Aleksey Ionov

Football player Alexei Ionov is known for his bright start with Zenit. In the St. Petersburg team, the player spent the longest period of his club career, earning the loudest regalia - the champion of Russia (2010) and the winner of the UEFA Cup (2007/2008). Also, being a Zenit player, he made his debut in the Russian national football team in 2011. Since 2017 he has been playing as a midfielder at the Rostov club.

Alexey was born on February 18, 1989 in the old town of Kingisepp near St. Petersburg. The boy's father served in the police. First, an older brother appeared in the family, and after 7 years - Alexey.

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It is to his brother that the athlete owes his acquaintance with the profession: he brought a 5-year-old boy to the football section of Vasily Butakov. Since then, according to Ionov Jr., he never dreamed of becoming an astronaut or a policeman like dad, only a football player.

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Butakov appreciated the boy's sports data and became his first mentor in the profession. Then Ionov moved to another teacher, Vladimir Molchanov, at the Zenit Academy, where all the St. Petersburg children dreamed of getting.

It was difficult to get from another city, so Alexei lived in a boarding school, where he made many friends, including close friends with his fellow countryman from Kingisepp, Alexander Kerzhakov. Being a graduate of the academy, Alexey played in the youth club. And in 2006-2008 he played for the youth team of Russia.

In 2007, Alexey was included in the reserve team of Zenit's main team. But a year later, with the arrival of Dutch coach Dick Advocaat, Ionov periodically plays at the base.

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It was during this period that Zenit took part in the 2007/2008 UEFA Cup. Ionov, included in the team, distinguished himself with successful results in two games: he scored the first goal against the Slovak “ViON” (2: 0), the second - against the German “Nuremberg” (2: 2). For more than one season, the footballer played in the youth squad of the club. Here, the development of a player was helped by the coach Anatoly Davydov, whom Ionov still remembers with great warmth.

2009 was a successful year for Alexey. In February, he made his debut in the youth team of Russia, and soon the Italian coach Luciano Spalletti became the head coach of the blue-white-blue, who believed in the talent of the young midfielder and increasingly began to include him in the decisive matches of the team.

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In 2010-2011, Ionov experienced the heyday of his club career at Zenit. He is in excellent shape (height 177 cm, weight 69 kg) and is organic in an attacking position on the field. The footballer's working leg is right.

In 2010, the midfielder opened the team's winning score in the 2010/2011 Europa League group stage. Scored a goal for Croatian Hajduk (3: 2) in the 31st minute and Belgian Anderlecht (3: 1) in the 12th minute of the match. The player broke this record already in 2011, playing in the Russian football championship. On June 14, in the match against Rostov, the midfielder scored in the 12th second of the match. This goal is still the fastest in the history of Zenit.

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The footballer's merits did not go unnoticed: on March 11, 2011, Alexey received a call-up to the Russian national team. The player's debut in the main squad took place on March 29 in a friendly match against the Qatar national team. His number in the team is 11. After that, Ionov will make his debut in the second Russian national team: the victory in the match against the youth national team of Russia was brought by Zenit's goal (2: 1).

However, on this wave of success in the life of a football player, an unpleasant incident occurred that changed his further sports biography. On November 2, 2011, Aleksey was detained in St. Petersburg for drunk driving and subsequent insult to police officers. The culprit was fined 2 thousand rubles.

The scandal was met with indignation at the club. Luciano Spalletti personally expressed his dissatisfaction with the player, claiming undermining confidence. As a punishment, the player was quarantined, locked up at the command base, and then excommunicated from the main team.

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According to Ionov, at that moment “something broke between him and Zenit”. Therefore, as soon as an offer was received from the Krasnodar club "Kuban", he, without hesitation, gave a positive answer.

In "Kuban" Alexey was received with open arms. Club coach Dan Petrescu has long watched the success of the Zenit player and initiated a transfer at the first opportunity. In the winter of 2012, Ionov began his career at a new club and immediately became a leader who helped the Kuban team to advance to the European competition zone.

