Vasili Berezutski
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Berezutski with Russia in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1997 | Smena Moscow | ||
| 1997–1999 | Torpedo Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 29 | (0) |
| 2002–2018 | CSKA Moscow | 376 | (9) |
| Total | 405 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Russia U-21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2016 | Russia | 101 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024–2025 | Sabah | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski (Russian: Василий Владимирович Березуцкий; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed academy. He was a Russia national football team regular, earning his 100th cap on 6 September 2016 in a friendly against Ghana. He played as a fullback or centre-back and sometimes was also deployed as wingback or midfielder.
Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow before going to Torpedo. His identical twin brother, Aleksei, also came through the Torpedo academy with him and played as a defender for CSKA Moscow.
He officially announced his retirement from playing on 21 July 2018.