Alexander Kerzhakov explained his departure from Russia with the words “I’m scared”

The best scorer in the history of Russian football, Alexander Kerzhakov, decided to leave the country in the fall of 2022. Published April 7 interview He admitted to journalist Nobel Arustamyan that he lived in Russia with a sense of fear, so he moved with his family to Dubai.

“Don’t run away, don’t disown, don’t emigrate – just leave in a given period of time and stay somewhere far away. Because every day you see, read the news. You realize the magnitude of everything that is happening. It became very difficult for me and my wife, and we left, ”said Alexander Kerzhakov.

“I’m scared. I never in my life could believe that this was possible. After almost every interview, when they asked me what my most important wish that I wanted to make, I answered: “So that there is no war,” he said.

Alexander Kerzhakov retains the title of the best scorer in the history of the Russian national team (30 goals), the best scorer in the history of Russian football (233 goals) and the best striker of the St. Petersburg Zenit (161 goals).

In 2001-2017, Kerzhakov played for Zenit, Spanish Sevilla and Dynamo Moscow. He played for the Russian national team. After that he started working as a coach. Until April 1 coached Cypriot team “Karmiotissa”. Under his leadership, the club won in two matches with four defeats, brought one game to a draw.

Olesya Pavlenko