Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski (Алексей Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back.

Aleksei Berezutski

Berezutski coaching CSKA Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth	(1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Center-back / Left-back
Youth career
	Smena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow	2	(0)
2001	→ Chernomorets Novorossiysk (loan)	14	(1)
2001–2018	CSKA Moscow	341	(8)
Total		357	(9)
National team
2001–2003	Russia U-21	7	(0)
2003–2016	Russia	58	(0)
Teams managed
2019	Vitesse (assistant)
2021	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021–2022	CSKA Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 at Torpedo Moscow, graduating from the club's famed academy. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow.[1] He tends to play as a central defender but he can play as fullback, wingback, defensive midfielder or even as a winger. He is a defender who can join attacks from the wing. He scored CSKA Moscow's first goal as they came from behind to win the 2005 UEFA Cup Final.^{[citation needed]}

Following his side's Champions League match against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 3 November 2009, Berezutsky (along with colleague Sergei Ignashevich) tested positive for the banned substance sudafed. The two players were provisionally suspended until the case was heard by the European governing body's disciplinary committee on 17 December, according to a UEFA statement. It was later revealed that they had taken a cold medicine which had not been reported, and both players were suspended for 1 game, which was applied retroactively.[2]

In 2014, he scored a 90th-minute equaliser against Roma in the Champions League.^{[citation needed]}

He officially announced his retirement from playing on 21 July 2018.[3]

International career

Berezutski was a Russia national football team regular, making 32 appearances since 2003.[4]

Aleksei was selected Russia's captain for the 0–3 friendly defeat against Romania, though it was speculated that Hiddink only gave him the captain's armband so he could differentiate between Aleksei and Vasili.^{[citation needed]}

He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[5]

On 7 March 2018, he officially retired from international football.[6]

Coaching career

On 3 January 2019, Aleksei and his twin brother Vasili joined Dutch club Vitesse as assistant coaches to Leonid Slutsky, who trained them with CSKA and national team.[7]

In February 2021, he joined Vasili as an assistant to Viktor Goncharenko back at CSKA Moscow. In April 2021, Goncharenko moved to FC Krasnodar, with Vasili following him as an assistant. Aleksei remained at CSKA to assist the new manager (and former CSKA teammate) Ivica Olić.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 June 2021, Berezutski was announced as CSKA Moscow caretaker manager after Ivica Olić left his role as manager by mutual consent.[8] A little over a month later, 19 July 2021, Berezutski was confirmed as CSKA's new permanent head coach.[9] On 25 March 2022, Berezutski was named Russian Premier League's coach of the month after CSKA won four games in the preceding month, extending their winning streak to 6 league matches overall.[10]

On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent.[11]

Personal life

Aleksei started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow, before moving to Torpedo's academy. He is married and has a daughter named Alyona. His identical twin brother, Vasili, is also a professional footballer, coming through the Torpedo academy alongside his brother, who he played with at CSKA too.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 May 2018

Managerial statistics

As of 21 May 2022

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
CSKA Moscow		19 July 2021	15 June 2022	34	18	5	11	50	31	+19	052.94
Total				34	18	5	11	50	31	+19	052.94

Honours

CSKA

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

Russia

• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 bronze medalist

Individual

• In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

References

External links

• Player profile on CSKA official website (English)
• Aleksei Berezutski at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

[de] Alexei Wladimirowitsch Beresuzki

[es] Alekséi Berezutski

[fr] Alexeï Bérézoutski

[it] Aleksej Berezuckij

[ru] Березуцкий, Алексей Владимирович