Biography
Footballer Alexey Ionov is known for a bright start in the Petersburg "Zenith". There he spent the longest period of the club career, deserveing loud regalia and prestigious trophies, but in other teams the athlete managed to show himself, remembering the fans for a long time.Childhood and youth
Alexey Sergeevich Iona was born on February 18, 1989 in the old town of Kingisepp of the Leningrad region. He was a youngest child in the family, grew up with his brother, which was equal from childhood. Father of the boys served in the police.
It was brother in the end brought the future star to football training. Little Lesha started the way to the tops in the section Basil Buttakov. Already then he decided on a future profession. Soon the ions became the pupil of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" and mentor Vladimir Molchanov. Since it was not so easy to get to another city, he had to live in the boarding school. There, the boy came along with his countryman Mikhail Kerzhakov.
Club Football
The academy coaches quickly reviewed the potential of a young football player who was different to play at any position in the attack. Already in 2007, he was taken to the dubl "Zenith", and later began to attract for matches as a basis.Just during this period, the team participated in the UEFA Cup, where the ions were distinguished by successful results in two games: scored the goals of Slovak "Vion" and the German Nuremberg. In the end, his club managed to become the owners of the main prize. Advances in UEFA and Russia Super Cups were not less successful, these awards replenished the star piggy bank in 2008.
The following year, the Italian Luciano Spalletti became the head coach of Zenit, with which Alexey survived both flourishing and career decay. In 2010, he managed to distinguish between national tournaments: became the winner of the Russian championship and the Russian Cup. During this period, many have propted a big future to the athlete, but, according to the former mentor and teammates, Glory has affected him destructive.
The next year began for ionov from the next bright achievement. In the match against Rostov, he scored a goal of the opponent's goal on the 12th second, which became the Zenit Club Recorder. All sports sources wrote about this, but in the fall they constitute completely other news.
In November 2011, Alexei was detained in St. Petersburg for drunk driving and subsequent insult to police officers. The culprit was deprived of the driver's licenses and discharged a fine of ₽ 2 thousand. The leadership of Zenit responded to the incident negatively. As a measure of penalties, the football player was planted on non-alcoholic quarantine, locked on the basis, and then excluded from the main composition.
Soon, an interview with "from anonymous sources" appeared in the press, which argued that the player had long abused alcohol and irresponsible treats training. Especially distinguished the novel of Shirokov, jogging about the stars drunk. Experts propheted the Ion's soon completion of the career, but he found the strength not to give up.
The player decided to continue the path in football, hoping offense at Zenit. Taking a proposal from Krasnodar "Kuban", Alexey knew that the way back would not be back. But he was ready for this, because he wanted to prove to all the ill-wishers, which is actually something worth.
Not so much time passed, and the football player managed to rinse the words by actions. In the match "Kuban" against Zenit, he came out on the field under the disapproving exclamations of the fans of the St. Petersburg club and scored a goal into the opponent's gate, after which he made a crank in the direction of the former coach. Later, the athlete confessed himself in an interview that at that moment positive emotions were experiencing. Only years later, he agreed that the scandalous incident and moving from St. Petersburg had a positive effect on his career and the attitude to football.
Although during your stay in the Krasnodar team, new trophies did not have been added to the star, he quickly became her leader and helped get into the European Cup. But in "Kuban" Alexei did not stay long ago, because a profitable offer was soon followed from Makhachkala "Anji". At that time, the club owned the billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, who did not bother salaries for players.
"Golden Time" lasted for a short time, soon the FC policy has changed, and all highly paid footballers have been put up for sale. Among them were also the ions who were interested in representatives of the Moscow Dynamo. This contributed to the coach of Petresku, under the leadership of which Alexey played in Kuban.
The debut goal for the new team, the athlete scored into the gate "Rubin", the meeting with which ended in a draw. Season 2014/2015 The player spent brilliantly, sowing to hit the rivals gates 13 times for all tournaments. But soon after that, the football player moved to CSKA.
As part of the army teams, the rank of silver winner of the Russian Championship, but, even despite this, did not want to continue cooperation with him and did not take advantage of the right of redemption. The athlete returned to Dynamo, and then began the next round of career as the Rostov player. According to the site "TransluderMakt", the purchase of the star cost Rostov waders at € 2.5 million. The transaction of the footballer was performed on the rights of a free agent.
Alexey spent 4 seasons as part of the team, demonstrating a good physical form, after which rumors appeared about the upcoming transfer. The purchase of midfielder was interested in several Russian FC, but in the end he replenished the ranks of Krasnodar, returning to the city, in which once he played for "Kuban". The signing of the contract was held in the fall of the 2020th, it was designed for 2.5 years.
Russian team
Alexei began to attract the Games for the Junior team of Russia in 2006, when he was a pupil of Zenit. After 3 years, he made his debut in the youth national team, but was removed on the 76th minute during the game against Belarusians.
In March 2011, Iona first received a challenge to the Russian national team. He came out on the field at a comrade match against the players from Qatar, but never could prove himself. After that, the athlete joined Russia-2, which brought victory during a meeting with the Russian youth team.
Later followed the trip to the World Championships in Brazil, but the star of the star on a friendly match against the Czech Republic in September 2018 was the spectacular. He designed a double and became a triumphant of the tournament. As a result, Russians won with a score of 5: 2. The football player dedicated his personal victory to the family. This game has become one of the bright pages in his professional biography.
In 2019, ions managed to show himself at the match against the national team of Kazakhstan, but at the 61st minute the player was injured that demanded its replacement on the field. For 2 months, the footballer came to normal and began to participate in the preparatory games for the qualifying round of the European Championship.
On June 8 of the same year, Alexey appeared on the game against the San Marino team, where Russians won a score of 9: 0. A few days later, he showed himself during a meeting with the national team of Cyprus, becoming the author of the only goal, who gave Russia 3 points and the 2nd place of the qualifying group. But the winner of the championship was again failed.
Personal life
The personal life of celebrities has developed successfully, he is married to Jan Kononova. Couples have passed the test of time, they have met for a long time. The girl supported Alexei in a scandal with Zenit and moved him to Krasnodar.
There, on May 29, 2013, their wedding passed, becoming a bright event of the secular life of the city, which was visited by star guests. The celebration took place with a luxurious Rimar Hotel. For young, the group "Dynamite" came, and the celebration of Salute ended.
After 3 years, the spouse gave birth to a star of the Son, who was called Mikhail. Photo of the boy is published in the Instagram account of the Athlete's chosen. He himself is proud that he does not lead pages on social networks.
Alexey Iona now
Now the sports star career continues. In March 2021, he scored a debut goal for Krasnodar during the match against Tambov. The player managed to show himself and at the international level: in May, it became known that he was included in the request of the Russian national team at Euro 2020. Speaking about the preparation for the tournament, Alexey noted that the team reigns warm, but the working atmosphere. Footballers enjoy any opportunity to joke and cheer each other, especially allocated Artem Dzyuba.Achievements and awards
- 2010 - Champion of Russia
- 2008, 2011 - owner of the Super Cup of Russia
- 2008 - Winner Super Cup UEFA
- 2007/2008 - Winner of the UEFA Cup
- 2009/10 - the winner of the Russian Cup
- 2009 - Russia champion among youth teams
- 2009 - Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship
- 2016/17 - Silver winner of the Russian Championship