nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years caps goals nationalyears image name fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals clubs position article_title
90 27 november 1982 fc zenit saint petersburg 18 august 2015 2001 2010 -- -- 2006 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2010 156 26 51 115 64 8 20 55 2002 -- aakerzahkov.jpg aleksandr kerzhakov aleksandr anatolyevich kerzhakov 14 june 2015 kingisepp , russian sfsr russia 1.76 m ftin 0 on 11 30 zenit saint petersburg sevilla dynamo moscow zenit saint petersburg striker aleksandr kerzhakov

aleksandr kerzhakov

aleksandr anatolyevich kerzhakov -lrb- ; born 27 november 1982 in kingisepp -rrb- is a russian international association football striker who currently plays for russian premier league club zenit st. petersburg and the russia national football team .
he is the most prolific goalscorer in the history of russian football , with the number of goals scored in competitive games standing at 209 as of 15 october 2013 .
he is described as a forward who likes to `` drop deep to link with the midfield , expecting players to break beyond him '' for whom he creates space .
a full international since 2002 , kerzhakov has earned over 85 caps for russia and played at two world cups and two european championships .
in 2014 , he surpassed the record held by vladimir beschastnykh for most goals for russia .
