Konstantin Zyrianov

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Konstantin Zyrianov
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyrianov
Date of birth October 5, 1977 (1977-10-05) (age 30)
Place of birth    Perm, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 18
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994–2000
2000–2007
2007–Present		 Amkar Perm
Torpedo Moscow
Zenit St. Petersburg		 171 (48)
164 (9)
33 (9)   
National team2
2006–present Russia 12 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Konstantin Zyrianov (born 5 October 1977, Perm, Russia) is a Russian footballer who currently plays for Zenit St. Petersburg. He has also appeared for the Russia national football team.

[edit] Football Career

Zenit St. Petersburg's late-developing holding midfielder was Russian Footballer of the Year in 2007 probably most notably for his scoring ability shown in August 2007 alone when he scored 6 league goals for Zenit St. Petersburg.

Zyrianov can also play at the back and, in addition, has been used as a creative/goalscoring role by Zenit St. Petersburg coach Dick Advocaat.

In 2008 he scored against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup to help earn his side a place in the final against Scottish club Rangers. He followed that up with the second goal in the final against Rangers to give Zenit a 2-0 victory and lift the title.[1]

[edit] Personal Life

He was struck by tragedy in October 2002 when his wife jumped from their eighth floor apartment holding the hand of his four-year-old daughter. His daughter died that evening and his wife died a month later.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7393752.stm Zenit 2-0 Rangers(2008 UEFA Cup Final)
Preceded by
Andrei Arshavin		 Russian Footballer of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
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Russia squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Akinfeev • 2 V. Berezutskiy • 3 Yanbayev • 4 Ignashevich • 5 A. Berezutskiy • 6 Adamov • 7 Torbinsky • 8 Kolodin • 9 Saenko • 10 Arshavin • 11 Semak • 12 Gabulov • 13 Ivanov • 14 Shirokov • 15 Bilyaletdinov • 16 Malafeev • 17 Zyrianov • 18 Zhirkov • 19 Pavlyuchenko • 20 Semshov • 21 Sychev • 22 Anyukov • 23 Bystrov • Coach: Hiddink
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FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – current squad

1 Čontofalský • 2 Radimov • 4 Križanac • 5 Kim • 6 Lombaerts • 7 Domínguez • 8 Pogrebnyak • 9 Tekke • 10 Arshavin • 11 Šírl • 14 Hubočan • 15 Shirokov • 16 Malafeev • 17 Lee • 18 Zyrianov • 20 Fayzulin • 22 Anyukov • 25 Ricksen • 27 Denisov • 40 Lapin • 44 Tymoschuk • 57 Ionov • 88 Gorshkov • Manager: Advocaat
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