What did Alexander Kerzhakov do last year. Alexander Kerzhakov: personal life and photos

The Zenit striker broke his months-long silence and for the first time told the whole truth about his relationship with Ekaterina Safronova. The details voiced by the player can cause a real shock.

Looking at this picture, Alexander admits: “I want to leave all the dirt in the past”

Photo: personal archive of Ekaterina Safronova

Alexander Kerzhakov and him became the heroes of the program "Live" on the TV channel "Russia 1". The program was released yesterday and simply amazed the fans of the football player: they simply did not expect such a degree of frankness from Alexander Kerzhakov.

On Live, the Zenit striker spoke in detail about how he struggled with his wife's addiction to drugs and tried to believe her. But even the simplest pharmacy tests showed that Catherine was constantly deceiving him.

According to Alexander, his wife used drugs even during pregnancy and did not hide it from doctors. And after the birth of little Igor (the son of Kerzhakov and Safronova turns 2 years old in April. - Approx. Woman's Day), the footballer personally met and talked with a man who brought alcohol to his common-law wife directly to the hospital.

Kerzhakov raises his son on his own - without the participation of his ex-wife

Photo: Instagram Alexander Kerzhakov

Then Catherine with the baby returned home. But she continued to act the same.

“She waited at night for me to fall asleep, took Igor, who was only a month old, left for some country hotel, and then I looked for her for two days, calling all my friends,” Kerzhakov said on Live and added that his wife could drive drunk and with a child.

The footballer could not resist admitting that his ex-wife had implants in her chest, and for this reason she refused to feed the child.

In general, there were many revelations in yesterday's program. I must admit that they plunged many fans of the football player into a uniform shock. Apparently, Alexander felt this and already late in the evening, shortly after the release of the program, he turned to fans through his Instagram profile.

“I would like to comment on the program “Live” on the channel “Russia 1”, which you had the opportunity to watch today. I can't not do it. And I really hope that all the doubters have finally made the right conclusions, - wrote the Zenit striker. -

First of all, I want to say that I was forced to agree to the implementation of this, a person can remain silent for a long time, but everything has reasonable limits. I can't watch a woman who lies, primarily about herself, trying to convince people otherwise. I cannot put up with the injustice that the federal channels broadcast with such enthusiasm.

I am a living person, and I had a family that turned out to be fake, which made me doubt human honesty in principle, because I was ready to spend any money on the health of my loved one, but all this turned out to be devalued and unnecessary. Therefore, I would like to convey the following to everyone: everything happens in life, there is good, there is bad, I know this for sure. But mistakes will never make you some kind of fallen people, not at all. They, on the contrary, will teach, help to realize many things in your life. They will show that some people turned out to be weak, that their destiny is to roll further, down; others are strong enough to recognize their vices and eradicate them.

You will meet different people, they met me too. In this program, I finally tried to convey my truth to everyone who could be misled, this is important for me. Of course, far from everything I spoke about was shown, but the only thing that matters to me is that I had the opportunity to speak out and was heard. I spoke from the heart. In conclusion, I would like to wish everyone and everyone not to repeat the mistakes that I happened to make, and always be honest with yourself, this is very important. We can deceive people, the media, TV channels, relatives, friends, anyone. But no one else has been able to deceive themselves and God, please remember this.

Alexander Anatolievich Kerzhakov- a famous Russian football player, most of his career he played for Zenit, playing role - forward. Alexander Kerzhakov is the best scorer in the history of Russian football (third place in the list of the Grigory Fedotov Club - 233 goals), Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2007). The best scorer in the history of Zenit (161 goals) and the Russian team (30 goals).

Childhood and education of Alexander Kerzhakov

Father - Anatoly Rafailovich Kerzhakov- played for the team of the second league "Khimik" from the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Gorky region.

Mother - Tatyana Veniaminovna Kerzhakova.

Younger brother - Mikhail Kerzhakov- goalkeeper, spent most of his career at Zenit, but was often loaned out, also played for Anji, Volga, Alania and Orenburg.

The father enthusiastically went in for sports with his son, taught him to play football. Then Alexander Kerzhakov was taken to the St. Petersburg Sports School "Zenith", and at the age of eleven Sasha (as an exception) was taken to a boarding school, despite the boy's illness. Alexander had chronic tonsillitis due to frequent tonsillitis. Kerzhakov's coach at that time was Sergei Romanov.

