Konstantin Zyryanov

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Konstantin Zyryanov
Personal information
Full name	Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov
Date of birth	October 5, 1977 (1977-10-05) (age 31)
Place of birth	Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number	18
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–2000 2000–2007 2007–	Amkar Perm Torpedo Moscow Zenit Saint Petersburg	171 (48) 164 0(9) 068 (19)
National team2
2006–	Russia	024 0(7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:48, 14 June 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 09:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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

[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

Zenit Saint 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 six league goals for Zenit.

Zyryanov can also play at the back and, in addition, has been used as a creative/goalscoring role by Zenit 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] International career

[edit] Euro 2008

On 14 June 2008, Zyrianov 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. ^[2] He was later named in the Euro 2008 Team of the tournament.

[edit] International goals

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

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

[edit] Personal life

Zyryanov was struck by tragedy in August 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. His father and brother died two years before that. His new partner Natasha gave birth to their first child on 20 September 2008.

[edit] References

v • d • e Russia squad – UEFA Euro 2008 semi-finalists 1 Akinfeev • 2 V. Berezutski • 3 Yanbayev • 4 Ignashevich • 5 A. Berezutski • 6 Adamov • 7 Torbinski • 8 Kolodin • 9 Saenko • 10 Arshavin • 11 Semak • 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

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