Alexei Kozlov, football player: biography and achievements

Alexei Kozlov - football player, player of the Russian national team. Performs on the positions of defender and midfielder in various clubs of the Russian Premier League and First Division.

The first steps in big football

The sportsman was born in the city of Petrozavodsk in 1986. However, at an early age he moved to one of the largest cities of Tatarstan - Naberezhnye Chelny, where he started playing football.

Alexei Kozlov - a football player, the first club of which was the Chelny "Dawn". The first in his career, the young defender signed, not yet graduated from school. Noticed Kozlov scouts Nizhnekamsk "Neftekhimik."

At the age of 16, Kozlov Alexei Anatolyevich gained experience in performing in German football schools. At the age of 16, he played for the junior team of Hamburg, which plays in the Bundesliga. And from 2004 to 2006, he played in Oberlig Germany in football (the fifth German division) for the team of Bergedorf - one of the districts of Hamburg. As part of this club, he held 41 matches, in which he scored 6 goals.

Return to Russia

In 2007, Alexei Kozlov returned to Russia. Football player becomes a player of "KAMAZ" from Naberezhnye Chelny. The team at that time stands in the First Division.

In the first season, the young defender appeared on the field only twice. But the next year he began more confidently to win his place in the basis, spent 14 games, which scored one goal. For "KAMAZ" that year was very successful - the team won bronze medals in the First Division.

Since 2009, Kozlov - already a player of the basic structure of the Chelny club. Conducts 32 matches on the field and scores one goal. "KAMAZ" again among the leaders, this time finishing fifth, before the ticket to the Premier League is missing 6 points.

At the end of the season, many eminent teams show interest in the player, including Spartak, Dynamo and Rubin. However, the transfer never took place, another season in "KAMAZ" is held by Alexei Kozlov. Football player for the years of performance for the Chelny club held 71 match, which scored three times.

On the way to the Major League

In the new team Kozlov moves only in 2010. It becomes the Krasnodar "Kuban", although before that the athlete was repeatedly close to the transition to the Samara "Wings of the Soviets."

He came to the team in the middle of the season, but managed to hold 13 matches, becoming one of the main players in the defense. "Kuban" that season held triumphantly. She scored 24 wins in 38 matches and won first place in the Premier League.

On March 13, Kozlov Alexei Viktorovich made his debut in the Premier League. Footballer came on the field in the first round in a home match with the Kazan "Ruby", which he had previously been seriously interested in. Guests then won 2: 0.

True, Krasnodar in that season still performed successfully in the preliminary round, took 6th place and continued the fight for medals. True, to perform at least as successfully failed - the team took only 8th place and did not get into the European Cups.

For "Kuban" Kozlov spent 91 match, speaking for the team until 2013. Over the next two seasons Kozlov took the team with 5 and 8 places respectively. He played for Krasnodar in European competition. Kuban passed two qualifying rounds, knocking out of the Europa League Scottish "Motherwell" (2: 0, 1: 0) and the Dutch "Feyenoord" (1: 0, 2: 1).

To leave the group "Kuban" failed, having won only one victory, Krasnodar lost to the Spanish "Valencia" and the English "Swansea".

In 2014 he became a player of the Moscow "Dynamo" Alexei Kozlov. The defender stands for this team now.

In the national team

Since 2008, Kozlov began to be involved in the youth team of Russia. In 2011, he made his debut as part of the second national team in the match against the Belarusian Olympic team. Today this team does not exist, its function was in viewing potential players for the national team.

Challenge in the first team Alexei Kozlov received in 2013 on a game with Portugal in the qualifying match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. August 14, Alexei Kozlov first came on the field. At the 31st minute he replaced Alexander Anyukov, who was damaged. The team lost 0: 1.

In 2014, Kozlov went to the World Cup. The national team of Russia fell into one group with South Korea, Belgium and Algeria.

In the opening meeting with the Asians did not participate, the game ended with a score of 1: 1. In the following matches I played on the field in the starting lineup. In the game against Belgium was replaced in the middle of the second half by Andrey Eshchenko. The meetings ended unsuccessfully - 0: 1 and 1: 1, respectively. To leave the group the Russian team could not.

Since 2015, the team Kozlov was no longer called.