# Vasili Berezutski

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, head coach of the Azerbaijani club Sabah. 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.

## International career

Vasili scored his first goal for Russia during a Euro 2008 Qualification match against Macedonia.
He was called up to Russia's Euro 2008 squad and came on as a late substitute in their second game against Greece in Salzburg and started the semi-final against Spain in Vienna.
He was named in Russia's provisional squad for UEFA Euro 2012, but had to drop out before the tournament began due to a thigh injury.
On 2 June 2014, he was included in the Russia's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad, and appointed as the team captain. He was chosen in Russia's squad for Euro 2016 and scored an injury time equaliser in Russia's opening game against England.
On 7 March 2018, he officially retired from international football.

## Coaching career

On 3 January 2019, Vasili and his twin brother Aleksei joined Dutch club Vitesse as assistant coaches to Leonid Slutsky, who trained them with CSKA and national team. In August 2020 he returned to CSKA Moscow as assistant to Viktor Goncharenko, where he was joined by Aleksei once again in February 2021. In April 2021, Goncharenko was fired by CSKA and hired by FC Krasnodar, and Vasili followed him as an assistant, with Aleksei staying back at CSKA. On 5 January 2022, Krasnodar fired Goncharenko and Berezutski. On 10 January 2022, he returned to CSKA as an assistant to his brother Aleksei, who was promoted to head coach by that time. On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent, together with his brother.
In early 2024, Berezutski moved to Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, once again as an assistant to Slutsky.
On 25 November 2024 Berezutski signed a 2.5-year contract with Azerbaijani club Sabah, becoming the team's head coach. He led Sabah FK to a 2:2 (3:1 by penalty) win over Turan Tovuz PFK in the Azərbaycan Kuboku 2024/2025 Round of 16.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 2000 | Russian First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 2001 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2002 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2003 | Russian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2004 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2005 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 2 | – | – | 49 | 4 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2006 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2007 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2009 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2010 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 |
| CSKA Moscow | Total | Total | 376 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 532 | 14 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 405 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 563 | 14 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
* ↑ One appearance in the Russian Super Cup, one appearance in the Russian Premier League Cup
* ↑ Fourteen appearances, two goals in the UEFA Cup, one appearance in the UEFA Super Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the Russian Super Cup
* ↑ Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Six appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Four appearances in the UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Eight appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Nine appearances in the UEFA Champions League, five appearances in the UEFA Europa League

### International goals

    Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berezutski goal.
List of international goals scored by Vasili Berezutski :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 8 September 2007 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 22 | Macedonia | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 2 | 5 September 2009 | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 39 | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 10 September 2013 | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | 73 | Israel | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 6 June 2014 | Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia | 79 | Morocco | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 11 June 2016 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | 97 | England | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 |

## Managerial statistics

    As of match played 17 February 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Sabah | 25 November 2024 | | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 027.27 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 027.27 |

## Honours

CSKA
* Russian Premier League (6): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
* Russian Cup (7): 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
* Russian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013
* UEFA Cup: 2004–05
Russia
* UEFA European Football Championship: 2008 bronze medalist
Individual
* In the list of 33 best football players of the championship of Russia (9): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2012–13, 2013–14.