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{{short description|Russian footballer}}
{{For|his twin brother|Vasiliy Berezutski}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Berezutski|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = Aleksei Berezutski 2021.jpg
| caption = Berezutski coaching [[FC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] in 2021
| name = Aleksei Berezutski
| fullname = Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski
| height = 1.90 m
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|6|20}}
| birth_place = Moscow, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union
| currentclub = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant coach)
| clubnumber = 
| position = {{flatlist|
*[[Centre back]]
*[[Left back]]}}

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Smena
| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = [[FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow|Torpedo-ZIL Moscow]]                        | caps1 =   2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2001      | clubs2 = → [[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]] (loan) | caps2 =  14 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2001–2018 | clubs3 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]                                     | caps3 = 341 | goals3 = 8
| totalcaps = 357 | totalgoals = 9
| nationalyears1 = 2001–2003 | nationalteam1 = [[Russia national under-21 football team|Russia U-21]] | nationalcaps1 =  7 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2016 | nationalteam2 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]]               | nationalcaps2 = 58 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2019  | managerclubs1 = [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2021  | managerclubs2 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2021–2022  | managerclubs3 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| manageryears4 = 2024–  | managerclubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant)
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'''Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski''' ({{lang|ru|Алексей Владимирович Березуцкий}}; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian [[association football|football]] coach and a former player who played as a [[centre-back]]. He is an assistant coach with [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].

==Club career==
He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 at [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], graduating from the club's famed academy. He spent the rest of his playing career at [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].<ref>{{Sportbox.ru|Futbol/Aleksey-Vladimirovich-Berezuckiy-Futbol-20061982}}</ref> He mostly played as a central defender but he could play as fullback, [[Wing-back (association football)|wingback]], [[defensive midfielder]] or even as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]]. He scored CSKA Moscow's first goal as they came from behind to win the [[2005 UEFA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/80814--sporting-cp-vs-cska-moskva/|title=Sporting v CSKA game report|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>

Following his side's Champions League match against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 3 November 2009, Berezutsky (along with colleague [[Sergei Ignashevich]]) tested positive for the banned substance [[sudafed]]. The two players were provisionally suspended until the case was heard by the European governing body's disciplinary committee on 17 December, according to a UEFA statement. It was later revealed that they had taken a cold medicine which had not been reported, and both players were suspended for 1 game, which was applied retroactively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8418615.stm|title=CSKA Moscow pair given doping ban|date=17 December 2009|access-date=22 November 2017|work=BBC News}}</ref>

He officially announced his retirement from playing on 21 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[PFC CSKA Moscow]]|url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/bratya-berezutskie-zavershili-professionalnuyu-kareru/|title=Братья Березуцкие завершили профессиональную карьеру|date=21 July 2018|language=ru}}</ref>

==International career==
Berezutski was a [[Russia national football team]] regular, making 32 appearances since 2003.<ref>{{cite web|author=Arnhold, Matthias|title=Russia&nbsp;– Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rus-recintlp.html|access-date=7 July 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090602234919/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rus-recintlp.html| archive-date= 2 June 2009 |website=[[RSSSF]]| url-status= live}}</ref>

Aleksei was selected Russia's captain for the 0–3 friendly defeat against Romania, though it was speculated that Hiddink only gave him the captain's armband so he could differentiate between Aleksei and Vasili.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

He was confirmed for the finalized [[UEFA Euro 2012]] squad on 25 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/ct131/73916.html| language = ru | title = Advocaat announced the finalized Euro Squad|date=25 May 2012}}</ref>

On 7 March 2018, he officially retired from international football.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Sport-Express]]|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/football/rusteam/news/bratya-berezuckie-zavershili-vystupleniya-za-sbornuyu-rossii-1381098/|script-title=ru:БРАТЬЯ БЕРЕЗУЦКИЕ ЗАВЕРШИЛИ ВЫСТУПЛЕНИЯ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ|date=7 March 2018|language=ru}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
On 3 January 2019, Aleksei and his twin brother Vasili joined Dutch club [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]] as assistant coaches to [[Leonid Slutsky (football coach)|Leonid Slutsky]], who trained them with CSKA and national team.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Vitesse|url=https://www.vitesse.nl/nl/nieuws/detail/7594/vitesse-met-25-spelers-naar-portugal|title=VITESSE MET 25 SPELERS NAAR PORTUGAL|trans-title=VITESSE WITH 25 PLAYERS TO PORTUGAL|date=2 January 2019|language=nl}}</ref>

In February 2021, he joined Vasili as an assistant to [[Viktor Goncharenko]] back at CSKA Moscow. In April 2021, Goncharenko moved to [[FC Krasnodar]], with Vasili following him as an assistant. Aleksei remained at CSKA to assist the new manager (and former CSKA teammate) [[Ivica Olić]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

