Biography
Mikhail Kerzhakov is a Russian football player, goalkeeper, the brother of the attacker Alexander Kerzhakov. He received a secret nickname anti-crisis goalkeeper, as he played in teams that save the tournament position.Childhood and youth
Mikhail Anatolyevich Kerzhakov was born on January 27, 1987 in Kingisepp, Leningrad region. Father is a former football player, played in the second league.
In an interview, Mikhail recognized that they were different people with brother. Alexander is tougher. From it from 3 years did a football player, while the younger provided themselves. As a child, the guys often fought.
Kingisepp then shared on the quarters: the punks lived in one, in the other - "Metalists", and Mikhail grew up in the Rap quarter. So he was fond of hip-hop, walked in bandan and jeans- "pipes." According to Kerzhakov, then rap was better, and now in the texts even catch not for what.
Loud surname brought a guy's problems. When the peers learned that Michael was a brother of the striker "Zenith", they began to treat him negatively. And only by talking with a goalkeeper a couple of days, they understood that Kerzhakov had no "star disease."
Football education The guy received at the Senith School, where Mikhail took place in 2000 after the city championship, where he played for the Gatchina "Victoria". In the boarding school immediately came up with "Ihhthyandro" (so called swimmers), for which he got "Nonfony" from Alexander.
In his spare time he was engaged in kickboxing, boxing, karate. In his youth, he graduated from the RGPU named after A. I. Herzen in the specialty "Pedagogue of children of preschool age."
Football
At the beginning of the sports career, Mikhail could not be as the basis of Zenit, the goalkeeper was taken by Vyacheslav Malafeev. He spent several years in Volgar-Gazprom clubs, Alania and Volga.In June 2013, the footballer moved to Anji, where he had to compete for a place in the gate with Vladimir Gabulov. Kerzhakova was taken in return to Eugene Pozanana, who went for rent.
In 2015, the goalkeeper returned to Zenit and signed a four-year contract, but had little gaming practice. The coaches prefer Yuri Lododagin, because he is more "alarm". The team won even when he missed goals.
In February 2017, Kerzhakov moved to Orenburg, where he was immediately made friends with Anzor Sanah and Maxim Grigoriev. At the fees in Turkey, the goalkeeper read the book by Alexey Sherstobitov "Confession of the legendary killer", the biography of the Lesha-soldier, a custom killer who came to prison in 2008.
In the fall of 2019, Kerzhakov replaced the "Zenith" of the injured Andrei Lunev. After the cup match with the "Yeniseem" held another 12 games and fixed in the General Team.
Personal life
When Mikhail played "Anji", an article about his personal life was published in one of the newspapers in which there were many false facts. The footballer was allegedly married to a certain Victoria, has two children named after Brother and Dmitry Tarasov. When divorced, a single child took away, after which he spun a novel with a girl named Olga, and all this is a mixture with the comments of the psychologist and strange photos. Kerzhakov's publication did not give value, but his mother was very upset.
In reality, the man's son Ivan, who in May 2019 Kerzhakov presented the wife of Irina. Family lives happily.
The growth of a footballer 191 cm, weight - 82 kg.
In his spare time, he likes to listen to Electrohaus: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Diplo and Daft Punk.
Mikhail Kerzhakov now
In August 2020, Kerzhakov did not receive a challenge to the Russian national team. Coach Stanislav Cherchesov explained that it was caused by the reluctance to make changes to the stable composition, and not at all a bad form of the player.In October 2020, the goalkeeper, together with Zenit, was published in the group stage of the Champions League, where she had to fight "Bruges", "Lazio" and "Borussia". Kerzhakov believed that the team should leave the group, although rivals are strong.
In November, after three tours, the club from St. Petersburg almost lost the chances of playoffs, but Kerzhakov retained optimism. He was preparing for a match with Lazio, who had to play with empty stands. The team studied the manner of the opponent game, in particular the striker Immobil. Forwards "Zenith" Sebastian Driusi and Serdar Azmun recovered after injuries and trained with everyone in the main composition.
Achievements
- 2014/15 - Silver winner of the Championship FNL with Anji
- 2015/16 - Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship with Zenit
- 2015/16, 2019/20 - Winner of the Cup of Russia with Zenit
- 2015, 2016, 2020 - Winner of the Super Cup of Russia with Zenit
- 2018/19, 2019/20 - Champion of Russia with Zenit