Where is Konstantin Zyryanov now? Football player Konstantin Zyryanov: biography, career in sports, best goals

“Drinking was common in the 1990s.” Zyryanov burns

About Zenit and more.

About choosing at 17 years old

At the age of 16-17 in Perm I had a choice: factory, prison or football. There were no people around me who would say: “You are doing the wrong thing. Take up football, go to school. There’s no need to get bogged down in this.” One of my friends is now working at a factory, another is lying in a cemetery, and I am playing football. To each his own".

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About the offer from Valencia

I also had an offer from Valencia after the 2008 European Championship, but I told the agent: “I’m almost 31 years old, I don’t know a foreign language and I’m not going to learn it. At this point everything became quiet.

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About the need for playpens in Russia

The place of Russian football? We change the tires on our wheels in April, what kind of football can we even talk about? Thank God we are playing at all. On March 9, we played with the Ufa youth team, and it snowed so much that the airport was closed. I asked to postpone the match because it is impossible to play in such conditions. We were refused because the regulations say that visibility should be zero, but there it was. The markings are not visible - you can sprinkle it with red. You won't find fault.

I wrote that it turns out that we are not interested in the health of young football players. The airport is closed - let's play football. If we don’t have proper arenas for matches, we will play for six months, when the grass is growing, and the remaining six months we will be poking around.

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About success

On the other hand, over the past 18 years after the devastation, our clubs have won two Cups and one UEFA Super Cup, and the national team has reached the semi-finals of the European Championship and the quarter-finals of the World Cup. And this is a state that started practically from scratch, which was plundered and almost destroyed. We rise that everyone is afraid of us now. Over 19 years, this is an amazing result, including in football.”

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About a career on TV

I am often offered to be an expert on TV. But I don’t see myself as an expert. When Zenit plays, I am a fan. I worry about Semak, about all the guys. Other football players may feel like experts, but not me. Although I think it’s nice to talk to me.”

About figure skating and gymnastics

Figure skating is a terrible sport. At the age of 18, the athlete is finished. Costner is an exception. It’s the same with gymnastics: girls at the age of 16 already need to retire, because they are supported by smaller and slimmer ones who can achieve medals.

About tragedy in the family

The son and eldest daughter already know about the incident with his wife Olga and daughter Irina who jumped out of the window. Considering that now is the age of the Internet, I think everyone at school knows. Leva brought it from there, and we had no choice but to tell what we considered necessary. And the middle daughter knows.

Everything could have turned out differently in life, but it turned out the way it did. I didn’t think about whether it was life paying off the debt or me.

About Zenit

I haven’t given everything to Zenit yet. I didn’t go through all the steps with the club. Although there was an invitation. An old friend invited me to be his assistant, but I politely refused.

Since the departure of the Russian national team in the first round of Euro 2012, Konstantin Zyryanov has lost everything. Or almost everything. His mentor, Dick Advocaat, chose to leave the coaching post of the Russian national team to Fabio Capello. At the height of his 34 years, Zyryanov no longer harbors illusions about his future in the national team, despite his faithful service to his homeland for many years.

He already knows that he will not fly with the team to Brazil in 2014 if the team reaches the final stage of the World Cup. Capello prefers his young teammates to him - Shirokov, Bystrov or Faizulin. Spalletti, however, too. Since the beginning of the season, the Italian coach of Zenit sent to the bench the one who served as the ideal relay baton on the field a few months ago.

A collateral victim of the arrival of the talented Belgian Witzel in the off-season, Zyryanov is now a supporting character at Zenit, a club that he continues to look at with eyes full of love: “Many Russian football players go abroad to do nothing. They prioritize money over their country. I consider Russia the first country in the world in all areas. I’m happy here, why should I leave then?”. Despite a significant reduction in playing practice and Zenit’s 0 points in the Champions League, Zyryanov is the happiest person in the world. It should be noted that there were worse situations in his life. Much worse.

Having received his football education at FC Amkar from Perm, Zyryanov, at first glance, is a stereotypical representative of the “old school” Russian football player. With yellow teeth, a milky white complexion and a “made in the Gulag” haircut, the Russian midfielder quickly became indispensable at his home club.

In 2000, his professional qualities attracted the attention of the management of the Moscow Torpedo. His move to the Russian capital coincides with the beginning of troubles.

In 2001, his father tragically died in a car accident. A few months later, his brother was stabbed by an unknown man on the street and also died. Konstantin suffered the blows of fate that befell his family. “Torpedo” became his only salvation. The second family did not hesitate to extend his contract with an increase in salary. But one more thing happened: his wife Olga became addicted to alcohol.

In the summer of 2002, her addiction took a tragic turn. After another “Molotov cocktail” based on alcohol and drugs, Olga jumped from the eighth floor with her daughter Irina in her arms, who was barely 4 years old. The girl died immediately, and Olga died a month later in the hospital after Konstantin himself turned off the artificial respiration device. In addition, justice opened a criminal case against Olga for the murder of her daughter.

