Alexander Kokorin is a Russian footballer, forward of the Zenit team and the Russian national team, the author of the fastest goal in the history of the Russian national team, he headed the column of strikers three times in the list of "33 best football players of the Russian championship." Today, his biography is connected not only with achievements in the sports field, but also with a loud scandal with the beating of civilians, which led to his arrest and initiation of a criminal case.
Childhood and youth
Alexander Kokorin was born on March 19, 1991 in the city of Valuiki, Belgorod Region. The boy took his first steps in sports under the guidance of his father. In the 1st grade, a talented child was noticed by the coach of the local sports school, who invited Sasha to work out in the football section.
The athlete made a huge contribution to the entry of the Russian team into the final part of the 2014 World Cup. Alexander, with a height of 183 cm and a weight of 82 kg, has great endurance and reaction speed. Your first goal for national team he scored on September 11, 2012 in a game against the Israeli national team, and on September 6, 2013, in a match against Luxembourg, Kokorin scored the fastest goal in the history of the Russian national team - he hit the opponent's gate in the 21st second of the meeting.
Football Experts Alexander Kokorin was seen as the attacking leader of the Russian national team at the 2014 World Cup. The athlete became the author of a goal in the group stage match against the Algerian national team.
In 2018, Alexander Kokorin was expected to participate in the World Cup. But the injury in the Europa League match did not allow the player to carry out his plan.
Scandals and imprisonment
On October 8, 2018, Kokorin and, as well as the football player's brother Kirill Kokorin and Alexander Protasovitsky, became participants in a high-profile scandal. in the restaurant "Coffeemania" two men for a remark about the behavior of the guys. Denis Pak, an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, was injured in the fight, and after being hit on the head with a chair, he received a concussion.
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Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev
On the same day, Kokorin and Mamaev were accused of beating the driver of TV presenter Olga Ushakova. With a craniocerebral injury and a broken nose, the victim ended up in the Botkin hospital.
A criminal case was opened against the footballer under article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “hooliganism”, after Alexander did not appear for interrogation.
Initially for 2 months. But the term of stay of athletes in prison was constantly extended, and all appeals were rejected. The son's arrest was painfully endured by the football player's mother Svetlana Kokorina. She planned to celebrate the New Year 2019 near the walls of Butyrka.
Personal life
With the beginning of participation in the championships of Russia, Alexander Kokorin became a popular "hero" of the scandalous chronicle and a regular in Moscow nightclubs. The attention of the press turned out to be focused on the personal life of the athlete. Reporters were attracted by the football player's romance with Victoria - cousin rapper
Alexander Alexandrovich Kokorin (surname at birth - Kartashov). Born March 19, 1991 in Valuyki, Belgorod Region. Russian footballer.
Since childhood, he has not parted with the ball. At the age of seven, he was noticed by the coach of the local sports school, who offered to study in the football section.
At the age of ten, he was called to the Moscow club "Spartak" for viewing. The coaches liked him, but the club did not have free housing. Fortunately, it was found in the boarding school of the capital's Lokomotiv, where Alexander lived for six years. His parents could only visit him once a quarter.
Once in Moscow at the age of 10, he learned to organize his life on his own - he washed clothes and cooked food himself. Scholarships were constantly in short supply.
Already in childhood, he was repeatedly recognized top scorer various football competitions between Moscow sports schools.
“I became independent, in fact, from the age of ten, when I was left alone in Moscow in the Lokomotiv boarding school. The first two years were very difficult. My parents only came every three months. The scholarship was only enough to go to McDonald's once and that's it ... Every day of training. It only saved that friends were around ".
Before the 2008 season, Alexander signed a three-year contract with the Moscow "Dynamo". The club experienced difficulties with attackers, as a result of which the 17-year-old footballer made his debut in the Russian Premier League in the match of the 24th round Dynamo - Saturn (Moscow Region) and scored a goal in a match won by Dynamo with a score of 2: 1. He became the youngest goalscorer in the championship.
One of 16 football players who managed to score at the age of 17 in major league championship of Russia. Scored his first goal on October 4, 2008 at the age of 17 years 199 days.
In the 2009 season, he entered the field for the first time in the 2nd round of the Russian Championship against Khimki and again scored a goal. The game ended with the victory of "Dynamo" with a score of 3:2. This year, Alexander took part in 23 matches of the Russian championship and in three matches of the Russian Cup, but scored the same 2 goals (the second - to Spartak Moscow) and received three yellow cards.
In 2010, he entered the field in 26 matches for Dynamo, but did not score a single goal.
In the 2011/2012 season, he first entered the field in the sixth round match against Anji and scored the first goal in the same match, equalizing the score, the match ended in a 2-2 draw. In total, Kokorin scored five goals in the championship. In addition, he scored two goals in the Russian Cup. Dynamo managed to reach the cup final, but there the Muscovites lost to Rubin 0:1. At the end of 2011, he was recognized as the best young football player in Russia.
Alexander Kokorin - the best young football player in Russia 2011
In February 2011, he signed a new contract with Dynamo for a period of 3.5 years.
In the new season, he scored three goals in the Europa League, hitting the gates of Dundee United (in two matches) and Stuttgart.
On September 22, 2012, in the 9th round of the championship in the home game against Amkar, he played the 100th anniversary match in the Russian Premier League.
On July 3, 2013, at a meeting of Dynamo directors, he said that he wanted to continue his career in "Anji". The release amount was € 19 million. On July 10, Anji's official website announced that Alexander would join the team in the coming days. However, on August 16, 2013 he returned to Dynamo without playing a single match for Anji. Together with him, Dynamo joined Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov.
According to Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the supervisory board of Dynamo, Alexander's salary was 5.5 million euros per year. On August 24, in a match against Zenit, he entered the field for the first time after returning to Dynamo, replacing him in the second half. In September 2013, he was recognized best player club according to fans.
In the first round of the 2014/15 season, he made his first hat-trick in his career - he scored 3 goals against Rostov (7:3).
In the summer of 2015, he was appointed team captain, replacing Kevin Kuranyi. In the first match of the season, Alexander hit the gates of Zenit. Until the end of the summer transfer window it was announced that St. Petersburg Zenit, the English Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the French PSG were showing interest in the forward.
January 30, 2016 official website of the St. Petersburg club "Zenith" announced that Kokorin and his teammate Yuri Zhirkov would continue their careers as part of the Blue-White-Blues. Dynamo also had an offer from the London Arsenal, but it did not suit the Moscow club.
September 11, 2012 at qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup, against the Israeli national team, Kokorin scored his first goal for the national team. On September 6, 2013, Alexander scored the fastest goal in the history of the national team, hitting the gates of the Luxembourg national team already in the 21st second.
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Alexander spent three games as part of the national team and scored one goal against the Algerian national team, the match ended with a score of 1: 1.
Alexander Kokorin - goals for the Russian national team
The growth of Alexander Kokorin: 183 centimeters.
Personal life of Alexander Kokorin:
He had an affair with rapper Timati's cousin Victoria Smirnova. But then she went to study in London.
Then Christina Dolgopolova became his passion. With her, he went on vacation to the Maldives and the United Arab Emirates, she accompanied him to Euro 2012 in Poland. But in the fall of the same year, the couple broke up.
The next lady of the footballer's heart was (singer under the pseudonym Amelie).
The couple had a son in 2017.
At the moment when the football player met with Daria, he allowed himself entertainment with other girls. So, in December 2014, he was involved in a scandal in connection with going to the sauna with prostitutes - he posted a photo on his Twitter.
Alexander Kokorin in the sauna with priestesses of love
Even earlier, in 2013, the Network was blown up by his joint photos taken in Miami, where they went on vacation with such a strange couple.
In early July 2016, Kokorin and Mamaev became involved in another high-profile scandal related to the publication of information that the players spent 250 thousand euros on the party.
Alexander Kokorin himself said that the widespread information is not entirely true.
“It would be foolish to deny that we were present in this institution. This happened 4-5 days ago. Everyone who knows this place can confirm that there are always many Russian visitors there. So it was this time. Someone was celebrating a birthday, and we were just there. Naturally, everyone saw these ordered bottles, heard the Russian anthem, but why attribute the organization of all this to us? We have nothing to do with the bills for this party, nor with its surroundings, but with the money that in question in the media, one could buy not only champagne, but the whole institution, ”said Kokorin.
The attack of Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev on Denis Pak:
In October 2018, Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev became defendants in the criminal chronicle: they were accused of attacking Denis Pak, an official of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. At the same time, in Coffeemania on Nikitsky Boulevard in Moscow.
On that day, the athletes celebrated the 10th anniversary of their friendship. According to media reports, when the players arrived, the staff thought they were drunk or drugged. They ordered only coffee for themselves, while their company behaved noisily. The staff tried to reassure friends, but failed. Then a regular customer of the coffee shop made a remark to them. Kokorin and Mamaev did not like this, and they beat the man right in the building, including throwing chairs at him. The person who suffered in the conflict with the players is Denis Pak, head of the department of the automotive industry and railway engineering of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Denis Pak's lawyer said that Kokorin and Mamaev mocked him on a national basis.
On the same day, Mamaev and Kokorin beat the driver of the Channel One TV presenter for making a remark to the brawlers and damaged her car. Ushakova filed a complaint with the police.
On May 8, 2019, the Presnensky Court of Moscow ruled. The court sentenced Alexander Kokorin to a year and six months in a penal colony, and Pavel Mamaev to a year and five months.
Team achievements of Alexander Kokorin:
Dynamo (Moscow):
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2008
Russian Cup finalist: 2011/12
"Zenith":
Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship: 2016, 2017
Russian Cup Winner: 2015/16
Russian Super Cup Winner: 2016
Personal achievements of Alexander Kokorin:
Best Young Footballer Russian Premier League(winner of the "First Five" award): 2011
The author of the fastest goal in the history of the Russian national team: at the 19th second in the match against the Luxembourg team on September 6, 2013
In the list of 33 best football players of the Russian Championship: No. 1 (2012-13, 2013-14, 2017/18)
Alexander Kokorin is a Russian football player who was called one of the most promising strikers of the Russian national team. He took his first steps in professional football as part of the Moscow Dynamo, since 2016 he played for the St. Petersburg Zenit, but after the scandal with the beating of a restaurant visitor in October 2018, the player’s career was in jeopardy.
Childhood and family
Alexander was born in the small town of Valuyki. Interest in football was instilled in him by his father, who at first coached his son himself. Already at school he was invited to football section. At the age of nine, he began attending the boxing section in parallel. 
In 2000, the boy was on viewing football school"Spartacus". The young football player showed himself well, but in Spartak they could not provide him with housing, unlike the Lokomotiv football school, which provided him with a place in a boarding school. It was there that he studied for the next 6 years.
At the age of ten, Kokorin actually became independent, finding himself without parents in the capital. According to him, the first two years were very difficult. Relatives could visit him no more than once every three months. But over time, he got used to it, learned to wash and even cooked something himself, and he also made many friends.
From 2001 to 2007, the young football player played in various youth teams, representing the Lokomotiv school, and several times was recognized as the best striker in the championship of sports schools in the capital.
"Dynamo"
In early 2008, at the invitation of Dynamo scouts, the player was on trial. During an exhibition match, he managed to prove himself and as a result received an invitation to join Dynamo. 
In the spring of the same year, Alexander signed a three-year contract with the club. Since at that time the team had difficulties with the attackers, coach Kobelev translated young football player from the double to the main team. In the very first game (home match with Saturn), Kokorin came on as a substitute and scored a goal. That year, Kokorin became the youngest of sixteen players to score a goal in the top league of the Russian championship.
Master class of football player Alexander Kokorin
After only three rounds, Alexander again sent the ball into the opponents' goal. This time Dynamo fought with Lokomotiv. The game ended with the victory of "Dynamo" with a score of 1:0. Then Kokorin entered the field in all the remaining six matches and received a medal for third place along with other members of the Dynamo team.
In 2009, the athlete appeared on the field in twenty-three matches, in 2010 - in twenty-six. By this time, the football player began to receive offers from other clubs, including Spartak and CSKA. However, when Kokorin's contract with Dynamo expired, he extended it for another three and a half years. Alexander did not become a player of the main team under Kobelev, but he was able to open up as a striker. He managed to gain a foothold in the main team in the Silkin team in the 2011/2012 season. He played on the left flank of the defense, from time to time he was also used in midfield. Thanks to good hit with both feet and skillful pressure of opponents, Kokorin knows how to confuse the enemy.
Goals and passes by Alexander Kokorin
The 2012/2013 season turned out to be very successful for the athlete. He scored three goals in the Europa League: twice, in different matches, against the Scots Dundee United, one goal flew to the German FC Stuttgart. This allowed Kokorin to claim the title of the best striker in the Premier League. The players of the Moscow team, specialists and head coach Dan Petrescu spoke very positively about the player.
"Anji"
In mid-2013, representatives of Anji made a profitable offer to Alexander. He hesitated for a long time, but nevertheless agreed. The amount of compensation amounted to €19 million. In mid-July, Kokorin began training with new team 
However, he never played a single match for Anji. Almost immediately, an old injury began to disturb him again, and the athlete had to go to Germany for treatment. During this period of time, the club underwent significant changes, and some star players were put up for sale. This fate befell Kokorin. The Dynamo club immediately returned the rights to Alexander, simultaneously buying out Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov. In the first match after returning to the Moscow team (against Zenit), he entered the field as a replacement for Fedor Smolov.
Alexander Kokorin made his first hat-trick during the match with Rostov, the game ended with the victory of Dynamo (7: 3). During the season, he also threw the ball into the gates of Spartak, Kuban, CSKA, Terek. In 2015, Kokorin's game began to decline, he stopped getting into starting lineup team, in connection with which he scored only one goal - "Rostov".
In the summer of the same year, the striker was made the captain of Dynamo instead of Kevin Kuranyi. It soon became known that four clubs were eyeing the promising player at once: St. Petersburg Zenit, English Manchester United and Tottenham, as well as French FC PSG
Alexander Kokorin in the Russian national team
For the first time, Alexander received an invitation to the Russian youth team in 2009. He performed with success more than once and scored seven goals throughout his performances. 
Since 2011, Kokorin began to play for the Russian national team. His game was highlighted by Dick Advocaat, and, subsequently, by Fabio Capello. For the first time he entered the field for the national team in a match against Greece. Thanks to a confident game, he was selected to participate in Euro 2012, where the player played in the match against the Czech Republic, but due to an injury, he no longer appeared on the field in the tournament.
In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against the Israeli national team, Kokorin scored his first goal for the national team. In a match with Luxembourg (September 2013), Kokorin scored a goal in the 21st second of the match, putting new record Russian team.
At the World Cup in Brazil, Alexander played three matches, scoring one goal in a match against Algeria, which ended in a draw (1:1).
"At lunch": Alexander Kokorin - about Russian football without beautiful blows
At Euro 2016, the Russian team did not play the best way, flying out almost at the very beginning of the championship. On this occasion, Kokorin, in the company of Pavel Mamaev, arranged a champagne party in Monaco, spending about 250 thousand euros on it - each bottle of an elite drink cost 500 euros, and they treated the whole hall. Kokorin denied all claims, they say, he didn’t celebrate anything, it’s just that there were a lot of Russians in the restaurant, and he joined their company.
"Zenith"
At the beginning of 2016, the Dynamo striker accepted the offer of Zenit - the St. Petersburg team promised the player € 3.5 million. Together with Kokorin, Yuri Zhirkov also moved there. The Blue-White-Blues greeted the new players in a friendly manner, although midfielder Oleg Shatov joked: “I didn’t understand that Cristiano Ronaldo had arrived in the team. And this is just Kokorin. April 9, 2016 Alexander Kokorin played the first match as part of Zenit.Alexander Kokorin: the goal of the Algerian national team
On August 24, 2017, Zenit reached the group stage of the Europa League, beating the Dutch FC Utrecht thanks to Kokorin's double. The player scored the first goal in the 9th minute, the second - at the end of the extra half.
