Sergey Fedorov: career and personal life of a hockey player

Sergei Fedorov - one of the most famous athletes of our country. His talent found admirers both at home and abroad. Many years of hockey career of the Russian passed in the strongest leagues of the planet - the USSR championship, overseas NHL and Russian KHL. Sergei won a lot of prestigious trophies both at the club level, and in games for the national team. Thanks to his sparkling game, the sportsman became a popular personality in the media, his photos are constantly appearing on the pages of the leading hockey publications in Russia and abroad. Sergei Fedorov is an example of a player who, despite his long career in another country, remains a patriot.

Basic facts of biography

Fedorov Sergey Viktorovich - native of Pskov, professional hockey player. Unchanged position in the team - the central striker. He was born in 1969. He played in the USSR Championship for Minsk "Dynamo" and Moscow CSKA. He spent most of his career overseas in leading NHL clubs. One of the best players of the league of the last decades, the repeated winner of prestigious awards of the strongest hockey championship of the planet.

Became the owner of three Stanley Cups. After winning a lot of trophies overseas, he returned to his homeland, became a player of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), designed to compete with the NHL for the title of the strongest in the world. After playing several seasons in the new championship, he began to work on managerial and coaching work. Successfully played for the national team, won victories in the world championships, became a medalist at the Olympic Games. Many experts are estimated as one of the most successful Russian hockey players.

Careers in Russia

The first steps in hockey Sergei Fyodorov made in "Apatitstroy", but soon moved to the school of the Minsk club "Dynamo" and went to "Youth", which supplied the Belarusian team with young talents. He started playing in the championship in 1985, but a year later he moved to CSKA Moscow. In the game for the "army" Fedorov spent five seasons, played 184 games, scored 47 goals personally and assisted the partners 34 times (thus gaining 81 points in the system of "goal plus pass"). In 1990 he left for the NHL, where he spent almost two decades.

In 2009 he returned to Russia, replenishing the ranks of the Magnitogorsk club "Metallurg". He played in the team for three years, after which he was invited to the club in which his career, CSKA, once began to flourish, but already to the managerial work by the general manager. During the game in the KHL, Sergei three times took part in all league games, and in 2013 he played in the team of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games ambassadors.

Career in the NHL

Still playing for CSKA Moscow in the USSR championship, young and promising Sergei Fedorov was spotted by scouts of the American team "Detroit Red Wings", serving in the NHL. In 1990, the Soviet hockey player moved to the camp of the overseas club, where he spent several magnificent seasons. He played for the team 908 games, scored 400 opponents at the opponents' gate and assisted the partners 554 times. As part of the "Detroit" Fedorov won the Stanley Cup three times (in 1997, in 1998 and in 2002). He became a laureate of prestigious NHL awards ("Hart Memorial Trophy", "Leicester Pearson Euord" in 1994, "Frank J. Selki Trophy in the same year and in 1996).

After spending 13 seasons in Detroit, Fedorov moved to Anaheim Mighty Ducks, where he played two incomplete championships. Then he continued his career in the Columbus Blue Jackets and the capital Washington Capitals - in this club Fedorov was a company for Russian hockey players Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Viktor Kozlov. In 2009, Sergei Fedorov returned to his homeland.

"Detroit": the best years and leaving the club

In the "Detroit Red Wings" Fedorov spent the bulk of his career. According to the information in the sports media, between Sergei and the leadership of the American team in recent years, the game Russians for the club have been in disagreement. First of all, as it was believed in the hockey community, because the Russian player did not get as much playing time as he wanted. Coaches Scott Bowman, and then Dave Lewis did not consider it necessary to prioritize giving Sergei additional chances on the court. For many hockey experts, the transfer of Fedorov to another club was a matter of time.

Career in the national team

The successful game of Fedorov for hockey clubs could not go unnoticed by the coaches of the national team of the country (first the USSR, and then Russia). As part of the Soviet team, Sergei won two world championships (in 1989 and 1990), playing for the Russian one (in 2008). Managed to win, speaking for the Russian national team, two Olympic medals: silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002. Despite the fact that in 2000 hockey player Sergei Fyodorov became a US citizen, this fact did not prevent him from speaking for his country and showing the highest level of skill.

Principles

Sergei Fyodorov is convinced that any Russian hockey player remains true to his national identity, even playing overseas. Assessing the prospects of the Continental Hockey League, Fedorov in his interviews urges the Russian sports community not to make a copy of the American NHL, but to go its own way. Despite the fact that the leadership of the overseas clubs did not always hold loyal to the fact that Fedorov is leaving to play for the national team, Sergei always wanted to play for Russia.

Regarding the success of the national team at the 2008 championship, the hockey player noted the high work of the coaching staff in terms of a personified approach to the players. Fedorov is convinced that in Russia there are many high-profile players, from which it is possible to form several teams.

Personal life

Ice hockey player Sergey Fedorov is not one of the people who like to take the details of his personal life to the public . Information on this topic, appearing in the media, is often based on rumors. In the American press there is information that Sergei met several years with tennis player Anna Kournikova and even registered with her in 2001 a marriage. They met in 1995 in Moscow, when the athlete took part in one of the international competitions. Subsequently, in various media, Kournikova's photo appeared in the Red Wings sweater (for this club Sergey was speaking).

The couple spent some time living in Detroit, according to unofficial data, young people have been engaged since 1999 (confirming statements from Anna and Sergey on this subject have not been published, but also denials, too). The union of the two sportsmen lasted, however, not very long. The former wife of hockey player Sergei Fedorov after a few years had a relationship with Enrique Iglesias.