Aleksandr Anyukov

Aleksandr Anyukov
Anyukov with Zenit in 2018
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov
Date of birth (1982-09-28) 28 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Kuibyshev, Soviet Union
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Krylia Sovetov-2 Samara 18 (1)
2000–2005 Krylia Sovetov Samara 71 (3)
2005–2020 Zenit St. Petersburg 272 (11)
2018Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 6 (1)
2019–2020Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan) 18 (0)
International career
2003 Russia U-21 4 (0)
2003 Russia-2 2 (0)
2004–2013 Russia 79 (1)
Managerial career
2019 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2020– FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (Russian: Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

He made his senior debut in 2004, represented his nation for two European Championships and earned over 70 international appearances. He won the Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg 5 times.

Club career

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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.

On 25 June 2019, Zenit announced that Anyukov has joined the team's coaching staff.[1] On 14 July 2019 Anyukov came out of retirement to join Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan for the 2019–20 season.[2]

On 28 May 2020, Krylia Sovetov announced that, despite the season being extended into July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Anyukov's contract will not be extended and expire as originally planned on 31 May, and that he will return to Zenit to rejoin their coaching staff.[3]

International

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Anyukov made his international debut in May 2004 against Austria. He scored his first international goal in 2005 against Germany. Later Anyukov was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Krylia Sovetov-2 2000 18 1 0 0 18 1
Total 18 1 0 0 18 1
Krylia Sovetov 2000 4 0 2 1 6 1
2001 3 0 2 0 5 0
2002 2 1 1 0 3 1
2003 18 0 6 0 24 0
2004 29 2 7 0 36 2
2005 15 0 4 0 19 0
Total 71 3 22 1 93 4
Zenit 2005 12 1 1 0 8 0 21 1
2006 25 1 6 0 6 0 37 1
2007 23 2 6 0 8 0 37 2
2008 26 3 0 0 15 1 41 4
2009 27 1 2 0 5 0 34 1
2010 27 1 3 0 6 0 36 1
2011–12 37 1 5 0 11 0 53 1
2012–13 22 1 4 0 9 0 35 1
2013–14 14 0 2 0 6 0 22 0
2014–15 17 0 2 0 9 0 28 0
2015–16 15 0 3 0 7 0 25 0
2016–17 10 0 2 0 4 0 16 0
2017–18 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0
2018–19 16 0 2 1 10 0 28 1
Total 272 11 39 1 106 1 417 13
Zenit-2 2017–18 6 1 6 1
Krylia Sovetov 2019–20 18 0 0 0 18 0
Career total 385 16 61 2 106 1 552 19

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2005-06-08 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Germany 1 – 0 2–2 Friendly

Honours

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Club

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Zenit Saint-Peterburg

International

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Russia

References

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  1. ^ "Александр Анюков вошел в тренерский штаб "Зенита"" [Aleksandr Anyukov joined the coaching staff of Zenit] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Alexander Anyukov resumes his playing career and returns to Krylia Sovetov". fc-zenit.ru/. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Александр Анюков возвращается в Санкт-Петербург" (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad" (in Russian). 25 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Regulations of theUEFA European Football Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Russia-Spain | Line-ups | UEFA Euro". UEFA. com. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  9. ^ "UEFA Euro 2008 squad list announced" (PDF). Uefa.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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