Vasili Berezutski
Vasily Vladimirovich Berezutsky (Russian Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born June 20, 1982 in Moscow ) is a Russian football player. He plays for CSKA Moscow on the position of the defender.
Life
Vasily Vladimirovich Berezutsky was born on 20 June 1982 as a twin brother of Alexei Berezutsky in Moscow. He lives in Moscow and is unmarried. In 2007 he was awarded the Peace Medal.
Career
Association
Vasily Berezutsky began his career, like his twin brother Alexei, when unterklassigen Moscow club Serwis - Cholod - Smena. In 2000, he moved at the age of 17 years to torpedo -SIL (Today FK Moscow) in the first division. After two years he moved to CSKA Moscow in the Premjer League. His first track he celebrated in 2002 by winning the Russian Cup. A year later he became the first -time Russian champion, winning his first Russian Super Cup.
His most successful year was 2005 when he won both the Russian champion, Russian Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Lisbon. No less successful was in 2006 when he won the Russian Cup and Russian Super Cup for the third time Russian champion and each for the second time. In 2007 he was the third time the Russian Super Cup winner and won the launched in 2006 commercial channel Perwy Cup.
National
Vasily Berezutsky made his first game for the Russian national football team on 7 June 2003 in the away match against Switzerland ( 2:2 ). Since then, he has completed 58 games to date, including one for the Olympic team.
Achievements
- Russian Cup winner: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Champion of Russia: 2003, 2005, 2006
- Russian Super Cup winner: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 2005
- Third at the 2008 European Football Championship