Konstantin Zyryanov

Konstantin Zyryanov

Zyryanov at Zenit in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov
Date of birth	(1977-10-05) 5 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Zvezda Perm
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Amkar Perm	171	(48)
2000	Torpedo-2 Moscow	2	(1)
2000–2007	Torpedo Moscow	164	(9)
2007–2017	Zenit Saint Petersburg	201	(30)
2014–2017	→ Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg	87	(10)
Total		625	(98)
International career
2006–2012	Russia	52	(7)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
2018–2022	Zenit Saint Petersburg (U21)
2022–2023	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov (Russian: Константин Георгиевич Зырянов; born 5 October 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player of Komi descent.

Zyryanov started to play football in local club Zvezda Perm. His professional career began with Amkar, in 1994. He played 171 league games, having scored in 48 occasions. In 1998, Zyryanov won Russian Second Division with Amkar and in 2000, he joined Torpedo Moscow.

Upon joining Torpedo, Zyryanov switched to their reserve team, where he played two games, scoring once. After that, he became a first squad regular. He was one of the most important Torpedo players, where he made 164 league appearances and scored nine goals. His playing ability brought him to Russian football giant Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2007.

Zenit's late-developing holding midfielder was named Russian Footballer of the Year by Futbol and Sport-Express in 2007; in August alone he scored six league goals for Zenit.

Zyryanov also played at the back and, in addition, was used in a creative/goalscoring role by then Zenit coach Dick Advocaat. He was described as a "calm facilitator, keeping the ball moving and rarely losing possession" as he played in front of defenders.^[1]

In 2008, he scored against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup to help earn his side a place in the final against Scottish club Rangers. He followed that up with the second goal in the final against Rangers to give Zenit a 2–0 victory and lift the title.^[2] Since then, Zyryanov became one of the finest Russian players, and one of the most important parts of Zenit and Russian national team.

Following the expiration of Zyryanov's Zenit contract, he signed a one-year contract with their farm club Zenit-2 St. Petersburg as a player-coach.^[3]

On 27 December 2017, he officially retired as a player and was appointed the manager of Zenit-2.^[4]

On 14 June 2008, Zyryanov scored for Russia in the 33rd minute of their second match in Euro 2008's Group D against Greece. Russia won the match 1–0.^[5] He was later named in the Euro 2008 Team of the tournament.

Zyryanov was struck by tragedy in August 2002 when his wife Olga, who was a drug addict, jumped from their eighth floor apartment holding the hand of his four-year-old daughter. His daughter died that evening and his wife died a month later. His father and brother died two years before that. His new partner Natalia gave birth to their first child, a boy they called Lev, on 20 September 2008.^[6] He married Natalia on 9 June 2010.^[7] Their second child, a girl named Polina, was born on 9 January 2012.

As of match played 12 June 2012^[8]

Scores and results list. Russia's goal tally first:

^[8]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 May 2008	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Kazakhstan	3–0	6–0	Friendly match
2.	4 June 2008	Wacker Arena, Burghausen, Germany	Lithuania	1–1	4–1	Friendly match
3.	14 June 2008	Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria	Greece	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008
4.	20 August 2008	Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Netherlands	1–1	1–1	Friendly match
5.	28 March 2009	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Azerbaijan	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.	1 April 2009	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	10 June 2009	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Amkar Perm

• Russian Second Division: 1998

Zenit St. Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2007, 2010, 2011–12
• Russian Cup: 2009–10
• Russian Super Cup: 2008, 2011
• UEFA Cup: 2007–08
• UEFA Super Cup: 2008

Russia

• UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008^[9][10][11]

• Russian Footballer of the Year (awarded by Futbol and Sport-Express): 2007
• Gentleman of the Year (awarded by Komsomolskaya Pravda): 2007
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008

Chernomorets Novorossysk

• Russian Second League Zone 1 winner (promotion): 2022–23.^[12]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Konstantin Zyryanov.

• Profile at the official FC Zenit St. Petersburg website (in Russian)
• Konstantin Zyryanov at Russian Premier League