Konstantin Zyryanov

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Konstantin Zyryanov
Personal information

Full name	Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov
Date of birth	(1977-10-05) 5 October 1977
Place of birth	Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number	18
Youth career
	Zvezda Perm
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994–2000	Amkar Perm	171	(48)
2000	Torpedo-2 Moscow	2	(1)
2000–2007	Torpedo Moscow	164	(9)
2007–	Zenit St. Petersburg	197	(30)
National team^‡
2006–2012	Russia	52	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:54, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov (Russian: Константин Георгиевич Зырянов; born 5 October 1977 in Perm) is a Russian footballer of Komi descent who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Club career

Early career and Amkar Perm

Zyryanov started to play football in local club Zvezda Perm. His professional career began with Amkar, in 1994. He played 171 league games, having scored in 48 occasions. In 1998, Zyryanov won Russian Second Division with Amkar and in 2000, he joined Torpedo Moscow.

Torpedo Moscow

After he joined Torpedo, he switched to their reserve team, where he played two games, scoring once. After that, he became first squad regular. He was one of the most important Torpedo's players, where he made 164 league appearances. He scored nine goals. His playing ability brought him to Russian football giant Zenit Saint Petersburg, in 2007.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit'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 six league goals for Zenit.

Zyryanov can also play at the back and, in addition, has been used as a creative/goalscoring role by then Zenit coach Dick Advocaat. He has been described as a "calm facilitator, keeping the ball moving and rarely losing possession" as he plays in front of the defenders.^[1]

In 2008, he scored against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the 2007–08 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.^[2] Since then, Zyryanov became one of the finest Russian players, and one of the most important parts of Zenit and Russian national team.

Career statistics

As of 10 December 2012

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Div	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Amkar Perm	D4	1995	24	8	0	0	—		24	8
	D3	1996	40	13	1	0	—		41	13
		1997	38	4	1	1	—		39	5
		1998	33	17	4	0	—		37	17
	D2	1999	36	6	2	0	—		38	6
	Total		171	48	8	1	0	0	179	49
Torpedo-2 Moscow	D3	2000	2	1	0	0	—		2	1
Torpedo-2 Moscow	Total		2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Torpedo Moscow	D1	2000	5	3	2	1	1	0	8	4
		2001	29	0	2	0	2	0	33	0
		2002	15	0	0	0	—		15	0
		2003	26	0	6	2	5	1	37	3
		2004	30	2	1	0	—		31	2
		2005	29	3	6	0	—		35	3
		2006	30	1	5	1	—		35	2
	Total		164	9	22	4	8	1	194	14
Zenit SPb	D1	2007	27	9	5	3	8	1	40	13
		2008	29	7	1	0	15	3	45	10
		2009	30	4	2	1	2	0	34	5
		2010	28	2	5	1	0	0	33	3
		2011–12	41	1	2	0	8	1	51	2
		2012–13	19	4	0	0	4	0	23	4
Total			174	27	15	5	37	5	226	37
Career total			511	85	45	10	45	6	601	101

International career

Euro 2008

On 14 June 2008, Zyryanov scored for Russia in the 33rd minute of their second match in Euro 2008's Group D against Greece. Russia won the match 1–0.^[3] He was later named in the Euro 2008 Team of the tournament.

International goals

Scores and results list. Russia's goal tally first:

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 May 2008	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Kazakhstan	3–0	6–0	Friendly match
2.	4 June 2008	Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany	Lithuania	1–1	4–1	Friendly match
3.	14 June 2008	Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria	Greece	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008
4.	20 August 2008	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	Friendly match
5.	28 March 2009	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Azerbaijan	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	1 April 2009	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	10 June 2009	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Zyryanov was struck by tragedy in August 2002 when his wife Olga, who was a drug addict, 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. His father and brother died two years before that. His new partner Natalia gave birth to their first child, a boy they called Lev, on 20 September 2008.^[4] He married Natalia on 9 June 2010.^[5] Their second child, a girl named Polina, was born on 9 January 2012.

