Guardian of St. PetersburgZenith » Mikhail Kerjakov admitted that his favorite Russian goalkeeper was Alexander Filimonov .
Filimonov played for Spartak Moscow, Dynamo kyiv, Arsenal Tula and a number of other clubs, and also defended the colors of the Russian national team. After the end of his football career, the goalkeeper played professional beach football, became a world champion and Euroleague winner.
– When I was little, I was very fond of Filimonov. His posters were hung in my house. Charismatic goalkeeper. This is also due to the fact that Spartak was shown the most at that time, they played in European competitions. There weren’t as many matches as today on TV, there was no internet. He is very bright, charismatic and just a very cool goalkeeper,” Kerzhakov said in an online conference at YouTube channel “Zenith” .
– You didn’t want to imitate Filimonov in terms of hairstyles?
Of course, I imitated him. I was bald, but not for very long. I just have a lot of moles on my head.
Kerzhakov is a student of Zenit. As part of the St. Petersburg club, the 35-year-old goalkeeper became a four-time champion of Russia, a double winner of the Russian Cup.
Source : MatchTV
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