Aleksandr Yerokhin

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

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

Aleksandr Yerokhin
Yerokhin with 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
Team 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 147 (31)
International career‡
2008 Russia U-19 9 (3)
2011 Russia-2 2 (0)
2016– Russia 32 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ 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 22 October 2023[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 7200000072
2008–09 Divizia Națională 2711004[lower-alpha 1]1–3112
2009–10 Divizia Națională 2811008[lower-alpha 2]0–3611
2010–11 Divizia Națională 1860011[lower-alpha 3]3–299
Total 8030002340010334
Krasnodar 2011–12 Russian Premier League 17121––192
2012–13 Russian Premier League 2011––31
Total 191320000223
SKA-Khabarovsk (loan) 2012–13 Russian Football National League 9200–2[lower-alpha 4]0112
Ural (loan) 2013–14 Russian Premier League 25210––262
Ural 2014–15 Russian Premier League 25610–00266
2015–16 Russian Premier League 12420––144
Total 62124000006612
Rostov 2015–16 Russian Premier League 11200––112
2016–17 Russian Premier League 2540013[lower-alpha 5]1–385
Total 3660013100497
Zenit St.Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 2770012[lower-alpha 6]1–398
2018–19 Russian Premier League 166109[lower-alpha 6]0–266
2019–20 Russian Premier League 232214[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 7]0303
2020–21 Russian Premier League 257105[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 7]0328
2021–22 Russian Premier League 287218[lower-alpha 8]01[lower-alpha 7]1399
2022–23 Russian Premier League 20260–1[lower-alpha 7]0272
2023–24 Russian Premier League 8040–00120
Total 147311623824120536
Career total 353822347476145694
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in promotion play-offs
  5. Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearances in Russian Super Cup
  8. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

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. ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
  18. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
  19. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
  20. "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
  21. "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
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