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Aleksandr Anyukov

Aleksandr Anyukov
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Anyukov with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2014
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov
Date of birth (1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth Kuibyshev, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara 18 (1)
2000–2005 Krylia Sovetov Samara 71 (3)
2005– Zenit Saint Petersburg 253 (11)
National team
2004–2013 Russia 77 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2013

Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982 in Kuybyshev) is a Russia international association football defender.

Aleksandr Anyukov attended football school in Samara since the age of six. In 2000, he started playing for the reserve team of Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Second Division. He was noticed by Aleksandr Tarkhanov and invited to the first team. Anyukov debuted in the Russian Premier League on 14 October 2000 in a match against Zenit Saint Petersburg. He has played in Krylia Sovetov until mid-2005. During this time he became an international player. He has also appeared at Euro 2004.

In July 2005 Anyukov transferred to Zenit Saint Petersburg. He reached the quarterfinal of UEFA Cup 2005-06 and then won the UEFA Cup 2007-08 with them.

He was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.


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