Personal life of Alexander Kokorin
Kokorin met for some time with Victoria Smirnova (Timati's cousin), who was a club regular, and as a result of frequent disputes on this basis, the young people broke up. 
His next passion was a girl named Christina. She accompanied the football player to Euro 2012, but after a while the young people broke up.
Now Alexander Kokorin is dating Daria Valitova, ex-girlfriend Vlad Topalov and, ironically, Timati. The lovers met in 2013, and Alexander for a long time sought the location of a proud girl. Now Daria's body even has a tattoo "K9" - Kokorin's game number.
On June 4, 2017, Alexander and Daria had a son, Michael. The baby's face is not shown on social networks, but Daria claims that the boy inherited her eyes, and the rest is the spitting image of dad.
In 2017, the football player entered the first year of the Financial University (St. Petersburg branch).
Beating with a stool, court, prison
In October 2018, Alexander Kokorin, along with his friend Pavel Mamaev from FC Krasnodar, became involved in a scandal that threatened to put an end to his football career. On October 7, the friends arrived in Moscow to "celebrate the tenth anniversary of friendship."At 9 am the next day, together with a group of friends, they visited a coffee shop, behaved noisily and indecently. The visitor made a remark to them, to which the players responded with an act of violence. Kokorin took a chair and hit the man on the head. It soon became clear that an official from the Ministry of Industry and Trade became the victim of the athletes.
Kokorin and Mamaev beat the driver of the TV presenter of Channel One
The players were called in for questioning by the police. As a preventive measure, the athletes were put in jail until December. However, New Year both met behind bars. The arrest of Kokorin and Mamaev was extended until April 8. The football player celebrated his 28th birthday behind bars.
Alexander Kokorin now
On September 6, 2019, Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev were released from prison on parole due to good behavior. The prosecutor did not appeal against the release, agreeing that the prisoners were employed immediately upon arrival at the zone and received two incentives. 
Alexander Kokorin- a famous Russian football player, striker of the Zenit club and the Russian national team. Alexander Kokorin is a participant in the 2012, 2016 European Championships and the 2014 World Championship. He was called one of the most promising forwards in Russia, he had offers from foreign clubs. Often gets into the news in connection with scandals, especially the party with his participation in Monte Carlo thundered after the failure of the Russian team at Euro 2016. In the fall of 2018, Kokorin and Mamaev again hit the top news in connection with a fight in a coffee shop and beating the driver of the Channel One presenter. Kokorin and Mamaev then ended up in a pre-trial detention center, where they were until May 2019. After that, Alexander Kokorin was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony for 1.5 years. After his release, Alexander was loaned to FC Sochi.
Family and childhood of Alexander Kokorin
Alexander Kokorin was born on March 19, 1991. Kokorin's hometown is Valuyki, Belgorod region. The biography of Alexander on Wikipedia says that at birth his surname was Kartashov.
Alexander Kokorin began playing football in his hometown of Valuyki under the guidance of his father. Already in the first grade, Alexander Kokorin is in the football section. In parallel, he was also engaged in boxing.
At the age of 9, Alexander Kokorin came to see Spartak Moscow, where they could not provide housing. Moscow Lokomotiv provided living conditions for a novice football player and Alexander played there for six years, several times being recognized as the best striker in the championship sports schools Moscow.
“I became independent, in fact, from the age of ten, when I was left alone in Moscow in the Lokomotiv boarding school. The first two years were very difficult. Parents only came once every three months. Then I kinda got used to it. I washed my clothes myself, I could figure out to eat, ”Alexander Kokorin recalled in an interview about his childhood.
Higher education Alexander decided to get it, already being a famous football player.
In 2017, striker of the Russian national football team Alexander Kokorin announced his admission to one of the universities. "Very soon. First-year students, respond, we will unite, ”Kokorin signed his photo on Instagram, in which he stands in front of the entrance to the Financial University under the Government of Russia.
The beginning of the career of Alexander Kokorin
Before the 2008 season, Alexander Kokorin signed a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. 17-year-old Kokorin made his debut in the Russian Premier League on October 4, 2008 at the age of 17 in the match of the 24th round of Dynamo - Saturn (Moscow Region) and scored a goal, becoming the youngest goal scorer in that championship.
Three rounds later, Alexander Kokorin scored another goal in the match against his "native" club - Moscow "Lokomotiv", after which he became a "base" player and after the championship, along with other Dynamo players, received a bronze medal for 3rd place.
In the 2009 season, Alexander took part in 23 matches of the Russian championship and in three matches of the Russian Cup, but scored the same 2 goals.
In 2010, Alexander Kokorin entered the field in 26 matches for Dynamo, but did not score a single goal, however, according to sports director"Dynamo" Konstantin Sarsania, Alexander had a number of offers from other clubs, including Spartak and CSKA.
In the 2011/2012 season, Alexander Kokorin scored five goals in the championship, in addition, he scored two goals in the Russian Cup against Mordovia and Anji. Dynamo managed to reach the Cup final, but there the Muscovites lost to Rubin 0:1. At the end of 2011, Alexander Kokorin was recognized as the best young football player in Russia.
Negotiations with Dynamo on a possible extension of his contract, which expired at the end of 2011, ended successfully. In February 2011, Alexander Kokorin signed a new contract with Dynamo for a period of 3.5 years.
