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

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. He is an assistant coach with

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. 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

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 PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

in the

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. He was noticed by

Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Тарханов; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 Novemb ...

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

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and then won the

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with them. On 25 June 2019, Zenit announced that Anyukov has joined the team's coaching staff. On 14 July 2019 Anyukov came out of retirement to join

on loan for the 2019–20 season. On 28 May 2020, Krylia Sovetov announced that, despite the

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being extended into July due to the

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, 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.

International

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

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squad on 25 May 2012.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

Zenit Saint-Peterburg *

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: 2007–08 * Russian Premier League:

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19 * Russian Cup: 2009-10, 2015-16 *

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

* Russian Super Cup:

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

International

Russia *

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bronze medalist:

References

External links

Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website
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Profile at the official FC Krylia Sovetov Samara website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anyukov, Aleksandr 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Samara, Russia Association football defenders Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia national football B team footballers Russia international footballers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players UEFA Cup winning players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players UEFA Euro 2004 players Russian Premier League players UEFA Euro 2008 players UEFA Euro 2012 players