A few months later, Zyryanov appeared at the Torpedo training center in a state of deep depression. The club's doctors prescribed him medications against anxiety attacks and suicidal tendencies. Many would give up and leave professional football, but not Konstantin: “If I had stayed at home, I would have committed suicide. Hitting the ball is the only activity that helped me forget this nightmare.".

As his life improved, Zyryanov improved his skills. In 2007, he moved to the team from Venice of the North - Zenit, but never sold the Moscow apartment where the drama took place: “After the death of my wife and daughter, I continued to live there. There's nothing dark about the fact that I kept it, it's a matter of respect.".

On the banks of the Neva, Zyryanov began to recover. Zenit became the champion of Russia, and the midfielder was chosen as the best player of the year, beating Andrei Arshavin. The following season, Zenit consolidated its success - it won the Europa League, leaving teams such as Villarreal and Bayern out of action, and winning the final against Rangers. The scorer of the second goal in that final match, Zyryanov hastened to take the ball out of the goal net to place it under his T-shirt in honor of his new life partner Natasha. Konstantin and Natasha were expecting a child.

The football player is living life to the fullest again. “You don’t need to constantly replay bad moments in your head, you need to continue living regardless of what happened. We need to enjoy every minute that life gives us, spend every second with family and friends. This is the only way to be happy.".

Russian football star Konstantin Zyryanov began his sports education at the Zvezda football school. Maybe this is what predicted such a bright future for the Perm football player, which suddenly went out, or maybe his perseverance and work, despite the tragic circumstances of his life.

Childhood

As a child, Kostya trained with V.V. Ryzhkov and V.I. Ladeyshchikova. At the age of 17, Zyryanov received bronze at the Russian youth football championship. Then, already a promising player, but at that time still a forward, Kostya could not decide on a club for a long time. It was shared by two football clubs, but Amkar’s more lucrative offer outweighed it, and Zyryanov left his native, already fading Zvezda, for the sake of the rapidly developing Amkar, which was striving for more. This was the right decision, since FC Zvezda closed after a short period of time. Zyryanov’s debut in the new team took place in 1994. In six seasons, the footballer retrained from a striker, becoming one of the best midfielders. He scored 48 goals in 171 matches for the Perm team.

Career in Moscow Torpedo: test of strength

The millennium marked Zyryanov's transition to Moscow Torpedo. Konstantin moved to the capital, full of hopes and aspirations: a new city, a new team, a new life. However, the management of Torpedo set higher standards and goals. In addition, the level of the teams certainly varied. Having played two games in the double team, he scored the ball into the opponents' goal, which opened his way into the main team. The coach gave the newly minted midfielder instructions that changed the player’s tactics. He began to score significantly less, but his importance in the game did not diminish at all.

Tragedy in the personal life of Konstantin Zyryanov

It would seem that everything began to go in the right direction, and then fate presented him with several insidious blows in a row. The first event that occurred in 2001 began a series of terrible tragedies in the life of Konstantin Zyryanov. First, the football player’s father died in a car accident, then, just a few months later, Kostya’s brother dies from knife wounds inflicted by an unknown person. “Torpedo” became a salvation for the young football player. The club extended his contract, increasing his salary. However, no one could have foreseen what happened next. A terrible tragedy in the personal life of Konstantin Zyryanov crossed out everything.

Konstantin Zyryanov's wife, Olga, who was addicted to alcohol back in 2001, in the summer of 2002, took a step out of the window while intoxicated. In Olga’s arms was her four-year-old daughter Irina, who passed away immediately. Olga left this world a month later, in the hospital, when Zyryanov himself disconnected her from the artificial respiration apparatus. At that moment, a criminal case was opened for the murder of little Irina Zyryanova against her mother. After some time, Konstantin began training again, although he was still in a depressed state for a long time. The only thing that helped him get out of it and not commit suicide, he said, was “hitting the ball.”

Sports achivments

As a player for FC Torpedo, Zyryanov scored 9 goals in 164 games. Since 1996, he participated in the Russian Cup for 10 years in a row, where he scored 3 goals in 26 matches. Having played 8 matches for Torpedo in the UEFA Cup, Zyryanov managed to score only 1 goal. In 2007, the football player moved to Zenit, winning the Russian Super Cup and becoming the Russian champion. Next year he takes the Super Cup and the UEFA Cup. 2014 was the last year for Zyryanov as a football player for the Zenit team. Having signed a contract, he became a player-coach of FC Zenit-2.

Konstantin Zyryanov is happy today with his new wife Natalya and two wonderful daughters Polina and Anna. He continues his football career as a coach of the Zenit-2 team.

In St. Petersburg Zenit we know Hulk, Witzel, Spalletti well and much worse - Konstantin Zyryanov. One of the former leaders of the Russian national team and the courageous captain of Zenit in 2008, the midfielder built his career in an attempt to forget the dark tragedies of his life.

Since the departure of the Russian national team in the first round of Euro 2012, Konstantin Zyryanov has lost everything. Or almost everything. His mentor, Dick Advocaat, chose to leave the coaching post of the Russian national team to Fabio Capello. At the height of his 34 years, Zyryanov no longer harbors illusions about his future in the national team, despite his faithful service to his homeland for many years. He already knows that he will not fly with the team to Brazil in 2014 if the team reaches the final stage of the World Cup. Capello prefers his young teammates to him - Shirokov, Bystrov or Faizulin. Spalletti, however, too. Since the beginning of the season, the Italian coach of Zenit sent to the bench the one who served as the ideal relay baton on the field a few months ago.