On 15 June 2021, Berezutski was announced as CSKA Moscow caretaker manager after Ivica Olić left his role as manager by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ивица Олич покидает ПФК ЦСКА |url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/ivica-olic-pokidaet-pfk-cska/ |website=pfc-cska.com/ |publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow |access-date=15 June 2021 |language=Russian |date=15 June 2021}}</ref> A little over a month later, 19 July 2021, Berezutski was confirmed as CSKA's new permanent head coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Алексей Березуцкий утвержден главным тренером ПФК ЦСКА |url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/aleksey-berezutskiy-utverzhden-glavnym-trenerom-pfk-cska/ |website=pfc-cska.com/ |publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow |access-date=19 July 2021 |language=Russian |date=19 July 2021}}</ref> On 25 March 2022, Berezutski was named Russian Premier League's coach of the month after CSKA won four games in the preceding month, extending their winning streak to 6 league matches overall.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Premier League]]|url=https://premium.premierliga.ru/news-and-media/novosti-i-media_143.html|title=ЯЗЫДЖИ, БЕРЕЗУЦКИЙ И ПРОМЕС – ЛУЧШИЕ В ФЕВРАЛЕ И МАРТЕ!|date=25 March 2022|language=ru}}</ref>

On 15 June 2022, he left CSKA by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow|url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/aleksey-berezutskiy-pokinul-post-glavnogo-trenera-pfk-cska/|title=Алексей Березуцкий покинул пост главного тренера ПФК ЦСКА|date=15 June 2022|accessdate=15 June 2022|language=ru}}</ref>

On 6 June 2024, Berezutski returned to CSKA as an assistant manager to [[Marko Nikolić (football manager)|Marko Nikolić]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow|url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/aleksey-berezutskiy-voydet-v-trenerskiy-shtab-marko-nikolicha/|title=Алексей Березуцкий войдет в тренерский штаб Марко Николича|date=6 June 2024|language=ru}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Aleksei started to play [[association football|football]] in sport school [[Smena (youth academy)|Smena]] in Moscow, before moving to [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]'s academy. He is married and has a daughter named Alyona. His [[identical twin]] brother, [[Vasili Berezutski|Vasili]], is also a professional footballer, coming through the Torpedo academy alongside his brother, who he played with at CSKA too.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season
!colspan=3|League
!colspan=2|Cup
!colspan=2|Continental
!colspan=2|Other
!colspan=2|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow|Torpedo-ZIL Moscow]]
|[[2000 Russian First Division|2000]]
|[[Russian First League]]
|2||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2||0
|-
|[[FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk|Chernomorets Novorossiysk]] (loan)
|[[2001 Russian Top Division|2001]]
|[[Russian Premier League]]
|14||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||14||1
|-
|rowspan="18"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[2001 Russian Top Division|2001]]
|Russian Premier League
|0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||0||0
|-
|[[2002 Russian Premier League|2002]]
|Russian Premier League
|16||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=UEFACUP|Appearances in the [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||colspan=2|–||19||0
|-
|[[2003 Russian Premier League|2003]]
|Russian Premier League
|30||0||2||0||1{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC|Appearances in the [[Russian Super Cup]]}}||0||34||0
|-
|[[2004 Russian Premier League|2004]]
|Russian Premier League
|27||0||1||0||10{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||39||0
|-
|[[2005 Russian Premier League|2005]]
|Russian Premier League
|27||2||8||0||15{{efn|Fourteen appearances, one goal in the [[UEFA Cup]], one appearance in the [[UEFA Super Cup]]}}||1||colspan=2|–||50||3
|-
|[[2006 Russian Premier League|2006]]
|Russian Premier League
|29||0||7||0||8{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||45||0
|-
|[[2007 Russian Premier League|2007]]
|Russian Premier League
|26||0||3||0||8{{efn|Six appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]], two appearances in the [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||38||0
|-
|[[2008 Russian Premier League|2008]]
|Russian Premier League
|24||2||3||0||5{{efn|name=UEFACUP}}||2||colspan=2|–||32||4
|-
|[[2009 Russian Premier League|2009]]
|Russian Premier League
|16||0||2||0||9{{efn|Five appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]], four appearances in the [[UEFA Cup]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||28||0
|-
|[[2010 Russian Premier League|2010]]
|Russian Premier League
|23||1||0||0||8{{efn|Four appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]], four appearances in the [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||32||1
|-
|[[2011–12 Russian Premier League|2011–12]]
|Russian Premier League
|40||0||4||0||10{{efn|Eight appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]], two appearances in the [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||colspan=2|–||54||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Russian Premier League|2012–13]]
|Russian Premier League
|5||0||5||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||10||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Russian Premier League|2013–14]]
|Russian Premier League
|13||0||3||0||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||22||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Russian Premier League|2014–15]]
|Russian Premier League
|7||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||0||0||10||0
|-
|[[2015–16 Russian Premier League|2015–16]]
|Russian Premier League
|21||1||4||0||9{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||colspan=2|–||34||1
|-
|[[2016–17 Russian Premier League|2016–17]]
|Russian Premier League
|18||1||1||0||5{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=RSC}}||0||25||1
|-
|[[2017–18 Russian Premier League|2017–18]]
|Russian Premier League
|19||1||0||0||10{{efn|Six appearances in the [[UEFA Champions League]], four appearances in the [[UEFA Europa League]]}}||0||colspan=2|–||29||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!341!!8!!45!!0!!107!!3!!8!!0!!501!!11
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!357!!9!!45!!0!!107!!3!!8!!0!!517!!12
|}
{{notelist}}

=== Managerial statistics ===
''As of 21 May 2022''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} 
|align=left|19 July 2021
|align=left|15 June 2022
{{WDL|34|18|5|11|for=50|against=31|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|34|18|5|11|for=50|against=31|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==
'''CSKA'''

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160130131317/http://en.pfc-cska.com/team/players/*35/ Player profile] on CSKA official website (English)
*{{NFT player|pid=5439}}

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