Biography

Aleksandr Kerzhakov

by Anjana Sharma,

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov  was  born on 27 November  in 1982 in Kingisepp  is a Russian football player a s sociated with Russian International  football striker who is involved in  playing for his current Team  Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg. He is the most efficient goal scorer in the era of Russian football team. He has scored many goals in different competitive games at 209 as on 15 October, 2013.He is considered as one of the capable and potent forward who is interested in creating connection with the Midfield that ensure to create a position for himself. Marai Golova is his Spousewith whom he got married in 2005 and with his children, and Darya Aleksandrovna Kerzhakova. He has Siblings named Mikhail Kerzhakov.He is a divorced and has a young daughter with him. Even his younger brother, Mikhail is a professional footballer. Kerzhakov himself activated his autobiography which is tittled “Up to 16 and older” in 2002.

Aleksandr is a Russian Player who plays for his current team Zenit St. Petersburg. He is involved in the team since Jan 1, 2010 and his contract ends on 30th of June, 2016.He became a member of Russian’s national football team in 2002.He completed his graduation from Smena football school at age of 17. He also got bonded with Fabio Capello when he received the offer as Team Russia's manager in 2012.He began his career playing for Zenit. He had spent the season of 2000 for amateur club FC Svetogorets Svetogorsk to help them in winning the Northwest regional league to beat them by scoring 18 goals. The interview with Dick Advocaat made a sudden change after he made his transfer in 2006 .Kerzhakov deteremined of leaving Zenit after his weak relationship with Advocaat .Kerzhakov moved to Sevilla and signed a five and a half year contract where he was negotiated to get €5 million with the partnerships of the clubs. In February 2008, he got signed in a three year contract with another team, the Russian side Dinamo Moscow. He then went back to Zenit St. Petersburg in 2010 after performing the three seasons with Dynamo Moscow and Sevilla.He started playing for Russian national U21 team in 2001 where he made his first senior performance for Russia in an amiable manner against Estonia on 27 March 2002.After two months, he made his selection   for the 2002 FIFA World Cup made by by Oleg Romantsev.He got included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad on 2 June 2014.

He has achieved many awards and achievements when he had played for the different teams.In  he got honoured with Russian Premier League Cup and in 2004 – Russian Premier Leaguefor his  top  scoring  with 18 goals. The capability of this supreme player is proven by the  golden, silver and bronze medals of the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup with Zenit, the UEFA Cup, the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España with Sevilla and the bronze medal of the RPL with Dynamo Moscow.With the height and Weight of 1.76 m and 76 kg, he possess a Salary of   2.1 million EUR (2011).He is often appears in the news with his different  images and videos and has a strong attachment with his fans through different social networking sites.