Vasili Berezutskiy

Vasili Berezutski

Berezutski with Russia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski
Date of birth	(1982-06-20) 20 June 1982 (age 35)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	CSKA Moscow
Number	24
Youth career
1990–1997	Smena Moscow
1997–1999	Torpedo-ZIL
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Torpedo-ZIL	29	(0)
2002–	CSKA Moscow	353	(8)
National team‡
2003–	Russia	101	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016

Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski (Russian: Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender for CSKA Moscow. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZIL. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow. He is a Russia national football team regular, he earned his 100th cap on 6 September 2016 in a friendly against Ghana. He plays as a fullback or centre back and sometimes is also deployed as wingback or wide-midfielder.

Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow. His identical twin brother, Aleksei, is also a CSKA defender.

Vasili scored his first goal for Russia during a Euro 2008 Qualification match against Macedonia.

He was called up to Russia's Euro 2008 squad and came on as a late substitute in their second game against Greece in Salzburg and started the semi-final against Spain in Vienna.

He was named in Russia's provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2012, but had to drop out before the tournament began due to a thigh injury.

On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, and appointed as the team captain. He was chosen in Russia's squad for Euro 2016 and scored an injury time equaliser in Russia's opening game against England.