	(7)
National team^‡
2003–	Russia	92	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski (Russian: Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Moscow. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZIL. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow.^[1] He is a Russia national football team regular. He plays as a fullback or centre back and sometimes is also deployed as wingback or wide-midfielder.

Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow. His identical twin brother, Aleksei, is also a CSKA defender.

International

Vasili scored his first goal for Russia during a Euro 2008 Qualification match against Former Yugoslavic Republic of 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 to Russia's provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2012, but had to drop out before tournament began due to thigh injury.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad,^[2] appointed as the team captain.

Career statistics

As of 19 March 2016

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Torpedo-ZIL	D2	2000	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	D1	2001	26	0	2	0	—		28	0
	Total		29	0	2	0	0	0	31	0
CSKA Moscow	D1	2002	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
		2003	23	0	2	0	1	0	26	0
		2004	6	0	1	0	5	0	12	0
		2005	27	2	7	0	15	1	49	3
		2006	26	1	8	0	6	0	40	1
		2007	26	1	5	0	7	0	38	1
		2008	28	0	4	0	5	0	37	0
		2009	28	2	4	0	10	1	42	3
		2010	22	0	2	0	11	0	35	0
		2011–12	36	0	6	0	12	1	54	1
		2012–13	29	0	1	0	2	0	32	0
		2013–14	23	0	4	0	2	0	29	0
		2014–15	30	1	4	0	6	1	40	2
		2015–16	11	0	0	0	5	0	16	0
	Total		317	7	48	0	87	4	452	11
Career total			347	7	50	0	87	4	483	11

Honors

Berezutsky in action for PFC CSKA Moscow in 2009

Club

CSKA

• UEFA Cup (1): 2004–05
• Russian Premier League (5): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14
• Russian Cup (7): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
• Russian Super Cup (5): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013

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.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 September 2007	Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow), Moscow, Russia	Macedonia	1 – 0	3 – 0	Euro 2008 Qualification
2	5 September 2009	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint-Petersburg, Russia	Liechtenstein	1 – 0	3 – 0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10 September 2013	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint-Petersburg, Russia	Israel	1 – 0	3 – 1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. Березуцкий Василий Владимирович (in Russian). Sportbox.ru. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
2. Состав национальной сборной России на ЧМ-2014 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2014.

External links

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