Konstantin Zyryanov

Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov (Russian: Константин Георгиевич Зырянов; born 5 October 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player of Komi descent. He is the manager of the Under-21 squad of Zenit St. Petersburg.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Georgiyevich and the family name is Zyryanov.
Konstantin Zyryanov
Zyryanov at Zenit in 2014
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov
Date of birth (1977-10-05) 5 October 1977
Place of birth Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg (U-21 manager)
Youth career
Zvezda Perm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Amkar Perm 171 (48)
2000 Torpedo-2 Moscow 2 (1)
2000–2007 Torpedo Moscow 164 (9)
2007–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg 201 (30)
2014–2017 → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 87 (10)
Total 625 (98)
National team
2006–2012 Russia 52 (7)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
2018– Zenit Saint Petersburg (U21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Early career and Amkar Perm

Zyryanov started to play football in local club Zvezda Perm. His professional career began with Amkar, in 1994. He played 171 league games, having scored in 48 occasions. In 1998, Zyryanov won Russian Second Division with Amkar and in 2000, he joined Torpedo Moscow.

Torpedo Moscow

Upon joining Torpedo, Zyryanov switched to their reserve team, where he played two games, scoring once. After that, he became a first squad regular. He was one of the most important Torpedo players, where he made 164 league appearances and scored nine goals. His playing ability brought him to Russian football giant Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2007.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit's late-developing holding midfielder was named Russian Footballer of the Year by Futbol and Sport-Express in 2007; in August alone he scored six league goals for Zenit.

Zyryanov also played at the back and, in addition, was used in a creative/goalscoring role by then Zenit coach Dick Advocaat. He was described as a "calm facilitator, keeping the ball moving and rarely losing possession" as he played in front of defenders.[1]

In 2008, he scored against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup to help earn his side a place in the final against Scottish club Rangers. He followed that up with the second goal in the final against Rangers to give Zenit a 2–0 victory and lift the title.[2] Since then, Zyryanov became one of the finest Russian players, and one of the most important parts of Zenit and Russian national team.

Following the expiration of Zyryanov's Zenit contract, he signed a one-year contract with their farm club Zenit-2 St. Petersburg as a player-coach.[3]

On 27 December 2017, he officially retired as a player and was appointed the manager of Zenit-2.[4]

International career

Euro 2008

On 14 June 2008, Zyryanov scored for Russia in the 33rd minute of their second match in Euro 2008's Group D against Greece. Russia won the match 1–0.[5] He was later named in the Euro 2008 Team of the tournament.

Personal life

Zyryanov was struck by tragedy in August 2002 when his wife Olga, who was a drug addict, jumped from their eighth floor apartment holding the hand of his four-year-old daughter. His daughter died that evening and his wife died a month later. His father and brother died two years before that. His new partner Natalia gave birth to their first child, a boy they called Lev, on 20 September 2008.[6] He married Natalia on 9 June 2010.[7] Their second child, a girl named Polina, was born on 9 January 2012.

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Amkar Perm 1995 Russian Third League 24800—248
1996 Russian Second Division 401310—4113
1997 38411—395
1998 331740—3717
1999 Russian First Division 36620—386
Total17148810017949
Torpedo-2 Moscow 2000 Russian Second Division 2100—21
Total21000021
Torpedo Moscow 2000 Russian Premier League 53211084
2001 2902020330
2002 15000—150
2003 2606251373
2004 30210—312
2005 29360—353
2006 30151—352
Total16492248119414
Zenit 2007 Russian Premier League 27953814013
2008 297101534510
2009 3042120345
2010 2825100333
2011–12 4112081512
2012–13 2763040346
2013–14 1912080291
Total2013020545526640
Zenit-2 2014–15 Russian Professional Football League 236——236
2015–16 Russian Football National League 332——332
2016–17 282——282
2017–18 30——30
Total871000008710
Career total 625985010536728114

International
As of match played 12 June 2012[8]
Russia national team
YearAppsGoals
200610
200780
2008124
200993
201070
201190
201260
Total527

International goals
Scores and results list. Russia's goal tally first:

[8]

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 May 2008Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Kazakhstan3–06–0Friendly match
2.4 June 2008Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany Lithuania1–14–1Friendly match
3.14 June 2008Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria Greece1–01–0UEFA Euro 2008
4.20 August 2008Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Netherlands1–11–1Friendly match
5.28 March 2009Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia Azerbaijan2–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.1 April 2009Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.10 June 2009Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland3–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Amkar Perm

  • Russian Second Division: 1998

Zenit St. Petersburg

International

Russia

Individual
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References
  1. Wilson, Jonathan. "Euro 2012: Russia". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. Zenit 2–0 Rangers
  3. Зырянов стал играющим тренером Зенита-2. http://news.sport-express.ru (in Russian). news.sport-express.ru. Retrieved 5 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. Константин Зырянов возглавил «Зенит»-2 (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 27 December 2017.
  5. "UEFA EURO 2008 - History - Greece-Russia". Uefa.com. 14 June 2008.
  6. В 30 лет жизнь только начинается Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Константин Зырянов женился
  8. "Konstantin Zyryanov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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