Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (; 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

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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 in the Second Division. He was noticed by Aleksandr Tarkhanov and invited to the first team. Anyukov debuted in the

on 14 October 2000 in a match against

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (, ), 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, according to some Russian sources), the club plays in the Russian Pr ...

. He has played in Krylia Sovetov until mid-2005. During this time he became an international player. He has also appeared at

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. In July 2005 Anyukov transferred to Zenit Saint Petersburg. He reached the quarterfinal of UEFA Cup 2005-06 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 Krylia Sovetov Samara 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

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. 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 *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

* Russian Super Cup:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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 Footballers from Samara, Russia Men's association football defenders Russian men's footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Russia men's B international footballers Russia men's international footballers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players UEFA Europa League–winning players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players UEFA Euro 2004 players Russian Premier League players UEFA Euro 2008 players UEFA Euro 2012 players 21st-century Russian sportsmen