Alexander Spivak - biography of the football player

Alexander Sergeevich Spivak was born in 1975, on January 6, in the city of Mariupol (Ukraine). Football began to get involved in 10 years. At this age he entered the football school of his native city - Novator - and studied there for 4 years. After that, in 1989, Spivak moved to the School of Olympic Reserve, located in Donetsk.

The beginning of the professional career of a football player

Throughout his career, Alexander Spivak managed to play for many clubs in Ukraine, including "Shakhtar" (Donetsk), and "Metallurg" (Zaporozhye), and "Chernomorets" (Odessa). In addition, Spivak played in the Polish team "Steel". Although the key club in his football career, of course, is the St. Petersburg "Zenith". But first things first.

The first professional football team was the club "Silur", where Spivak spent one season. Then the player decides to try his hand abroad, namely in Poland. Alexander Spivak moves to the team "Steel", which at that time was playing in the second league of the country. However, and there he did not stay long, having played one season. During this time, he did not show outstanding results: for 16 games Spivak did not score a single ball.

In 1994, Alexander returned to his homeland and signed a contract with the club "Odessa". Here the athlete played half a season, then moved to another Ukrainian club - "Chernomorets". In this team, the footballer got better, he got stability. However, next season (1995/1996) Spivak began already in another team, which he still considers one of the most beloved.

The first success of Alexander in football

This team is Shakhtar, where he played for two years and was forced to leave because he lost stability and spent most of his time in reserve.

The management of Shakhtar decided to send Spivak to rent to give him the opportunity to play at a high level. Personnel of the football player was interested at that time many clubs, but Alexander chose his Kirovograd "Zvezda". As the footballer himself noted, he chose this club because of the coach Alexander Ishchenko, to whom he treated with great respect.

Spivak performed well in Kirovograd, and a year later he was noticed by Miron Markevich. The head coach of Metallurg was very interested in football and lured him to himself. "Metallurg" bought the player's contract from "Shakhtar", but a year later Spivak again moved to another team.

Time spent at Zenit

In 2000, Alexander Spivak left Ukrainian football forever and moved to St. Petersburg. "Zenith" paid for the transfer of the player about 300 thousand dollars, and did not regret it. Initially, Alexander was faced with the task of replacing the departed Roman Maximiuk. I must say, Spivak coped with this 100 percent.

In the first two games for Zenit Alexander Spivak, being a midfielder, was able to excel three times. And these matches, "blue and white" held on the road, and Spivak immediately became the new star of the team. In addition to Zenit, many Russian clubs were interested in acquiring the football player, including CSKA and Krylia Sovetov. However, Spivak chose St. Petersburg. The main factor in his decision, according to the player himself, was a conversation with the president of the club.

In the northern capital of Russia, Alexander spent his best football years. In "Zenith" he played for 7 years, in 2007 was put on a transfer and announced the completion of his professional career. Leonid Buryak said: "Decent and difficult man, but a good football player. If you combine all these qualities in one person, you will get Alexander Spivak. " Footballer can be proud of his career, because until now the fans of "white and blue" remember him and are proud.

Family and the personal life of a football player

If we talk about famous people who do not like to put their personal life on public display, then one of the first on this list will be Alexander Spivak - a football player. The family of the former Zenit player consists of two people: Natalia's wife and Daniil's son.

During the performances for the club from St. Petersburg, the footballer lived alone with his wife. As Alexander himself noted, at first they had a hard time. First they lived in a rented apartment, until they could get their own. Alexander's son Daniil was in Donetsk with his mother's mother and went to school. Now the whole family lives in Petersburg, and Daniel is already studying at the university.

"First in St. Petersburg it was hard because of problems with housing. After the acquisition of his apartment, everything went smoothly. We with Natalia have furnished the apartment without the help of the designer, "Alexander Spivak said in an interview. The personal life of a football player is strictly classified. With confidence, we can only say that Alexander Spivak is an exemplary family man and an excellent father.