Honours

Club

Amkar Perm

Russian Second Division (1): 1998

Zenit St. Petersburg

Russian Premier League (3): 2007, 2010, 2011–12
Russian Cup (1): 2010
Russian Super Cup (2): 2008, 2011
UEFA Cup (1): 2007–08
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2008

Individual

Russian Footballer of the Year: 2007
Gentleman of the Year (awarded by Komsomolskaya Pravda): 2007
UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament

References

↑ Wilson, Jonathan. "Euro 2012: Russia". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
↑ Zenit 2–0 Rangers
↑ Greece vs Russia match report
↑ В 30 лет жизнь только начинается
↑ Константин Зырянов женился

External links

(Russian) Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website
(Russian) Profile at the official Russian Premier League website

v t e Footballer of the Year in Russia

Sport-Express	1991: Korneev 1992: Lediakhov 1993: Onopko 1994: Simutenkov 1995: Tsymbalar 1996: Tikhonov 1997: Alenichev 1998: Titov 1999: Smertin 2000: Titov 2001: Nigmatullin 2002: Loskov 2003: Loskov 2004: Sychev 2005: Carvalho 2006: Arshavin 2007: Zyryanov 2008: Vágner Love 2009: Domínguez 2010: Danny 2011: Doumbia 2012–13: Akinfeev

Futbol	1992: Onopko 1993: Onopko 1994: Simutenkov 1995: Tsymbalar 1996: Tikhonov 1997: Alenichev 1998: Titov 1999: Smertin 2000: Titov 2001: Nigmatullin 2002: Loskov 2003: Loskov 2004: Sychev 2005: Carvalho 2006: Arshavin 2007: Zyryanov 2008: Zhirkov 2009: Domínguez 2010: Danny 2011: Doumbia 2012: Shirokov

v t e UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament

Goalkeepers	Gianluigi Buffon Iker Casillas Edwin van der Sar

Defenders	José Bosingwa Philipp Lahm Carlos Marchena Pepe Carles Puyol Yuri Zhirkov

Midfielders	Hamit Altıntop Michael Ballack Cesc Fàbregas Andrés Iniesta Luka Modrić Lukas Podolski Marcos Senna Wesley Sneijder Xavi Konstantin Zyryanov

Forwards	Andrey Arshavin Roman Pavlyuchenko Fernando Torres David Villa

v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists

1 Akinfeev 2 V. Berezutskiy 3 Yanbaev 4 Ignashevich 5 A. Berezutskiy 6 Adamov 7 Torbinskiy 8 Kolodin 9 Saenko 10 Arshavin 11 Semak (c) 12 Gabulov 13 Ivanov 14 Shirokov 15 Bilyaletdinov 16 Malafeev 17 Zyryanov 18 Zhirkov 19 Pavlyuchenko 20 Semshov 21 Sychev 22 Anyukov 23 Bystrov Coach: Hiddink

v t e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2012

1 Akinfeev 2 Anyukov 3 Sharonov 4 Ignashevich 5 Zhirkov 6 Shirokov 7 Denisov 8 Zyryanov 9 Izmailov 10 Arshavin (c) 11 Kerzhakov 12 A. Berezutskiy 13 Shunin 14 Pavlyuchenko 15 Kombarov 16 Malafeev 17 Dzagoev 18 Kokorin 19 Granat 20 Pogrebnyak 21 Nababkin 22 Glushakov 23 Semshov Coach: Advocaat

v t e FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – current squad

1 Lodygin 3 Ansaldi 4 Criscito 6 Lombaerts 7 Hulk 9 Rondón 10 Danny 11 Kerzhakov 13 Neto 14 Hubočan 15 Shirokov 16 Malafeev 17 Shatov 18 Zyryanov (c) 19 Smolnikov 20 Fayzulin 22 Anyukov 23 Arshavin 24 Luković 28 Witsel 31 Ryazantsev 44 Tymoshchuk 57 Khodzhaniyazov 71 Baburin 88 Lazović 99 Solovyov Manager: Spalletti

Persondata
Name	Zyrianov, Konstantin
Alternative names
Short description	Russian footballer
Date of birth	5 October 1977
Place of birth	Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death

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