Biography
Alexey Morozov was destined to become a great hockey player, because he grew up in a sports family. The player was able to make a brilliant career, become a star of ice and head KHL.Childhood and youth
Aleksey Alekseevich Morozov was born on February 16, 1977 in Moscow. The boy from childhood was fond of sports, and it is not surprising, because his father was a hockey coach. Already in the early years, Lesha and the elder brother Valentin played with plastic clubs and a small gate, and then reached the real ice.
The boy started his way in sports in the Locomotive as part of the 1975 born team. Due to the fact that other guys were older, frosts sometimes looked weaker on their background, but then there was an enviable dexterity and perseverance. A grandmother who did not miss a single game with the participation of her grandson who did not miss the future champion.
Later, the brother Leshi was called in CSKA, and he moved to the "Wings of the Soviets" after the Father. In those years, Morozov dreamed of becoming a goalkeeper, but Dad advised him to go strikers, which hockey player never regretted. And the dream to stand at the gate athlete could embody during the game of football, which he was fond of amateur level.
After graduating from school, the young man has already firmly knew that his calling in sports, therefore, he filed documents to the Russian State Academy of Physical Culture, where he received coaching education. But as the second top frost chose the jurisprudence, which he studied at the Kazan Federal University.
Personal life
Personal life of the star of sport as if tried to establish fate itself. For the first time, Irina Morozov's future wife saw a glimpse when he was waiting for a friend at the entrance. And then young people accidentally faced the supermarket and could no longer part. In those years, Lesha lived in the United States, and the girl did not think the border after the beloved.The guy quickly understood that he did not represent his life without Irina, and less than a year later she made her an offer. The wedding decided to play in Moscow, for which I had to persuade the registrar to paint them immediately, without waiting for the laid time for thinking. Soon the lovers became parents, they had a firstborn Nikita, then daughters Anastasia and Diana appeared on the world, as well as the younger son Daniel.
The eldest child decided to go in the footsteps of the Father and began to play hockey from an early age. At first he was engaged in the leadership of the Cross Ilya Kovalchuk, and then moved to the "Wings of the Soviets". Morozov supports the initiative of the heir and shares tips with him from personal experience.
Hockey
Professional career athlete began in the youth team "Wings of the Soviets". Already in the 1st season, he managed to score 15 pucks than impressed by representatives of the National Hockey League (NHL), who invited the guy to play abroad. However, he decided to gain experience in his homeland and stayed at the Moscow Club.
Soon, Lesh began to attract to the games for the Russian national team. In 1998, the triumphal in his biography was 1998, because it was then he was awarded the title of silver winner of the Olympic Games in Nagano. After that, the athlete decided that was ready for moving to America.
Reality turned out to be cruel, because the guy was not easy to bother in a new country. If Alexey was a star in the "wings", then he had a chance to be content with the role of an ordinary player, which was not satisfied with Morozov. In addition, it was hard to get used in new realities, get used to orders and culture. At first, the hockey player did not even know how to elementary send a letter until he explained his comrade from Russia.
There were funny moments. In the neighborhood with the champion, Darius Kasparajtis, who often could look at the guests at an inappropriate moment. One day, the Lithuanian hockey player came home to Morozov, in a few minutes devastated the refrigerator and went on his affairs. Especially for him, the door was always kept open.
The time spent in the US, ordered Alexei. Only there he understood what it means to work truly. Perseverance made his fruits, and soon the guy began to show high results, but still decided to return to Russia and go to Ak Bars, where he spent the best years of career. Then the athlete was in excellent shape and weighed 91 kg with a height of 187 cm.
In subsequent years, the piggy bank of the achievement of the star of sports was rapidly replenished with prestigious awards. He repeatedly became the winner of the World Cup, Gagarin Cup and Eurotour. In the same period, he issued the legendary het trick in the match with the Swedish team and put the record for the number of washers abandoned in one game in the KHL. And in 2010, the champion entrusted the Russian flag on the Olympic Games in Canada.
In 2013, Alexey unexpectedly stated that he would go to CSKA, and then completed the sports career at all. However, a man did not want to part with hockey hockey and soon received a position in the youth hockey league (MHL).
Alexey Morozov now
In February 2020, the news appeared that a former athlete was elected the new president of the continental hockey league (KHL). In the first interview in the new post, the man stated that he was going to engage in the expansion of cooperation with NHL.Now Aleksey Alekseevich supports contact with subscribers through the page in "Instagram", where it often reports the events of the biography and shares a photo with his family.
Achievements
Team:
- 1998 - Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Nagano
- 2006 - Champion of Russia
- 2008 - World Champion
- 2009 - World Champion
- 2008/09 - Gagarin Cup winner
- 2010 - Champion of Russia
- 2007 - European Champions Cup winner
- 2008 - the owner of the Continental Cup
Personal:
- 2008 - Record holder by the number of washers abandoned in the same KHL match (in the Gate of Barys)
- 2008/09 - Winner "Master Playoff" awards for the most valuable hockey player of the Gagarin Cup