Aleksandr Yerokhin

Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Ерохин; born 13 October 1989) is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russia national football team as an attacking midfielder.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Yerokhin.

Aleksandr Yerokhin
Yerokhin playing for Russia at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin
Date of birth (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989
Place of birth Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zenit St. Petersburg
Number 21
Youth career
1997–2004 Dynamo Barnaul
2004–2007 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Sheriff Tiraspol 80 (30)
2011–2013 Krasnodar 19 (1)
2013 → SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (loan) 9 (2)
2013–2014 SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2016 Ural Yekaterinburg 37 (10)
2016–2017 Rostov 36 (6)
2017– Zenit Saint Petersburg 117 (29)
National team‡
2008 Russia U-19 9 (3)
2011 Russia-2 2 (0)
2016– Russia 32 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2021

Career

Club

He grew up in the youth team of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2008, he signed for FC Sheriff Tiraspol, and played a few matches for the team that season. By the 2009 season he had become a first-team player and became its playmaker.

Yerokhin with Zenit in 2022

On 28 June 2017, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.[2] On the last day of the 2017–18 season, he scored 4 goals in a 6–0 victory over FC SKA-Khabarovsk.[3]

On 7 April 2022, Yerokhin signed a new contract with Zenit until the end of the 2023–24 season.[4]

International

He was called up to the Russia national football team in August 2015 for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Sweden and against Liechtenstein.[5] He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.[6]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[7] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.[8] He didn't make any group-stage appearances for the team, before he became the first player to be a fourth substitute in the extra time of the match after coming on to the field in the round of 16 match against Spain. He also appeared as a substitute in the quarterfinal shoot-out loss to Croatia.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 December 2021[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheriff Tiraspol 2007–08 Divizia Națională 72000072
2008–09 271141–3112
2009–10 281180–3611
2010–11 186113–299
Total 80302340010334
Krasnodar 2011–12 RPL 17121––192
2012–13 2011––31
Total 191320000223
SKA-Khabarovsk (loan) 2012–13 RFNL 9200–2[lower-alpha 1]0112
Ural 2013–14 RPL 25210––262
2014–15 25610–00266
2015–16 12420––144
Total 62124000006612
Rostov 2015–16 RPL 11200––112
2016–17 25400131–385
Total 3660013100497
Zenit St.Petersburg 2017–18 RPL 27700121–398
2018–19 1661090–266
2019–20 23221401[lower-alpha 2]0303
2020–21 25710511[lower-alpha 2]0328
2021–22 18600601[lower-alpha 2]1257
Total 10928413623115232
Career total 315791137275140390
  1. Appearances in promotion play-offs
  2. Appearances in Russian Super Cup

International
Russia
YearAppsGoals
201640
2017110
201881
201910
202020
202163
Total324

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2021[11]

International goals
As of 11 November 2021 (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yerokhin goal)
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2018Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Czech Republic4–15–1Friendly
2.4 September 2021GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus Cyprus1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.11 November 2021Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Cyprus1–06–0
4.6–0

Honors

Club

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. Полоз и Ерохин переходят в «Зенит» (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 28 June 2017.
  3. "Zenit-SKA-Khabarovsk game report". Russian Premier League. 13 May 2018.
  4. "Сине-бело-голубые продлили соглашение с Александром Ерохиным" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 21 August 2015.
  6. "Turkey v Russia game report". Soccerway. 31 August 2016.
  7. "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
  8. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
  9. "Russia v Croatia game report". Soccerway. 7 July 2018.
  10. Aleksandr Yerokhin at Soccerway
  11. Aleksandr Yerokhin at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
  13. "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
  14. "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
  15. "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
  16. "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
  17. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  18. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
  19. "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.


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