In the new season, Alexander Kokorin scored three goals in the Europa League, hitting the gates of Dundee United (in two matches) and Stuttgart.
On July 3, 2013, at a meeting of Dynamo directors, Alexander Kokorin said that he wanted to continue his career at Anji. The amount of compensation amounted to 19 million euros. But just that summer the club Suleiman Kerimov abruptly changed course, going into economy mode. As a result, in August 2013, Kokorin returned to Dynamo without playing a single match for Anji. According to Sergei Stepashin, chairman of the supervisory board of Dynamo, Alexander's salary then amounted to 5.5 million euros per year.
Already in September 2013, Alexander Kokorin was recognized as the best player of the club according to the fans of the blue and white - during this month he scored four goals and two assists. In the 2013-2014 season, as in the previous one, Alexander Kokorin scored 10 goals.
In the first round of the 2014/15 season, Kokorin scored his first hat-trick in his career - he scored 3 goals against Rostov (7: 3), then there were goals for Spartak and CSKA, but after the winter break, Alexander began a goal drought , he stopped getting into the starting lineup. The only goal in 2015, Kokorin scored against Rostov.
In the summer of 2015, Alexander Kokorin became the team captain, replacing Kevin Kuranyi. The news reported that St. Petersburg Zenit, the English Manchester United and Tottenham, as well as the French PSG are showing interest in the striker.
The transition of Alexander Kokorin to Zenit
On January 30, 2016, the official website of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" announced the news about the transfer of Kokorin and his teammate Yuri Zhirkov in the ranks of "blue-white-blue". Dynamo also had an offer from the London Arsenal, but it did not suit either the Moscow club or Kokorin himself.
On April 9, 2016, Alexander Kokorin scored his first goal for the St. Petersburg club in a match with Amkar. Alexander spent the first one and a half seasons at Zenit unsuccessfully, the performance was low, he often received critical reviews, including for dedication.
After the scandalous story of visiting the club in Monte Carlo (immediately after the Euro), the management of the Zenit club, following the opinion of the fans, considered such behavior “outrageous and unacceptable” and forward Kokorin was transferred to Zenit-2.
In the 2017/2018 season, Alexander Kokorin regained the respect of the fans with a bright start. In the first four matches of Zenit, he scored in each of them with a scoring action (3 goals and an assist), then the striker managed to differ in scoring actions throughout the first seven rounds of the championship.
Denis Pak's lawyer Gennady Udunyan said that "Kokorin and Mamaev insulted the honor and dignity" and "mocked on a national basis" over his client.
“And when Denis Klimentievich made a remark to them, Kokorin took a chair and hit him on the head. After that, the rest flew in - there were about ten of them. Now my client has a concussion, bruised left hand. We will seek to reclassify the article as “hooliganism,” Udunyan was quoted as saying.
A criminal case was initiated on the fact of the attack under Art. 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Beatings". According to the official's lawyer, his client was diagnosed with a concussion. It also became known that the general director of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FSUE "NAMI" Sergey Gaisin was also injured in the fight.
The news also reported that Kokorin and Mamaev, known for their adventures, gathered in Moscow to celebrate 10 years of friendship. “With the victory of Zenith, Pasha with a goal, Happy Birthday to the President,” Kokorin managed to make such an inscription on Instagram under a joint photo with Mamaev, accompanying the post with the hashtag “10 years of friendship”.
Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said midfielder Pavel Mamaev and forward Alexander Kokorin would no longer play for the Russian national team. Kolobkov also called on the Zenit and Krasnodar clubs to apply the strictest sanctions against their players.
“These guys do not play in the Russian national team and, apparently, they never will. I believe the owners of the clubs they represent will also draw conclusions, ”the press service of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation quotes Kolobkov as saying.
In Zenit, where Kokorin plays, the incident was called "egregious" and they said they were waiting for the results of the investigation law enforcement. According to Sport-Express, the contract of Kokorin, who earns $4 million a year at the club, may be terminated. Mamaev's Krasnodar club also made an official statement. They said they were waiting for a "legal and legal assessment" of the incident based on the results of the police investigation.
It was also reported in the news that Kokorin and Mamaev, with the help of friends, tried to buy out the Coffeemania servers with a video of their attack on Denis Pak, an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
“All the questions were tried to be solved by the friends of the players, and they almost succeeded. A couple of hours after the fight, they drove up to Coffeemania and offered five lyams for their servers. Even the opera, who were on duty on the spot, did not interfere with the dexterous guys. The most expensive breakfast in history Russian football”, — said the telegram channel Mash.
The Mash report notes that Pak's driver thwarted the daring plans, who had previously taken the video and handed it over to the police.
The wife of Krasnodar midfielder Pavel Mamaev Alana commented on the scandalous fight involving her husband and Kokorin in a cafe in the center of Moscow.
The girl said that her husband was in a state of intoxication, and also apologized for his behavior.
"Ashamed. Sorry! I am ashamed of him, ”Alan Mamaev was quoted as saying.
On her Facebook page after the scandal with Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev, Zakharova proposed a new method of punishment Russian football players for bad games.
“Why didn’t the officials earlier think of giving chairs to the heads of football players for conceded goals and unscored goals? Imagine: if you didn’t hit a penalty, get a chair on the scoreboard. Not electronic, but your own, ”wrote Zakharova, the news reported.
There were people who were not afraid to support the players: Vladimir Zhirinovsky decided to send them to Syria, and the president of FC Ural from Yekaterinburg Grigory Ivanov opposed the consolidated position of his colleagues and said that he was ready to take them to his team.
