Aleksandr Yerokhin

Russian footballer (born 1989)

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.

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]

On 1 July 2024, Yerokhin extended his contract with Zenit for one season.^[5]

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.^[6] He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.^[7]

On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.^[8] On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.^[9] 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.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 July 2024^[11][12]

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

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2021^[12]

International goals

As of 11 November 2021 (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yerokhin goal)

Honors

Club

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

• Moldovan National Division:
  • 2008, 2009, 2010
• Moldovan Cup:
  • 2008, 2009
• CIS Cup:
  • 2009

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2018–19,^[13][14] 2019–20,^[15] 2020–21,^[16] 2021–22,^[17] 2022–23,^[18] 2023–24^[19]
• Russian Cup: 2019–20,^[20] 2023–24^[21]
• Russian Super Cup: 2020,^[22] 2021,^[23] 2022^[24], 2023, 2024^[25]

Individual

• CIS Cup top scorer:
  • 2009 (shared)

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. ""Зенит" продлил контракт с Александром Ерохиным" (in Russian). FC Zenit St. Petersburg. 1 July 2024.
6. Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 21 August 2015.
7. "Turkey v Russia game report". Soccerway. 31 August 2016.
8. "Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2018.
9. Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018 (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 3 June 2018.
10. "Russia v Croatia game report". Soccerway. 7 July 2018.
11. Aleksandr Yerokhin at Soccerway
12. Aleksandr Yerokhin at National-Football-Teams.com
13. "Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 May 2019.
14. "20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 4 May 2019.
15. "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
16. "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
17. "«Зенит» – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
18. ""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.
19. ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
20. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
21. "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.
22. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
23. "Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv". Russian Premier League. 17 July 2021.
24. "«Зенит» обыграл «Спартак» в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
25. ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.

External links

• Player page at the official Sheriff Tiraspol web-site (Russian)