Mikhail Anatolyevich Kerzhakov (russian: Михаил Анатольевич Кержаков; born 28 January 1987) is a Russian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Zenit St. Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

. He is the younger brother of striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov.

Club career

On 10 February 2017, he joined Orenburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 15 June 2022, Kerzhakov extended his contract with

for the 2022–23 season. On 3 June 2023, he extended it for the 2023–24 season.

International career

Kerzhakov was called up to the

Russia national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Uni ...

for the first time for a friendly against Kyrgyzstan in September 2022.

Career statistics

;Notes

Honours

;Zenit Saint Petersburg *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

: 2007, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Russian Cup:

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, 2019–20 *

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: 2015,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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References

External links

Player profile at Official Zenit website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerzhakov, Mikhail 1987 births People from Kingisepp Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Russian Premier League players Russian First League players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Orenburg players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players FC Sportakademklub Moscow players FC Volga Ulyanovsk players Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast