Aleksandr Yerokhin
{{Short description|Russian footballer (born 1989)}}
{{family name hatnote|Yuryevich|Yerokhin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksandr Yerokhin
| image = Aleksandr Yerokhin 2018.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Yerokhin with Russia at the 2018 World Cup
| full_name = Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barnaul, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Zenit St. Petersburg
| clubnumber = 21
| youthyears1 = 1997–2004 | youthclubs1 = Dynamo Barnaul
| youthyears2 = 2004–2007 | youthclubs2 = Lokomotiv Moscow
| years1 = 2007–2010 | clubs1 = Sheriff Tiraspol | caps1 = 80 | goals1 = 30
| years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Krasnodar | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = → SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2014–2016 | clubs6 = Ural Yekaterinburg | caps6 = 37 | goals6 = 10
| years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Rostov | caps7 = 36 | goals7 = 6
| years8 = 2017– | clubs8 = Zenit Saint Petersburg | caps8 = 173 | goals8 = 33
| nationalyears1 = 2008 | nationalteam1 = Russia U-19 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2011 | nationalteam2 = Russia-2 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2016–2021 | nationalteam3 = Russia | nationalcaps3 = 32 | nationalgoals3 = 4
| pcupdate = 1 March 2025
| ntupdate = 11 November 2021
}}
Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin ({{langx|ru|Александр Юрьевич Ерохин}}, {{IPA|ru|ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈroxʲɪn|IPA}}; 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.
File:Alexander Erokhin (cropped).jpg in 2022]]
On 28 June 2017, he signed a 3-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=http://fc-zenit.ru/news/2017-06-28-poloz-i-erokhin-perekhodyat-v-zenit.htm|script-title=ru:Полоз и Ерохин переходят в «Зенит»|date=28 June 2017|language=ru}} On the last day of the 2017–18 season, he scored 4 goals in a 6–0 victory over FC SKA-Khabarovsk.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/match/match_12394.html|title=Zenit-SKA-Khabarovsk game report|date=13 May 2018}}
On 7 April 2022, Yerokhin signed a new contract with Zenit until the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2022-04-07-sine-belo-golubye-prodlili-soglashenie-s-aleksandrom-erokhinym.htm|title=Сине-бело-голубые продлили соглашение с Александром Ерохиным|date=7 April 2022|access-date=25 April 2022|language=ru}}
On 1 July 2024, Yerokhin extended his contract with Zenit for one season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit St. Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2024-07-01-zenit-prodlil-kontrakt-s-aleksandrom-erokhinym.htm|title="Зенит" продлил контракт с Александром Ерохиным|date=1 July 2024|language=ru}}
=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.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=http://rfs.ru/main/news/national_teams/82305.html|script-title=ru:Состав на Швецию и Лихтенштейн|date=21 August 2015|language=ru}} He made his debut for the team on 31 August 2016 in a friendly against Turkey.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/31/world/friendlies/turkey/russia/2333995/|title=Turkey v Russia game report|date=31 August 2016}}
On 11 May 2018, he was included in Russia's extended 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/206751|title=Расширенный состав для подготовки к Чемпионату мира|language=ru|date=11 May 2018}} On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://www.rfs.ru/news/207064|script-title=ru:Заявка сборной России на Чемпионат мира FIFA 2018|date=3 June 2018|language=ru}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/07/07/world/world-cup/russia/croatia/2166120/|title=Russia v Croatia game report|date=7 July 2018}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 16 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|alexandr-erokhin/38963}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5" valign="center"|Sheriff Tiraspol
|7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2008–09
|Divizia Națională |27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 12 | ||
| 2009–10
|Divizia Națională |28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8{{efn|Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, one appearance in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 11 | ||
| 2010–11
|Divizia Națională |18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11{{efn|Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League}} | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!80 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 34 | |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Krasnodar
|17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13
|Russian Premier League |2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| valign="center"|SKA-Khabarovsk (loan)
|Russian Football National League |9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name=PPO|Appearances in promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Ural (loan)
|Russian Premier League |25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Ural
|Russian Premier League |25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16
|Russian Premier League |12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!62 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 12 | |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Rostov
|Russian Premier League |11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17
|Russian Premier League |25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13{{efn|Nine appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 7 | |
| valign="center" rowspan="9"|Zenit St.Petersburg
|Russian Premier League |27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19
|Russian Premier League |16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20
|Russian Premier League |23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SC|Appearances in Russian Super Cup}} | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2020–21
|Russian Premier League |25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UCL}} | 1 | 1{{efn|name=SC}} | 0 | 32 | 8 | |
| 2021–22
|Russian Premier League |28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8{{efn|Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SC}} | 1 | 39 | 9 | |
| 2022–23
|Russian Premier League |20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|name=SC}} | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24
|Russian Premier League |18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25
|Russian Premier League |16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!173 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 246 | 42 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!379 | 84 | 38 | 8 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 497 | 100 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=3|Russia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| Total||32||4 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2021{{NFT player|64990}}
=International goals=
{{updated|11 November 2021}} (Russia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yerokhin goal)
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 10 September 2018 | Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia | {{fb|CZE}} | align=center | 4–1 | style="text-align:center"| 5–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 4 September 2021 | GSP Stadium, Strovolos, Cyprus | {{fb|CYP}} | align=center | 1–0 | style="text-align:center"| 2–0 | rowspan=3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | rowspan=2 | 11 November 2021 | rowspan=2 | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia | rowspan=2 | {{fb|CYP}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan= 2 align=center | 6–0 | |
| 4. | align=center | 6–0 |
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,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_23429.html|title=Zenit is the Russian Premier League champion|date=4 May 2019|language=ru}}{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=https://fc-zenit.ru/news/2019-05-04-20-igrokov-zenita-vpervye-stali-chempionami-rossii.htm|title=20 Zenit players became Russian champions for the first time|date=4 May 2019|language=ru}} 2019–20,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25060.html|title=Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions|date=5 July 2020}} 2020–21,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26546.html|title=Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing|date=2 May 2021}} 2021–22,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_27999.html|title="Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!|trans-title=Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL|date=30 April 2022|language=ru}} 2022–23,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_29379.html|title="Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"|trans-title=Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak|date=7 May 2023}} 2023–24{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_30772.html|title="Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!|trans-title=Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!|date=25 May 2024|language=ru}}
- Russian Cup: 2019–20,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25197.html|title=Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit|date=25 July 2020}} 2023–24{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/220537|title=Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу|trans-title=Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory|date=2 June 2024|language=ru}}
- Russian Super Cup: 2020,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_25304.html|title="Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России|date=7 August 2020|language=ru}} 2021,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://eng.premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_26834.html|title=Zenit canter to second consecutive Super Cup win over error-strewn Lokomotiv|date=17 July 2021}} 2022,{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_28323.html|title="Зенит" обыграл "Спартак" в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд|date=9 July 2022|language=ru}} 2023, 2024{{cite web|publisher=Russian Football Union|url=https://rfs.ru/news/220804|title="Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024|trans-title=Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024|date=13 July 2024|language=ru}}
=Individual=
References
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External links
- [http://www.fc-sheriff.com/ru/team/our_teams/team/sheriff-tiraspol/player/984 Player page at the official Sheriff Tiraspol web-site] (Russian)
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