Biography
Danis Zaripov since childhood was dreaming about a hockey player's career and managed to achieve in this height. It became not only the owner of numerous awards, but also his own record, than conquered the hearts of fans.Childhood and youth
Danis Zaripov was born on March 26, 1981 in Chelyabinsk, on national origin he is Tatar. A future champion from an early age was sports and quickly began to show interest in hockey, so the boy's father decided to take him to the rink. Soon, a small Danya became a pupil of "Mechel" and quickly attracted the attention of mentors due to persistence and hardworking.
He spent almost all his free time on the rink, honing the skill of possession of the stick, which often ended with their breakdown. Parallel Zaripov managed to play with boys in football, but still an ice game attracted him more. Such love for sports could not not affect the academic performance, and the coach often had to be burned beyond the ward. But the passion for the Son supported the parents, which was one of the departments of success.
Personal life
Tatyana became the first wife of the Russian hockey player, they met when the future champion just started a career in sports. The player conquered the chosen by beautiful courtship and romantic gifts, and already 2 years after the onset of relations, the lovers played a magnificent wedding, where 140 guests were attended. In marriage, the heir of Arthur was born, but it did not save the family from the collapse.After the divorce, the hockey player was married again, Alla Zaripova became the elect, who gave him the daughter of Ariana. A woman prefers to keep in secret details of personal life and rarely publishes a photo with a famous spouse in an "instagram".
Now Danis is trying to dedicate the family all his free time. He supports warm relations with her son from the first marriage and is proud of its success in Hockey. The heir to the celebrity, too, from an early age joined the sport and still the baby rose on skates.
Hockey
The first steps as a professional hockey player Danis made in 1996, when the team "Mechel" appeared. Immediately, it was not possible to pronounce himself, and he decided to try forces abroad, where he played in the Western Hockey League and marked with abandoned washers for 62 matches, but at the request of the native club returned home.
After that, the athlete continued to speak for "Mechel" and managed to attract the attention of the representatives of the Kazan HC "Ak Bars", which noted his dexterity and technicality. But here the guy failed to quickly get out of the leaders and show high results.
For the first time, the hockey player truly showed himself in the 2005/2006 season, when he led to the "Ak Bars" to the victory at the Russian Championships. Next year, Danis has established a personal record on points, after united with Alexey Morozov and Sergey Zinoviev. Such effectiveness and silver medal at the Russian championship gave an athlete the opportunity to get into the national team.
It was only the beginning of the chain of the achievements of Zaripov, because in 2008 he became the world champion and managed to repeat success in a year. No less bright was his game for Ak Bars, which brought victories in the European Champions Cup and the Continental Cup. In addition, he repeatedly became the owner of the Gagarin Cup.
After that, a series of injuries followed, due to which Danis eventually ceased cooperation with the club. A new breath for an athlete was the transition to Metallurg Magnitogorsk, where he united with Sergey Mozakin and again began to win victory. The celebrity team again managed to win the Gagarin Cup, and as a representative of the national team - to win the World Championship.
Despite this, the player decided to resume cooperation with Ak Bars. They managed to sign a contract, but during Tests in the blood, Danis revealed doping, because of which it was disqualified for 2 years. This led to the scandal and termination of the contract with the club, although the athlete assured that he did not take prohibited drugs.
In this difficult period, the biography of the hockey player received a proposal to perform in the NHL, because according to their standards, the drug did not fall into the register of prohibited. But negotiations with the New York Rangers team did not give results, and after a thorough investigation, they found out that the doping was in the body of Zaripov not by its fault and the period of disqualification was reduced to six months.
Returning to the ice, the athlete again signed a contract with Ak Bars and already in 2018 proved that he plays no worse than in his youth, having received the Gagarin Cup again. In the same year, Danis installed the KHL record for participation in the leading championships of the country.
Next year the player spent no less bright. True, one of the most memorable events for this period was not at all sports achievements, but a fight with Linus Umarov at the match against the team "Salavat Yulaev". This case was the first in the career of Danis and caused delight of the fans. Small hooliganism did not affect the reputation and income of the champion, which overtook the teammates on the wages.
Danis Zaripov now
At the beginning of the year, the athlete appeared on the master show of the match of the KHL Stars - 2020, where the fans of the Captain Tatarstan Captain Suit. In April, the media appeared in the media that the champion signed a new contract with Ak Bars, rejecting the proposal of the Chelyabinsk "tractor".Achievements
- 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 - Champion of Russia
- 2007 - Bronze medalist of the World Championship
- 2007 - European Champions Cup winner
- 2008 - the owner of the Continental Cup
- 2008, 2009, 2014 - World Champion
- 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 - Gagarin Cup owner
- 2004, 2007, 2017 - Silver medalist of the Russian Championship
- 2014 - Bronze medalist of the championship of Russia
- 2015 - Silver winner of the World Championship