A collateral victim of the arrival of the talented Belgian Witzel in the off-season, Zyryanov is now a supporting character at Zenit, a club that he continues to look at with eyes full of love: “ Many Russian football players go abroad to do nothing. They prioritize money over their country. I consider Russia the first country in the world in all areas. I'm happy here, why should I leave then?" Despite a significant reduction in playing practice and Zenit's 0 points in the Champions League, Zyryanov is the happiest person in the world. It should be noted that there were worse situations in his life. Much worse.

Having received his football education at FC Amkar from Perm, Zyryanov, at first glance, is a stereotypical representative of the “old school” Russian football player. With yellow teeth, a milky white complexion and a “made in the Gulag” haircut, the Russian midfielder quickly became indispensable at his home club. In 2000, his professional qualities attracted the attention of the management of the Moscow Torpedo. His move to the Russian capital coincides with the beginning of troubles. In 2001, his father tragically died in a car accident. A few months later, his brother was stabbed by an unknown man on the street and also died. Konstantin suffered the blows of fate that befell his family. “Torpedo” became his only salvation. The second family did not hesitate to extend his contract with an increase in salary. But one more thing happened: his wife Olga became addicted to alcohol.

In the summer of 2002, her addiction took a tragic turn. After another “Molotov cocktail” based on alcohol and drugs, Olga jumped from the eighth floor with her daughter Irina in her arms, who was barely 4 years old. The girl died immediately, and Olga died a month later in the hospital after Konstantin himself turned off the artificial respiration device. In addition, justice opened a criminal case against Olga for the murder of her daughter.

A few months later, Zyryanov appeared at the Torpedo training center in a state of deep depression. The club's doctors prescribed him medications against anxiety attacks and suicidal tendencies. Many would give up and leave professional football, but not Konstantin: “ If I had stayed at home, I would have committed suicide. Hitting the ball is the only activity that helped me forget this nightmare».

As his life improved, Zyryanov improved his skills. In 2007, he moved to the team from Northern Venice-Zenit,” but still doesn’t sell the Moscow apartment where the drama took place: “ After the death of my wife and daughter, I continued to live there. There's nothing dark about the fact that I kept it, it's a matter of respect" On the banks of the Neva, Zyryanov began to recover. Zenit became the champion of Russia, and the midfielder was chosen as the best player of the year, beating Andrei Arshavin. The following season, Zenit consolidated its success - it won the Europa League, leaving such teams as Villarreal and Bayern out of action, and winning the Rangers in the final. The scorer of the second goal in that final match, Zyryanov hastened to take the ball out of the goal net to place it under his T-shirt in honor of his new life partner Natasha. Konstantin and Natasha were expecting a child. The football player is living life to the fullest again. " You don’t need to constantly replay bad moments in your head, you need to continue living regardless of what happened. We need to enjoy every minute that life gives us, spend every second with family and friends. This the only onewaybehappy».

Tonight Zenit meets Anderlecht in the Champions League. This is a decisive match, winning which the team will be able to qualify for the 1/8 finals.

Zyryanov's wife and daughter jumped out of the window

TRAGEDY

Now the wife of the famous Moscow Torpedo player Konstantin Zyryanov is in intensive care, and the doctors were unable to save the girl.

The emergency happened on Friday at about 0.30 in Khamovniki. Olga Zyryanova, being intoxicated, took her sleeping four-year-old daughter Irina in her arms and jumped out of the window. As a result of falling from the eighth floor, the girl was severely injured and died on the way to the hospital. The mother was luckier: she escaped with severe head and abdominal injuries.

The unfortunate woman quickly came to her senses, although her condition still raises serious concerns. She initially told the ambulance doctors who arrived at the scene her maiden name, Vagina, and only in the hospital, apparently having finally come to her senses, was she able to correctly indicate her details.

According to our information, Zyryanova used drugs and was twice treated for addiction. By the way, after the tragedy, 1.5 ppm of alcohol was found in her blood, which corresponds to a mild degree of intoxication. (For reference: drinking 100 g of vodka, depending on the physiological characteristics of the body, will give a result of about 0.5 - 0.6 ppm).

The father of the family at this tragic moment was at the Torpedo base, where he and the team were preparing for today’s match against Lokomotiv. Naturally, there can be no talk of him entering the field.

According to Torpedo general director Yuri Mishin, the team perceived the incident as a common grief, and the players will go to the match with the railway workers wearing mourning armbands. Mishin also promised that the club would not abandon its player in difficult times and would definitely help him.

After this emergency, the leaders of Lokomotiv and the organizers of Saturday's match found themselves in a difficult situation. The fact is that they timed the opening ceremony of the stadium in Cherkizovo to coincide with the game and no one canceled the ceremonial events. It's safe to say that the visiting team certainly won't have any fun.

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