Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Aleksandr Kerzhakov

Aleksandr Kerzhakov in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov
Date of birth	(1982-11-27) 27 November 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Kairat (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2006	Zenit Saint Petersburg	159	(64)
2006–2008	Sevilla	26	(8)
2008–2010	Dynamo Moscow	51	(19)
2010–2017	Zenit Saint Petersburg	129	(56)
2016	→ Zürich (loan)	17	(5)
Total		382	(152)
International career
2001–2002	Russia U21	4	(2)
2002–2016	Russia	91	(30)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Russia U17
2018–2019	Russia U18
2019–2020	Russia U19
2020–2021	Tom Tomsk
2021–2022	Nizhny Novgorod
2023	Karmiotissa
2023	Spartak Subotica
2024–	Kairat
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Кержаков [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kʲɪrʐɐˈkof]; born 27 November 1982) is a Russian football manager and former professional football player who played as a striker.

He is the most prolific goalscorer in the history of Russian football, with the number of goals scored in competitive games standing at 233. He is described as a forward who likes to "drop deep to link with the midfield, expecting players to break beyond him" for whom he creates space.^[1]

A full international since 2002, Kerzhakov earned 90 caps for Russia and played at two World Cups and two European Championships. In 2014, he surpassed the record held by Vladimir Beschastnykh for most goals for the Russian national team.