The next day, news appeared that two hours before the fight in Coffeemania, the players beat the driver of the host of Channel One, Olga Ushakova. A citizen of Belarus received a concussion and a head injury and is in intensive care.
The driver of Olga Ushakova, Vitaly Solovchuk, told the details of what happened. According to him, an unfamiliar girl got into his car to warm up, when he was waiting for Ushakova, he asked her to get out, after which something was thrown into his car and a group of aggressive young people first insulted and then began to beat the driver.
“At least five people struck. They beat me with hands and feet. I have repeatedly fallen on the pavement. They mostly hit me in the head area. During the beating, they shouted not to take it into their head to write a statement. After some time, they left me, probably decided that a little more, and there would be a much more deplorable outcome, ”Solovchuk told MK.
“Craniocerebral injury, fracture of the bones of the nose, contusion of the soft tissues of the face. I lost a lot of blood, it was gushing out of my ears. All clothes are soaked with blood,” the victim said.
The video posted on the Internet fully confirms the words of the driver. He was kicked for quite a long time as he lay on the ground.
On October 10, Kokorin and Mamaev were detained for 48 hours, confrontations and other necessary investigative actions were scheduled the next day.
On October 11, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that Kokorin and Mamaev, against whom a case had previously been opened under Article 116 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Beatings”, also became defendants in the criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Hooliganism".
“During the investigation, it was decided to separate into separate proceedings and initiate a criminal case against Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev on the grounds of a crime under Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Hooliganism"," the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow reports.
It should be noted that this article provides for punishment in the form of a fine in the amount of five hundred thousand to one million rubles or in the amount of the wage or other income of the convicted person for a period of three to four years, or forced labor for up to five years, or imprisonment for up to seven years.
Pranksters Vovan and Lexus, on behalf of the former Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko, called Zenit President Sergei Fursenko to talk about the scandal that unfolded around Kokorin.
“How much soul is invested in them. I mean Kokorin. Well, just ... Vitaly Leontyevich, it's so insulting. How much we have invested in this football, it's a shame just to tears. In the morning they sent that our club was in the 20th place in the list of the most visited. They just rejoiced, and then one after the other it started. When do I need Kolobkov (Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, ed.) called, I did not believe that this happened, ”complained the head of Zenit.
At the same time, he noted that Kokorin - “ good guy in fact, "but" as they converge with Mamaev, so everything. To the question of "Mutko" about what to do next in this situation, Fursenko said: "Let justice decide."
Zenit striker Alexander Kokorin, his brother Kirill Kokorin, and midfielder of FC Krasnodar Pavel Mamaev, who are accused under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Hooliganism", were arrested on October 11 by the Tverskoy Court of Moscow for two months.
During the court session, the Zenit footballer Kokorin apologized for the incidents during which his company beat the head of the department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Pak and Vitaly Solovchuk, the driver of the First Channel host Olga Ushakova.
“I would like to apologize for this unworthy act,” Kokorin emphasized. “I am very ashamed in front of my fans, the club and my parents.”
He also admitted that his behavior was unacceptable.
“I will do anything to earn forgiveness. I ask you not to deprive me of my freedom and give me the opportunity to make amends, ”said the attacker.
According to Kokorin, he wants to continue training and responds to letters from fans that he delivers to the pre-trial detention center.
“I hope that the situation will be sorted out, I’m not discouraged. In the morning I ate porridge, I drink tea. The first thing I asked was if there was a gym. Wrote an application to get there. I have received many emails and I am trying to answer them all. I read everything, ”said forward Kokorin.
After that, more and more voices began to be heard in defense of the brawlers Kokorin and Mamaev. "SP" wrote that the deputy of the lower house of the Russian parliament, the well-known domestic coach Valery Gazzaev, believes that the investigation went too far with the punishment of Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev. The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that he was ready to employ the arrested football players in the Grozny Akhmat, "in any outcome of the criminal case, when Kokorin and Mamaev are released, even if this happens tomorrow or after a long time."
Sergei Udaltsov, coordinator of the Left Front opposition movement, suggested on his Twitter page that Kokorin and Mamaev "would sit evenly and quietly in the pre-trial detention center, given the resonance of the case and their financial capabilities." “Let them read books and take up their minds, I think they can get by with a short time, or maybe even a conditional one ...,” Udaltsov noted.
"Free Press" reported that the mother of the striker of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" Alexander Kokorin and his brother Kirill commented on the conflict involving her sons, calling it the disaster of her life. Then the mother of the Kokorins said in an interview with the Russia-1 TV channel that she was ready to go to Red Square with her sons.
“And let the whole country come, everyone who is indignant, hit us, beat us, but we don’t need to close them from society,” the Kokorins’ mother emphasized.
Sport-Express wrote that Zenit decided to take a break in resolving the issue of the future of labor relations with the player until the final court decision. If Kokorin receives a real term, then the contract will be terminated, and if the punishment is not so severe, then he will return to the team.
According to the Championship website, under the current contract, Kokorin receives 3.5 million euros a year from Zenit. At the current exchange rate of the Central Bank, this is 738 thousand rubles a day, Kokorin receives this money in jail.
In early April 2019, the court began to consider the criminal case of the athletes. On May 8, the Presnensky Court of Moscow announced the verdict in the case of the football players. Kokorin and Mamaev were found guilty of battery, hooliganism and gross violation of public order. and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.
