Alexander Alexandrovich Kokorin (surname at birth - Kartashov) (b. One of the most scandalous football players in Russia. Participant of the European Championships 2012, 2016 and the 2014 World Cup.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Kokorin, which we will talk about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Alexander Kokorin.
Biography of Kokorin
Alexander Kokorin was born on March 19, 1991 in the city of Valuiki (Belgorod region).
When Alexander went to school, a coach came to their class, who invited the children to sign up for the football section.
As a result, the boy decided to try himself in this sport, while continuing to attend boxing.
Soon, Kokorin realized that he only wanted to play football, as a result of which he quit boxing.
At the age of 9, the boy was invited to a screening at the Moscow "Spartak" academy. The coaches were pleased with the child's game, but the club could not provide him with accommodation.
Circumstances developed in such a way that another Moscow club, Lokomotiv, was able to provide housing for Alexander. It was for this team that the schoolboy began to play for the next 6 years.
At that time, Kokorin repeatedly became the top scorer in the capital's championship among sports schools.
Football
At the age of 17, Alexander Kokorin signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. His debut in the Premier League took place against the team "Saturn", which he was able to score one of two goals.
That season, Dynamo won bronze medals, and Kokorin became a real discovery of the Premier League.
Later, Alexander received an invitation to the Russian national team, entering the field in a friendly match against Greece.
In 2013, Kokorin expressed a desire to move to Makhachkala "Anji", which at that time claimed a prize in the Russian championship. However, when the footballer just moved to a new club, dramatic changes began there.
The owner of Anji, Suleiman Kerimov, put the most expensive players on the transfer, including Kokorin. Everything happened so quickly that the player did not have time to play a single match for the club.
As a result, in the same year, Alexander returned to his native Dynamo, for which he played until 2015.
During this period of his biography, Kokorin became one of the key players of the national team. An interesting fact is that in 2013, in a match against Luxembourg, he was able to score the fastest goal in the history of the national team - at 21 seconds.
Alexander showed such spectacular football that such clubs as Manchester United, Tottenham, Arsenal and PSG began to show interest in him.
In 2016, it became known about the transfer of Kokorin to the St. Petersburg "Zenith". In the new club, the striker's salary was 3.3 million euros per year.
Scandals and imprisonment
Alexander Kokorin is considered one of the most scandalous footballers in Russian history. He was repeatedly seen in various nightclubs, deprived of his driver's license for gross violations of the rules, and also seen with a weapon in his hands.
In addition, Kokorin, along with his comrades, repeatedly participated in fights. As a result, criminal cases were brought against him twice.
However, the loudest scandal in Alexander's biography happened on October 7, 2018. Together with his brother Kirill, Alexander Protasovitsky and another footballer - Pavel Mamaev, they beat two men in the Coffeemania restaurant for making comments about them.
An official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Pak, suffered a concussion after being hit on the head with a chair.
On the same day, Kokorin and Mamaev were accused of beating the driver of TV presenter Olga Ushakova. It is worth noting that the man was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury and a fractured nose.
A criminal case was opened against the football player after he did not come for interrogation.
On May 8, 2019, the court sentenced Alexander Kokorin to one and a half years in prison in a general regime colony. However, on September 6, he was released according to the parole procedure.
Football club “Zenith” assessed the behavior of their player as “disgusting”. Other Russian teams had a similar reaction.
Personal life
For a while, Alexander met with Victoria, the cousin of rap artist Timati. However, due to the fact that the girl studied abroad, the romance of young people stopped.
After that, Kokorin was seen in the company of a certain Christina, with whom he went to rest in the Maldives and the UAE. Later, a conflict occurred between them, leading to a separation.
In 2014, Alexander began courting singer Daria Valitova, better known as Amelie. After 2 years, they became a legal husband and wife, and a year later they had a boy, Michael.
Alexander Kokorin today
After his release from prison, Kokorin's contract with Zenit ended. As a result, the footballer became a free agent.
An interesting fact is that despite the arrest, the St. Petersburg club paid Alexander the entire amount of money prescribed in the contract.
In 2020, the athlete became a player of FC Sochi, which has been playing in the Russian Premier League since July 2019. Kokorin hopes to continue to show good football and score goals.
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