In 2006, Alexander Kerzhakov graduated from the coaching department of the University named after Lesgaft.

In 2010, he entered the St. Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics (INZHECON), according to Wikipedia.

Football career of Alexander Kerzhakov in Zenit

After the sports school, Alexander Kerzhakov played for the amateur team Svetogorets. Vladimir Kozachenok was the head of the club, being at the same time the head teacher of the Zenith school. Young Kerzhakov was named in 2000 the best striker of the pre-season tournament organized for the prizes of the St. Petersburg newspaper Northern Forum.

After a successful debut at Svetogorets at the end of 2000, the coach of Zenit Yuri Morozov invited Alexander Kerzhakov to his place. This happened on the recommendation of Vladimir Kozachenko. And Alexander Kerzhakov made his debut as part of Zenit on March 10, 2001.

Alexander Kerzhakov scored his first goal only in the thirteenth match in the game with Spartak Moscow on June 30, 2001. In the same year, Alexander Kerzhakov was in the top 33 best football players in Russia. And in this list the football player was entered 5 years in a row. Already in the debut season, Alexander Kerzhakov became the bronze medalist of the Russian championship. In 2002, Alexander was recognized as the best young player in the Premier League. In 2004, Kerzhakov managed to score 18 goals in the Premier League, and he became the tournament's top scorer. In addition, Alexander Kerzhakov was recognized as one of the best Zenit players in European competition, as he scored very important goals in the match with the Spanish Sevilla. By the way, later Kerzhakov will play for this club.

Career of Alexander Kerzhakov in Sevilla

With the arrival of a football coach at Zenit Dick Advocaat Kerzhakov left the club as he lost his place in the first team.

In 2006, Alexander signed a 5.5-year contract with Sevilla. For him, the Spaniards paid 5 million euros. Alexander Kerzhakov scored his first goal for Sevilla in a game against Levante on January 28, 2007. Then, in the first match of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Kerzhakov scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur. Alexander in Sevilla became a bronze medalist, winner of the UEFA Cup 06/07 and the Spanish Cup.

In total, Alexander Kerzhakov played 49 matches for Sevilla in two seasons and scored 11 goals.

The return of Alexander Kerzhakov home

In 2008, Alexander Kerzhakov returned to his homeland and began to play for Dynamo Moscow, which he headed Andrey Kobelev. For Kerzhakov paid 8 million euros. In the first season, Alexander Kerzhakov scored 7 goals in 27 matches, won bronze with Dynamo.

In 2009, Kerzhakov's performance was higher: 24 matches and 12 goals.

And again "Zenith"

On January 16, 2010, Alexander Kerzhakov returned to Zenit again, signing a four-year contract with his native club. The transfer cost Zenit 6.5 million euros. In 2010, Kerzhakov scored 14 goals as part of Zenit, and in the next, big season 2011-2012, Alexander had 23 goals in 32 matches.

Returning to Zenit, Alexander Kerzhakov immediately became the champion of Russia and won the Russian Cup, then he was recognized as the best Russian football player in the championship. On October 24, 2012, Kerzhakov scored the 200th goal in his career, converting a penalty against Anderlecht.

On September 28, 2013, Alexander Kerzhakov, after a goal against Spartak, became the top scorer in the history of Russian football (208 goals). Kerzhakov broke the record Oleg Veretennikov(207 goals).

In the spring of 2015, information appeared that Kerzhakov could leave the club. One of the most likely places to continue the forward's career was Samara "Wings of the Soviets" and Moscow "Lokomotiv". The footballer's relationship with the coach of "Zenith" deteriorated André Villas-Boaschem. Kerzhakov said that he feels good and is ready to play, but as long as the team is led by Villas-Boas, he will not be able to play for Zenit. In the summer of 2015, Kerzhakov did not fly with the main team of Zenit to the first pre-season training camp by the decision of head coach Andre Villas-Boas.

Career in Zurich

In mid-December 2015, Zurich rented Kerzhakov from Zenit St. Petersburg until the end of the season. Throughout the fall, the football player trained as part of Zenit-2 by decision of the head coach of St. Petersburg Andre Villas-Boas.

For Zurich, Alexander Kerzhakov scored 5 goals in 17 games, but could not get into the Russian national team for Euro 2016.

