his final appearance for the national team in a friendly against Lithuania on 26 March 2016. Coaching career On 15 March 2018, the Russian Football Union announced signing a contract with Kerzhakov to manage the Russia national under-17 football team until the end of 2019. The team became Russia national under-18 football team in September 2018 as the players aged and then Russia national under-19 football team. On 24 September 2020, he was hired as manager by the FNL club FC Tom Tomsk. He left Tom at the end of the 2020–21 season. On 17 June 2021, he signed with FC Nizhny Novgorod, which was recently promoted into the Russian Premier League. The club avoided relegation at the end of the 2021–22 season, and on 16 June 2022 Kerzhakov left Nizhny Novgorod. On 8 February 2023, Kerzhakov was hired as a manager by Cypriot club Karmiotissa Polemidion. Personal life His younger brother, Mikhail, is a professional footballer who also plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg as a goalkeeper. In 2002, Kerzhakov authored his autobiography titled Up to 16 and older. () Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kerzhakov goal. Managerial statistics As of 21 May 2022 Honours Club Zenit Saint Petersburg Russian Premier League: 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15 Russian Cup: 2009–10 Russian Premier League Cup: 2003 Russian Super Cup: 2011, 2016 Sevilla UEFA Cup: 2006–07 Copa del Rey: 2006–07 Supercopa de España: 2007 FC Zürich Swiss Cup: 2015–16 Individual Russian Premier League top scorer: 2004 Charity In 2017 became an ambassador of social Football for Friendship international children's forum. In 2018 took part in the Football for Friendship programme where he presented the cup to the winners of the final match of the programme's championship. References External links Zenit Profile Fan Club Blog: "Kerzhakov in La Liga" Career history Personal website Career, statistic, goals Player profile 1982 births People from Kingisepp Footballers from Saint Petersburg Living people Russian footballers Russia youth international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers Association football forwards FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Sevilla FC players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Zürich players Russian Premier League players La Liga players Swiss Super League players 2002 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2004 players UEFA Euro 2012 players 2014 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Cup winning players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Russian expatriate