Aleksandr Anyukov

Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov (Александр Геннадьевич Анюков; born 28 September 1982) is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

He made his senior debut in 2004, represented his nation for two European Championships and earned over 70 international appearances. He won the Russian Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg 5 times.

Club career
Aleksandr Anyukov attended football school in Samara since the age of six. In 2000, he started playing for the reserve team of Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Second Division. He was noticed by Aleksandr Tarkhanov and invited to the first team. Anyukov debuted in the Russian Premier League on 14 October 2000 in a match against Zenit Saint Petersburg. He has played in Krylia Sovetov until mid-2005. During this time he became an international player. He has also appeared at Euro 2004.

In July 2005 Anyukov transferred to Zenit Saint Petersburg. He reached the quarterfinal of UEFA Cup 2005-06 and then won the UEFA Cup 2007-08 with them.

On 25 June 2019, Zenit announced that Anyukov has joined the team's coaching staff. On 14 July 2019 Anyukov came out of retirement to join Krylia Sovetov Samara on loan for the 2019–20 season.

On 28 May 2020, Krylia Sovetov announced that, despite the season being extended into July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Anyukov's contract will not be extended and expire as originally planned on 31 May, and that he will return to Zenit to rejoin their coaching staff.

International
Anyukov made his international debut in May 2004 against Austria. He scored his first international goal in 2005 against Germany. Later Anyukov was called up to Russia's squad for Euro 2008. He was confirmed for the finalized UEFA Euro 2012 squad on 25 May 2012.

Club
Zenit Saint-Peterburg
 * UEFA Cup: 2007–08
 * Russian Premier League: 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2018–19
 * Russian Cup: 2009-10, 2015-16
 * UEFA Super Cup: 2008
 * Russian Super Cup: 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016

International
Russia
 * UEFA European Championship bronze medalist: 2008