In the summer of 2017, Alexander Kerzhakov announced his retirement from playing and received the position of coordinator of the youth teams of Zenit. Then Kerzhakov became an expert on the federal sports TV channel Match TV. The 34-year-old athlete began his career as a permanent expert on analytical programs on the channel.

Alexander Kerzhakov in the Russian national team

In 2002, Alexander Kerzhakov was invited to the Russian national team. The football player made his debut in the national team in a friendly match against the Estonian national team on March 27. At the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Alexander played only 7 minutes in the match with the Belgians, but had a chance to score a goal. The team lost - 2:3, and did not reach the playoffs.

The first goal for the Russian national team Alexander Kerzhakov scored against the Swedes in a friendly match under the guidance of a coach Valeria Gazzaeva.

In qualifying for Euro 2008, Alexander Kerzhakov became the top scorer of the Russian team, scoring 6 goals. But Guus Hiddink did not take Alexander to Euro 08, where the Russian team won bronze.

In 2009, Kerzhakov returned to the national team and was one of the main strikers. The final part of Euro 2012 was unsuccessful for Alexander, Kerzhakov had many game moments, but the ball stubbornly did not go into the goal. Surprisingly, after a great start, the team managed not to leave the group. Kerzhakov's performance at the Euro has become a meme.

In the next qualifying round, Alexander Kerzhakov brought the Russian team a victory over Portugal, following the results of the qualifying tournament, Kerzhakov became the top scorer of the Russian team with 5 goals. At the 2014 World Cup, Kerzhakov scored one goal, preventing Russia from losing to South Korea. At the tournament, the team again did not leave the group.

At the same time, in the fall of 2014, Alexander Kerzhakov became the top scorer in the history of the national team, scoring two goals against the Azerbaijani national team. 31-year-old Kerzhakov brought the score of goals for the Russian national team to 28 and bypassed Vladimir Beschastnykh, who managed to distinguish himself 26 times. Kerzhakov also entered the top three scorers in the history of Russia and the USSR.

In November 2014, the goal of Alexander Kerzhakov against the Hungarian national team (2: 1) became the 29th for the Zenit striker in the Russian national team, the striker outperformed the famous footballer in the past Oleg Protasov(28 goals) and took second place in the list of top scorers in the history of the Russian and USSR national teams in history.

Alexander Kerzhakov scored his last goal for the Russian national team in 2015, in total, Alexander scored 30 goals in 90 games for the Russian national team.

Football records of Alexander Kerzhakov

Records of Alexander Kerzhakov, with which he ended his career:

- The best scorer of "Zenith" in the history of the club.

- The best scorer in the history of Russian football.

- Top scorer of the Russian team (30 goals)

- The best Russian scorer in European competition (30 goals).

In total, Alexander Kerzhakov scored 203 goals in 513 official matches in all clubs and championships.

Scandals with Alexander Kerzhakov

Scandalous situations often occur in the life of Alexander Kerzhakov, both in his personal life, which often gets into the news, and outside of it.

In 2016 Winner of three higher educations, candidate of medical sciences, 38 years old Mikhail Surin was sentenced to four years in a penal colony in the case of embezzlement of 300 million rubles from football player Alexander Kerzhakov. As established by the investigation, in early 2011, Kerzhakov decided to invest in the conversion of buildings in the village of Panino into a mini-plant for processing hydrocarbon raw materials. Upon learning of this, one of the owners of the enterprise, Mikhail Surin, decided to steal the athlete's funds. To this end, he misled the attacker by promising him a stake in the business that promised a stable high income.

As reported, during the judicial investigation, Surin offered Alexander Kerzhakov an assignment of the right to claim the plant in the amount of about 300 million rubles, as well as his share in the authorized capital in the amount of 50 percent. The corresponding agreement was signed by the defense.

Aleksandr Kerzhakov's craving for fishing turned into a scandal. In 2017, they wrote in the news that Zenit striker Alexander Kerzhakov was threatened with a fine for salmon fishing in Lake Onega.

On his Instagram page, Alexander Kerzhakov said that he would release a thousand fry of the Red Data Book salmon into Lake Onega after he caught a large specimen from it and posted a photo with it on the Internet.

According to the football player, he did not know that salmon fishing in this lake is prohibited, and he caught only one fish. In addition, Kerzhakov assured that he would not delete his post with the catch so that everyone could know what this rare fish looks like, the news said.

Personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov

The media often write about the personal life of Alexander Kerzhakov. In February 2005, Kerzhakov married a twenty-year-old student at St. Petersburg University of Financial Economics. Mary Head. A well-known figure skater was a witness from the groom's side at the wedding Evgeni Plushenko. In 2005, the Kerzhakovs had a daughter, Daria. In 2010, Alexander Kerzhakov divorced.

In 2010, Kerzhakov began a relationship with Ekaterina Safronova, former wife of a hockey player Kirill Safronov(Safronova already had a five-year-old daughter Sophia from her marriage to a hockey player). Kerzhakov and Safronova did not register their relationship. In 2013, the couple had a son, Igor. In 2014, Kerzhakov sued Safronova demanding that she be deprived of her rights in raising their common son, according to the biography of Alexander Kerzhakov on Wikipedia. In October 2014, the court deprived Safronov of the rights to raise her son.

In 2015, Alexander Kerzhakov found his third wife. June 27, 2015 Kerzhakov married Milana Tulipova(b. 1993), daughter of a senator Vadim Tyulpanova. The third wife took her husband's surname. On April 10, 2017, Kerzhakov's son Artemy was born.

The ex-wife of Kerzhakov, Ekaterina, often gets into the media news after a divorce from a football player. In 2015, Ekaterina Safronova spoke about Kerzhakov's love for candid nude photos, which he allegedly sent to many girls in St. Petersburg. Edition SUPER has published an intimate photo of Alexander Kerzhakov.

At the end of 2016, an unpleasant story happened to Ekaterina Safronova, as KP reported with reference to law enforcement agencies, Safronova was detained in the north of St. Petersburg after she took a bag of white powder from the hands of a certain man and handed him money ...

Hobbies and extra-football activities of Alexander Kerzhakov

Alexander Kerzhakov loves Russian rock, and calls Leningrad his favorite rock band Sergei Shnurov, in the songs of which he appeared along with Andrey Arshavin.

At the end of 2002, the first autobiographical book by Alexander Kerzhakov was published in St. Petersburg under the title "Up to 16 and older." At the beginning of 2017, the second autobiography, “The Best,” was released.

In 2005, Kerzhakov went into the restaurant business and opened two cafes of Russian cuisine under the same name "Lukomorye" on the Petrograd side and near the Black River metro station.

Alexander Kerzhakov is a frequent guest on TV. In 2010, he took part in the humorous program ProjectorParisHilton. In 2010, he starred as himself in the film "Freaks".

In 2012, he was officially registered as a confidant of the presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin.

Alexander Kerzhakov is known for his charitable activities. In May 2015, the Kerzhakovs and the entrepreneur Ivan Nikiforov The charitable foundation "Stars for Children" was established.

Alexander Kerzhakov was born on November 27, 1982 in the city of Kingisepp, Leningrad Region. His father, Anatoly Rafailovich Kerzhakov, played football in his youth for the second league team Khimik (Dzerzhinsk). Mother - Tatyana Veniaminovna. Alexander was the first child in the family - he has a younger brother Mikhail, also a professional football player, goalkeeper.

Alexander's first coach was his father, then the boy was admitted to the St. Petersburg Sports School "Zenith" and, as an exception, at the age of 11 he was placed in a boarding school. At the Zenit school, Kerzhakov trained with Sergei Romanov.
After graduating from the Zenit Sports School, Alexander began playing for the Svetogorets amateur team from the city of Svetogorsk, Leningrad Region, headed by Vladimir Kazachenok, a former head teacher of the Zenit school.
In early 2000, Kerzhakov was recognized as the best striker of the pre-season tournament for the prizes of the St. Petersburg sports newspaper Northern Forum.