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In 2013, Alexey received an offer that he could not refuse - a contract with Makhachkala "Anji", which at that time gathered a stellar line-up, reinforced by such world-class professionals as Samuel Eto'o, Mubarak Bussuf, Willian. The contract was signed for 4 years, but after a month the newcomer was put up for transfer, reducing the number of players with high salaries in accordance with the club's new policy.

Soon Ionov moved to the camp of the “blue-white” thanks to the patronage of coach Dan Petrescu, who moved from “Kuban” to Moscow “Dynamo”. And soon Alexei was again called up to the national team of the country for the games of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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And although he never appeared on the field, the trust placed in him served well. After all, the player spent the next season 2014/2015 just brilliantly, having managed to score 13 goals. In just 3 years, Ionov played 91 official matches for Dynamo.

While still tied to the current contract with Dynamo, Ionov moved to the location of another Moscow club CSKA on loan. However, after playing a season in which the player played 24 games and scored 3 goals, the club refused to buy back. And in 2017, Alexey begins another round of his career at Rostov (Rostov-on-Don).

Little is known about the personal life of the popular football player. Only that he is married to Yana Kononova. The couple's relationship has stood the test of time, young people have met for a long time. The girl supported Alexei in the Zenit scandal and moved to Krasnodar after him.

Their wedding took place here on May 29, 2013, becoming a bright event in the city's social life, which was attended by celebrity guests. Photos of the celebration spread over the Internet. The young did not postpone the appearance of children until later. Soon, the wife gave Ionov a son, Mikhail.

The player positions himself as an "athlete without Instagram" "and is proud that he is not on any social network.

On August 27, 2018, Alexei Ionov was again called up to the Russian national team. As part of the national team, the midfielder scored a double in a friendly match with the Czech Republic national team, which took place on September 10, 2018 at the Rostov-Arena stadium (5: 2), and became the hero of the match. The midfielder sent the first ball into the opponent's goal in the 8th minute.

Yuri Gazinsky helped Ionov to achieve a goal, who made an accurate pass from the depth of field. The author of the second goal was Anton Zabolotny, the third point was again earned by Alexey Ionov, breaking through the opponent's penalty. The footballer dedicated his personal victory in this fight to his family. This game has become one of the brightest pages in the athlete's professional biography.

In October 2018, the footballer continued to play with the national team, having played 2 matches in the 2018/2019 Nations League. The Russians drew with the Swedish national team (0: 0), and defeated Turkey with a score of 2: 0.

In November, Ionov took part in a friendly match against the German national team, which was disastrous for Russia. This time, the national team conceded 3 goals into their own goal, and failed to make a single retaliatory strike. In the re-match of the League of Nations with Sweden, the European team managed to turn the tide in their favor, scoring 2 goals per game.

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In 2019, Ionov managed to prove himself in the qualifying match with the Kazakhstan national team, but in the 61st minute, the player was injured, which required his replacement on the field. In 2 months, the footballer bounced back and began to enter the field at the team's preparatory matches before further qualifying tournaments of the European Championship.

On June 8, Alexey Ionov took part in the match against the San Marino team. Russian footballers were getting ready for a serious game, despite the weakness of the opponent - the San Marino team is in last place in the FIFA rating. The Russian team set itself the task of earning as many points as possible, which it did during the game, ending the match with a score of 9: 0. Ionov voiced the opinion of the Russian players:

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On the field, the Russians showed a close-knit game, which was also noted by the former president of the Russian Football Union Vitaly Mutko.

On June 11, in the game against the Cyprus national team, Alexey Ionov became the author of the only goal, which gave Russia 3 points and the second place in the qualifying group.

Now there are rumors about the upcoming transfer of the midfielder "Rostov". The footballer's agent Milko Banski reports that Ionov has already received a number of offers from European clubs, and it is quite possible that the player will not wait for the end of the contract with the Russian FC, but will leave the team in the summer of 2019. Its market value is estimated at € 3.5 million.

2010 - Champion of Russia 2008, 2011 - Winner of the Russian Super Cup 2008 - Winner of the UEFA Super Cup 2007/2008 - Winner of the UEFA Cup 2009/10 - Winner of the Russian Cup 2009 - Champion of Russia among youth teams 2009 - Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship

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