Vasily Berezutsky: biography, achievements, private life

Berezutsky Vasily Vladimirovich is the leading defender of the Russian national team. In the national championship stands for the Moscow club CSKA. Repeatedly ranked among the best players in Russia by the end of the year. Master of Sports, captain of the national team. He is the owner of the UEFA Cup. Vasily has a twin brother, whose name is Alex. He also plays for CSKA and the national team. The role of both brothers is the central defender.

Children's dreams become reality

The native city of Berezutsky is Moscow. It was there that in June 1982 Vasily was born with his brother. From childhood I liked to play football. Parents were not against this hobby, but advised him to make a specific choice: either in favor of sports, or take a different profession.

Vasily and Alexei Berezutsky without hesitation gave preference to football. At the age of 8, the brothers began attending the sports school "Smena". However, after 3 years, they suddenly gave up their favorite pastime. The main reason for this decision was the lack of perspective. At that time, "Smena" flew to the lower division. At one time Vasily even wanted to become a basketball player, because he allowed growth. Parents already almost gave the documents to the relevant section when they were called from the school "Torpedo". The coaching staff really wanted to see promising twins. The brothers did not hesitate for a long time. A few days later they arrived at the location of the Torpedo-ZIL academy.

For training, Basil came with a special thrill, dreaming that he would someday become a great football player. At that time, "Torpedo" was the ideal option for talented young people to show themselves at the all-Russian level. At the age of 17, Vasily signed his first contract, officially becoming a professional player.

Career football player

Vasily Berezutsky, whose biography is full of great victories at national and international level, began to speak for "Torpedo-ZIL" in 1999. The path to professional sports for the defender opened as soon as he graduated from high school.

Addiction to a tough male game lasted for the first few months. Already in his second season for the Moscow team Basil began to regularly fall into the base. By the end of 2000 he was the main defender of "Torpedo-ZIL", regularly saved the partners from an imminent goal, but scored the goals in the opponents' goal and did not excel. In the offseason of the prospective defender lured to his other Moscow grandee - CSKA. It is noteworthy that the contract with Berezutsky was signed immediately for 10 years.

The debut of the defender for "army men" took place in 2002. Then CSKA's rival was FC Krylya Sovetov. Vasily came on as a substitute during the break. In total for his debut for the new season, the player appeared on the field several times. But this gave him the opportunity to show himself in the youth national team of the country.

Strengthening of positions

In 2003, Vasily Berezutsky played almost the whole season in the starting lineup. In conjunction with his brother, he made the protective orders of CSKA impassable. In many ways, thanks to this, in 2003, the "army men" became champions of Russia.

At that time the national team was coached by Valery Gazayev, who was at the same time running CSKA. It was he who first invited the brothers to the main national team. Debuted for the national team of Basil in the qualifying match against Euro 2004 against Switzerland. The game ended in a productive draw, and the young defender was praised by reputable football experts. Season 2004 Vasily Berezutsky began on the bench. According to the trainers, he was not enough laid out in training, and therefore on the field went very rarely. In the offseason, the football player worked hard on physics and technology. The efforts did not go unnoticed. In 2005, the defender returned to the main cage.

Over the next few seasons Vasily Berezutsky played all the matches from the starting to the final whistle without substitutions. Many European stars could envy his physical readiness. In 2008, together with the national team, the football player reached the decisive stages of the European Championship. In the quarter-finals Russia enchanted the Dutch, but lost the next round to Spain.

In total for the national team of Basil spent more than 80 matches, scoring several important goals. In CSKA Moscow is still the main defender.

Professional achievements

For his career, Vasily Berezutsky has repeatedly become the champion of Russia. He also won the Cup of the country and four times the Super Cup of the Russian Federation in CSKA .

In the asset of the player several silver medals of the championship of Russia, bronze of the European Championship. In 2005, he was one of the winners of the UEFA Cup. For his long career, Berezutsky was recognized as the best football player of the country three times.

Personal life

Now Vasily is married to the beautiful Olga. The wife of a football player is familiar with the sport not by hearsay. In her youth, she professionally engaged in synchronized swimming. Repeatedly won gold medals.

After the career of the sportswoman Olga for some time was a member of the group "Vintage". However, the pregnancy forced the girl to move away from the big stage. Today Olga is raising a little son of Vladimir. In the future, he also dreams of becoming a great athlete.

With Vasily's brother, a warm relationship. In everyday life, they are very attached to each other.