At the end of 2000, on the recommendation of Kazachenko, Zenit head coach Yuri Morozov invited Kerzhakov to Zenit.
Kerzhakov made his debut at Zenit on March 10, 2001 in the match of the 1st round of the Russian Championship with Rotor in Volgograd, went out in the first team and played 90 minutes. He scored his first goal for Zenit in his 13th match - against Spartak Moscow on June 30, 2001. In this game, Kerzhakov equalized the score - 1:1, as a result, the Petersburgers won - 2:1.
He made his way to the main team of Zenit almost immediately, already in 2001 he was included in the list of the 33 best football players in Russia. He did this for 5 years in a row. In addition, in the debut season, Kerzhakov became the bronze medalist of the Russian Championship. In 2002, he was recognized as the best young player in the Premier League and took part in the World Cup in Japan and Korea. In 2003, Kerzhakov became the silver medalist of the Russian Championship. A year later, he scored 18 goals in the Premier League, becoming the top scorer of the tournament. He was one of the club's best players in European competition. He scored several important goals, including the Spanish Sevilla, who wanted to buy him. With the arrival of Dick Advocaat to Zenit, Kerzhakov lost his place in the first team and decided to leave the club.

December 28, 2006 Kerzhakov signed a contract with the Spanish club Sevilla for 5.5 years. The transfer amount was 5 million euros.
After the departure of Juande Ramos to Tottenham Hotspur in October 2007, Manolo Jimenez became the head coach of Sevilla. Kerzhakov began to receive less playing time, more and more often remained in reserve. Kerzhakov was interested in Tottenham, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.

In 2008, Kerzhakov returned to Russia - to Dynamo Moscow, led by Andrei Kobelev, with whom he played for Zenit in 2001. The transfer amount was 8 million euros.
Kerzhakov's first season was not very productive: in 27 matches he scored 7 goals, but his game helped win the bronze medals of the Russian championship.
In the 2009 Russian Championship, Kerzhakov's performance was higher: in 24 matches, he scored 12 goals.
January 16, 2010 Kerzhakov returned to Zenit, signing a contract for 4 years. The transfer amount was 6.5 million euros. On August 17, in a match with Auxerre, he scored the 100th goal for Zenit.
On April 24, 2011, he scored his 79th goal for Zenit in the Russian Championship, breaking the record of Lev Burchalkin. On May 29, in a match against Spartak Moscow, he scored the 100th and 101st goals in the Russian championship.

In 2002, Oleg Romantsev invited 19-year-old Kerzhakov to the Russian national team. The debut of the football player in the national team took place in a friendly match with the Estonian national team in Tallinn on March 27, 2002. At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Kerzhakov played 7 minutes, replacing Valery Karpin in the game with the Belgians, whom the team lost 2:3 and failed to reach the playoffs. Kerzhakov scored his first goal for the national team already under coach Valery Gazzaev in a friendly match with the Swedes on August 21, 2002.
Alexander is a star, there is an eye Daria (born September 7, 2005).

Biography of Alexander Kerzhakov

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Personal archive of Alexander Kerzhakov

Say goodbye to the club and fans.

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Top scorer

233 goals. 603 matches. Quite a bit was not enough for Kerzhakov to break the record Oleg Veretennikov and become the top scorer of the championship of Russia. The leader of the Volgograd "Rotor" of the 1990s had 143 goals, while Alexander had 139. But Kerzhakov Veretennikov bypassed the number of goals scored in his entire career: 233 goals in official games against 207. But the striker's achievements do not end there. As part of the Russian national team, he spent 91 matches, playing at the 2002 World Cup, the 2004 European Championship and the 2012 European Championship and the 2014 World Cup. For 14 years in the national team, Kerzhakov scored 30 goals - on average, this is the best indicator in the history of domestic football. The same number of goals scored in European competition. Four times the best.

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Titles

Kerzhakov has a lot of them. Three golds, three silvers, three bronzes - and all this in the Russian championship. In two seasons with Sevilla, he won the UEFA Cup, Cup and Spanish Super Cup. And even in a short time spent in Switzerland, he was not left without a trophy.

Matches for Zenit

For Zenit, Kerzhakov played 386 matches. With this result, he is in the top five among the players of the St. Petersburg club in history. In total, he devoted 14 years of his career to Zenit. fourteen!

Motto

If you suddenly forgot.

Kerzhakoved

Remember the European Championship - 2012? There, Kerzhakov set an anti-record - he missed the goal seven times in a match. British journalists on this occasion came up with a new word. The first, by the way, were the Guardian.

Autobiographies

But still, Kerzhakov is known and remembered more because of the positive moments. In 2002, he wrote his first book, Under 16 and Over, and released another one 15 years later.

“Cord has very tough clips - I won’t drink so much”

In the House of Books on Novy Arbat, an autograph session of Alexander Kerzhakov took place, before which the forward honestly answered the questions of the fans.