Konstantin Zyryanov

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Konstantin Zyryanov
Zyryanov at Zenit in 2014
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov
Date of birth (1977-10-05) 5 October 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2007–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg 201 (30)
2014–2017Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 87 (10)
Total 625 (98)
International career
2006–2012 Russia 52 (7)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
2018–2022 Zenit Saint Petersburg (U21)
2022–2023 Chernomorets Novorossiysk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov (Russian: Константин Георгиевич Зырянов; born 5 October 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player of Komi descent.

Club career[edit]

Early career and Amkar Perm[edit]

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[edit]

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg[edit]

Zenit's late-developing holding midfielder was named Russian Footballer of the Year by Futbol and Sport-Express in 2007; in August alone he scored six league goals for Zenit.

Zyryanov also played at the back and, in addition, was used in a creative/goalscoring role by then Zenit coach Dick Advocaat. He was described as a "calm facilitator, keeping the ball moving and rarely losing possession" as he played in front of 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.

Following the expiration of Zyryanov's Zenit contract, he signed a one-year contract with their farm club Zenit-2 St. Petersburg as a player-coach.[3]

On 27 December 2017, he officially retired as a player and was appointed the manager of Zenit-2.[4]

International career[edit]

Euro 2008[edit]

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.[5] He was later named in the Euro 2008 Team of the tournament.

Personal life[edit]

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.[6] He married Natalia on 9 June 2010.[7] Their second child, a girl named Polina, was born on 9 January 2012.

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Amkar Perm 1995 Russian Third League 24 8 0 0 24 8
1996 Russian Second Division 40 13 1 0 41 13
1997 Russian Second Division 38 4 1 1 39 5
1998 Russian Second Division 33 17 4 0 37 17
1999 Russian First Division 36 6 2 0 38 6
Total 171 48 8 1 0 0 179 49
Torpedo-2 Moscow 2000 Russian Second Division 2 1 0 0 2 1
Torpedo Moscow 2000 Russian Premier League 5 3 2 1 1 0 8 4
2001 Russian Premier League 29 0 2 0 2 0 33 0
2002 Russian Premier League 15 0 0 0 15 0
2003 Russian Premier League 26 0 6 2 5 1 37 3
2004 Russian Premier League 30 2 1 0 31 2
2005 Russian Premier League 29 3 6 0 35 3
2006 Russian Premier League 30 1 5 1 35 2
Total 164 9 22 4 8 1 194 14
Zenit 2007 Russian Premier League 27 9 5 3 8 1 40 13
2008 Russian Premier League 29 7 1 0 15 3 45 10
2009 Russian Premier League 30 4 2 1 2 0 34 5
2010 Russian Premier League 28 2 5 1 0 0 33 3
2011–12 Russian Premier League 41 1 2 0 8 1 51 2
2012–13 Russian Premier League 27 6 3 0 4 0 34 6
2013–14 Russian Premier League 19 1 2 0 8 0 29 1
Total 201 30 20 5 45 5 266 40
Zenit-2 2014–15 Russian Professional Football League 23 6 23 6
2015–16 Russian Football National League 33 2 33 2
2016–17 Russian Football National League 28 2 28 2
2017–18 Russian Football National League 3 0 3 0
Total 87 10 0 0 0 0 87 10
Career total 625 98 50 10 53 6 728 114

International[edit]

As of match played 12 June 2012[8]
Russia
Year Apps Goals
2006 1 0
2007 8 0
2008 12 4
2009 9 3
2010 7 0
2011 9 0
2012 6 0
Total 52 7

International goals[edit]

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

[8]

# 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

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Amkar Perm

Zenit St. Petersburg

International[edit]

Russia

Individual[edit]

Coaching[edit]

Chernomorets Novorossysk

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wilson, Jonathan. "Euro 2012: Russia". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ Zenit 2–0 Rangers
  3. ^ Зырянов стал играющим тренером Зенита-2. news.sport-express.ru (in Russian). news.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  4. ^ Константин Зырянов возглавил «Зенит»-2 (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 December 2017.
  5. ^ "UEFA EURO 2008 - History - Greece-Russia". Uefa.com. 14 June 2008.
  6. ^ В 30 лет жизнь только начинается Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Константин Зырянов женился
  8. ^ a b "Konstantin Zyryanov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Russia-Spain | Line-ups | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  11. ^ "UEFA Euro 2008 squad list announced" (PDF). Uefa.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  12. ^ ""ЧЕРНОМОРЕЦ", "ЛЕНИНГРАДЕЦ" И "СОКОЛ" В ПЕРВОЙ ЛИГЕ!" (in Russian). Russian Second League. 29 May 2023.

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