Alexey Ionov. Biography of a football player

Alexei Sergeyevich Ionov is a football player who plays for Moscow's Dynamo and the Russian national team. He plays in the midfield position. Alexei Ionov - a pupil of the football academy of St. Petersburg "Zenith". Could in a short period of time win a place at the heart of the team.

Childhood

Ionov was born on February 18, 1989 in the Leningrad Region. At the age of five he began to train in a soccer club, which he attended with his brother. Soon, many professional football clubs began to pay attention to the boy's game, including Zenit. It was he who was the next school of Alexei. Coach Ionov was quite famous Vladimir Molchanov. In his early childhood, Alexey Ionov dreamed of becoming a professional football player and playing for his native club. Therefore, I practiced a lot and worked hard, living in a boarding school.

"Zenith" and the beginning of his career

Alexei Ionov - a football player who was able to break into the youth squad of the Russian national team at the age of seventeen, and at eighteen he started to play for the double of the St. Petersburg team. In 2008, when Zenit started training Dick Advocaat, Ionov joined the main team. Nevertheless, the player was rarely seen on the field. The coach did not trust him very much, although the player showed himself very well in important games. Grieving the player that he was playing as a basis, the leadership once again translated it into a backup composition.

The situation changed when the team was headed by Luciano Spalletti. A specialist from Italy believed that the basis should be exactly Alexey Ionov. The player started to appear very often on the field and to score balls in the decisive games of the team. So, for example, Ionov scored the decisive ball into the gate of the capital's CSKA Moscow in the match for the Russian Super Cup. We did not manage to play in the Europa League without Alexei's balls. Thanks to such good indicators, the player quickly earned a place first in the team double, and then in the main team.

Transfer to Kuban

In 2011, the player was seen driving a drunk. As it turned out, the driver of the vehicle was Alexei Ionov's wife. The player was fined and could not drive the transport for a year and a half. This incident greatly spoiled the relationship with the leadership of the club. Spalletti lost confidence in the player, and soon he had to change the club.

Behind the player at that time watched the Kuban. The coach of the team - Dan Petrescu - was very interested in the transition of Ionov. The transfer was made in the winter of 2012. According to the coach, Alexei Ionov immediately became the leader of the team. In the spring of the same season, Ionov scored a penalty against his former team. Krasnodar club in that season was able to break into the zone of European cups, and this is the merit of the player.

"Anji" and the transition to "Dynamo"

In June 2013, Alexei Ionov made the transition to "Anji". The term of the contract was calculated for four years. For three months, spent in the team, the player appeared on the field only six times and he could not play in the team.

At the same time, the Moscow "Dynamo" headed Dan Petrescu and decided to invite a football player. Alexei Ionov, "Dynamo" and "Anji" already in August agreed on the transfer. As the player later said, it was the personal invitation of the coach that influenced his decision to move. The debut goal for the metropolitan team Ionov scored in the game with "Ruby". Season 2014/15 can be called one of the best in his career. Alex could score in all tournaments thirteen goals.

Game for the Russian national team

• 2006-08 - period of performances for the youth team.
• February 2009 - the debut for the youth team of the country.
• In March 2011, the player earned an invitation to the main team and soon played in a friendly match with the national team of Qatar.
• Was included in the Russian national team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Personal life of the football player

A loud incident was driving in a drunken state, as well as insults to police officers. According to the police department of St. Petersburg, the driver was the wife of the player, but later he changed places with her and tried to hide. Such actions were not evaluated by the leadership of Zenit and transferred to permanent residence on the basis of the team. Because the player was deprived of a driver's license for a year and a half, speaking for the Kuban, he used public transport.

The hobby of a football player does not include reading. From the domestic cinema Ionov liked the picture of the financial pyramids "MMM".