By court decision, Alexander Kokorin received a term - a year and six months, Pavel Mamaev - a year and five months. The verdict came into force on May 8.
According to the law, every day spent by football players in a pre-trial detention center is equal to one and a half days in a colony. Therefore, as reported in the news, the Kokorin brothers, without taking into account possible appeals and appeals, will need to spend about 7.5 months in the colony (they should be released in December 2019), and Mamaev - 6.5 months (he can be released in November).
"SP" reported that Kokorin and Mamaev received a positive response from the Federal Penitentiary Service at the parole hearing.
On September 6, SP reported that the Alekseevsky Court of the Belgorod Region decided to release Kokorin and Mamaev on parole.
The lawyer Tatyana Stukalova shared this information on her Instagram.
As the news reported, the younger brother of the Zenit striker, Kirill Kokorin, was also released.
According to the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Valery Maksimenko, the punishment had an effect on all three, and "now they are completely different people."
Head coach Russian national team Stanislav Cherchesov allowed the possibility of the return of Mamaev and Kokorin to the national team. According to the mentor, the players have atoned for their guilt before society and it would be wrong to put an end to them as athletes.
“Today they were released from the colony, let's wait until they get back to normal and start playing. Time will show. Before your very eyes, we have never abandoned anyone. We are all people, we all make mistakes, so deleting a person from life is the worst thing, ”Cherchesov was quoted as saying.
Journalist Vasily Konov in his telegram channel said that the St. Petersburg "Zenith" intends to conclude a new contract with Kokorin.
In the winter of 2020, the story of the lease of Kokorin made a lot of noise in the news. On February 17, the news reported that Alexander had officially moved to Sochi. The forward will play for the club from the Krasnodar Territory on loan until the end of the current season.
Personal life of Alexander Kokorin
The personal life of Alexander Kokorin is interested in tabloid news no less than his goals are in the sports media. The forward's biography on the Know Everything website says that Kokorin met with Victoria Smirnova(cousin Timati), but broke up with her, as the girl devoted too much time to social life and spent in clubs.
Then Alexander Kokorin had a girlfriend named Christina, who accompanied him during Euro 2012, after some time the young people broke up.
Since 2014, Alexander Kokorin's girlfriend has been Daria Valitova- singer under the pseudonym Amelie. Daria Valitova, as they say in the news, was previously the singer's girlfriend Vlada Topalova and all the same Timati. Kokorin and Daria Valitova met in 2013, Alexander for a long time sought her location.
Now Daria's body even has a tattoo "K9" - Kokorin's game number.
In June 2017, Alexander Kokorin and his fiancee Daria Valitova had a son, such news went around the media after the Play and Help charity on Instagram congratulated the couple on this. Nobody officially confirmed the information about the birth of Kokorin's child.
Soon life.ru reported the news that Kokorin signed with his longtime girlfriend Daria Valitova, who recently gave birth to his son.
Football player representative Kirill Loginov refused to comment on the personal life of Alexander Kokorin.
According to a source close to the Zenit football player, Alexander Kokorin secretly signed with his chosen one Daria Valitova. According to an insider, the ceremony was held in a narrow family circle, and only relatives and friends of young people were present.
The news often includes various appeals of porn actresses to Alexander Kokorin. For example, in 2015, the owner of the "Porn Oscar" Russian woman Alina Eremenko promised to hold a 16-hour sex marathon with Dynamo Moscow footballer Alexander Kokorin if he scores five goals before the end of the Russian championship. Kokorin managed to score only once.
In 2016, during the Russia-England match, Alina Eremenko said that if Kokorin scored two goals at the European Championship in France, she could count on continuous sex at a “reduced rate”. "Kokorin, come on! I lower the rate to two goals, ”said Alina Eremenko, model Alina Eremenko, better known under the pseudonym Henessy, who won the “porn Oscar” in the nomination “Best sex scene in a foreign-made film”.
Name: Kokorin Alexander Alexandrovich
Date of Birth: March 19, 1991.
Place of birth: Valuiki, Belgorod region, USSR
Position: Forward
Alexander Kokorin - biography of a football player
Alexander's own father began to introduce football to Alexander, training his son in his native Valuyki. In parallel, the boy was engaged in boxing. A football coach came to the school where Kokorin studied at that time in the first grade and invited the children to enroll in the football section. Alexander immediately agreed. But since in native Valuyki football career you won't build decided to conquer Moscow. The first club to watch was Spartak Moscow, where a nine-year-old boy was enough, but the team could not provide housing for the athlete. Unlike Spartak, another Moscow team, Lokomotiv, agreed to provide housing. It was for this club that the young striker played for the next 6 years, being recognized as the best striker at the youth championships in Moscow.
How football player Alexander Kokorin began his career
Official club career started at Dynamo Moscow in 2008. The 17-year-old striker has signed a three-year contract with the club. The team just lacked a good striker. Score the first goal for Dynamo high level Kokorin succeeded already in the first game for the capital club against Saturn. From that moment on, Kokorin began to be put in the starting lineup. So for a long time, the talented striker showed very good football, for which in 2011 he was recognized as the best young football player in Russia. In the same year, Alexander extends the contract with Dynamo Moscow. On September 22, 2012, in the 9th round of the championship in a home game against Amkar, he plays his 100th match in the Russian Premier League.
On July 3, 2013, at a meeting of Dynamo directors, the striker said that he wanted to continue his career in Anji. The release amount was € 19 million. On July 10, Anzhi's official website announced that the athlete would join the team in the coming days. But it was not possible to arrange a career in Anji. In the same year, on August 16, he returns to Dynamo Moscow.
The first hat-trick in his career Kokorin scored against Rostov. But after the winter break, Alexander began to scoring drought, he stopped getting into the starting lineup. The only goal scored in 2015 was against Rostov. In the summer of 2015, having gained experience and authority, the footballer was appointed team captain instead of Kevin Kuranyi. In the first match of the season with the captain's armband, he scores against Zenit.
On January 30, 2016, Alexander signs a contract with St. Petersburg Zenit, simultaneously rejecting the offer of the London Arsenal. Kokorin may not have been averse to joining the ranks of the gunners, but Dynamo's proposal from the Londoners did not fit. On April 9, 2016, Kokorin scored his first goal for the St. Petersburg team in a game with Amkar.
Kokorin in the Russian national team
Since 2009, Kokorin has played for the Russian youth team. He mainly took part in the selection games for the youth Euro 2011 and 2013. In total, he scored 7 goals in them.
The debut in the Russian national team was in October 2011 in a friendly match against the Greek national team. I went with the team to Euro 2012, but got injured in the first match and did not play again in this tournament. Kokorin scored his first goal for the national team in 2012. The ball was scored against Israel as part of the selection for the 2014 World Cup. On September 6, 2013, Alexander scored the fastest goal in the history of the national team, hitting the gates of the Luxembourg national team already in the 21st second.
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, he played three games for the national team and scored one goal against Algeria.
The best moments and goals of a football player season 2017/18 (video)
And now we offer to look at the achievements and club statistics in a table:
| Club | Year of performance | Championship | Cup | Eurocup |
| games/goals | games/goals | games/goals | ||
| "DINAMO" (Moscow) | 2008 | 7/2 | 0/0 | — |
| 2009 | 24/2 | 3/0 | 4/1 | |
| 2010 | 24/0 | 2/0 | — | |
| 2011 | 37/5 | 4/2 | — | |
| 2012 | 22/10 | 1/0 | 3/3 | |
| 2013 | 22/10 | 1/0 | — | |
| 2014 | 27/8 | 1/0 | 11/2 | |
| 2015/16 | 8/4 | 2/1 | — | |
| "ZENITH" | 2015/16 | 10/2 | 2/1 | 2/0 |
| 2016 | 27/5 | 2/1 | 8/4 | |
| 2017/18 | 21/10 | 0/0 | 11/9 |
Achievements with FC Zenit and personal:
- won the Russian Cup and Super Cup in 2015/16;
- received the best young football player Russian Premier League "First Five" 2011;
- became the author of fast ball in the history of the Russian national team, it happened at the 19th second in the game against Luxembourg in 2013;
- was twice included in the list of 33 best players in his country in 2012/13 and 2013/14.
Personal life of Alexander Kokorin
She is in a civil marriage with Daria Valitova, a singer under the pseudonym Amelie. In 17, the girl gave birth to Alexander's son. Alexander's stepfather, named Kirill, became the footballer's agent. Kokorin's mother is an entrepreneur. The guy even starred in one of the episodes of the series "Fizruk", played himself.
Also on our website you can find the biography of Alexander's best friend -
In July 16, the media received an entertaining video from a party in Monte Carlo, where Kokorin and Mamaev spent time, later Kokorin was transferred to Zenit-2.
On January 17, Kokorin was on vacation in warm countries, a photo got into the network where he was wearing a T-shirt with a print of Pablo Escobar (a drug lord of the 90s, a criminal known in history. Apparently this caused some people to resent.
The footballer was deprived of his rights for driving in the opposite direction. When Russia left the Confederations Cup, in the summer, Alexander posted a video where he and Dziuba show their mustaches, raising their hands under their noses, with the caption “message”, this is the word that their national team coach Cherchesov often used. It seemed to most that the players were mocking the coach.
Being at the wedding of midfielder Chochiev, Kokorin congratulated the groom under the shots of a pistol, and the video got into the network.
criminal problems
In October 18, Kokorin and Mamaev rented a compartment of the Sapsan train, heading to Moscow, during which time they managed to drink a lot of alcohol and behaved inappropriately, celebrating ten years of their friendship. Then followed a strip club near the Mayakovskaya metro station. The next day, both beat Belarusian Vitaliy Solovchuk, the man ended up in intensive care with serious head injuries.
Two hours later, the guys got into a fight in the Coffeemania cafe, which is located in the central district of Moscow, the victim was Denis Pak, director of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Sergey Gaisin, general director of NAMI (who was not injured). Two criminal cases were opened under article 116 “beatings”. Two days later, the position was changed to 213 "hooliganism", since Kokorin did not appear at the appointed time for interrogation at the authorities, but in the evening the football player appeared.
On October 11, Alexander was arrested for two months and charged under the above articles. A week later, the court rejected several appeals to transfer the players to more favorable conditions than the pre-trial detention center. The president of the St. Petersburg club Fursenko, as well as the players of Zenit, sent positive references to Kokorin, with which they wanted to take the football player under house arrest, but the court only attached them to the case. After the violators were transferred to the double cells of Butyrka. The term of arrest was extended until 8 February.
The incident forced Zenit to remove the possibility of buying equipment with Kokorin in its online store, and a banner with him was also removed at Pulkovo Airport. The club's management now condemns the player.
