Why BBBB Kerzhakov escaped
Former Zenit footballer Alexander Kerzhakov, known in the sports world under the nickname BBBBB (“Beat, I beat and I will beat”), admitted that he left Russia in the fall of 2022 “because of the situation in the country” and has since been abroad .
– I’m scared! My wife and I understood that in this current situation, we just want to go where it’s warm and just be there, and not in Russia, ”the athlete said in an interview.
40-year-old Alexander Kerzhakov is the top scorer of the Russian national football team in its history, and he also scored the most for Zenit. Now Kerzhakov is an acting coach. He coached his last football club, Cypriot Karmiotissa, for a total of less than two months, from February 8 to April 1, 2023, and then left due to disagreements with the management. Except for this short episode, Kerzhakov has been unemployed since last summer. In the 2021/2022 season, he headed the Nizhny Novgorod football club. Many fans then did not understand why Kerzhakov did not renew the contract. Now everything has fallen into place: the ex-scorer simply decided to leave the country.
— Fly towards new challenges! Farewell Cyprus! – Kerzhakov posted such a post the other day after breaking the contract with the Cypriot club.
“Thank you for your position on Ukraine,” his “liberal” subscribers praise him.
Judging by the social networks, the Kerzhakovs are firmly settled in Dubai. They go on excursions to desert dunes and rainforest nurseries, sunbathe on the beaches and ride superyachts, play golf on the roof of a skyscraper and have breakfast on a balcony overlooking the Burj Khalifa. The luxurious apartments where the Kerzhakovs live also got into the frame. Probably, the footballer’s family settled in one of the towers of the Jumeirah Beach Residence microdistrict. Three-room apartments there cost about 45 million rubles.
What is left of the Kerzhakovs in Russia?
Judging by the databases, Kerzhakov may have real estate at two St. Petersburg addresses. The most interesting house is in the Nikitinskaya Usadba residential complex. It’s like a city within a city — a low-rise quarter of townhouses with its own infrastructure, located on a hill and surrounded by parks and lakes. The former football player occupied a 172 square duplex there. Inside his house is a beautiful spiral staircase, pastel-colored interiors, a kitchen finished with premium materials, rooms with luxurious furniture, and a private sauna. According to realtors, a square meter here costs more than 265 thousand rubles – thus, all real estate will cost 46 million. It is curious that a similar object was recently put up for sale through a specialized portal. Whether the deal went through is unknown. Soon the ad was removed from publication.
Perhaps the family has another asset in the “Nikitinsky estate”. According to Life, the cost of other apartments, based on footage, is about 30 million.
The second address of Kerzhakov is located in the Vsevolozhsk elite residential complex Mistola Hills. This is a protected area, where everything is provided for a comfortable life. Alleys meander along landscaped gardens, there are places for picnics and walking animals, there are own sports facilities, a kindergarten, shops and a clinic. Near the ski resort “Okhta-Park”.
The ex-player of “Zenith” in Mistola Hills has a spacious studio in a townhouse with 90 square meters. The approximate price is 30 million rubles.
In January last year, it became known that Kerzhakov sold his two-story mansion in the luxury cottage village Zapadnaya Litsa near St. Petersburg for 150 million rubles. The asset is fully consistent with its high price tag. The 470-square-square main house is built from glued-laminated timber and features Victorian interiors. The living room has massive chandeliers and an impressive fireplace with marble trim, sofas are decorated with pillows with silk pillowcases. The picture is complemented by heavy velvet curtains the color of old wine.
The former footballer also had a business in Russia. He is listed as the owner of Millennium and its subsidiary NC Brewery. Judging by the SPARK database, these firms manage restaurants. According to media reports, we can talk about establishments under the signs “Lukomorye” and “Suli Guli”. What income they bring is unknown, there is no reporting.
And in his homeland, Kerzhakov left debts. According to the database of bailiffs, he still has not paid off his car loan and alimony. Recall that the ex-football player has long sued Maria Golova, the first wife who is raising their common daughter. She demanded multimillion-dollar alimony from her ex-husband, the court in St. Petersburg sided with her.
It is no secret that the financial well-being of Alexander Kerzhakov was greatly crippled by a scam, as a result of which he lost 330 million rubles. Recall that the scammers defrauded him of money by promising a share in the oil business.
What is the family of Kerzhakov
A few years ago, it seemed that Alexander Kerzhakov could go into politics. He was even accused of an arranged marriage. In 2014, he saw in a glossy magazine a photo of Milana Tyulpanova, the daughter of a senator of the Federation Council. The football player found her contacts, wrote in the messenger and arranged a meeting. They soon got married. Kerzhakov already had children from previous relationships. And if his schoolgirl daughter lived and lives with her mother (first wife), then he was able to sue his nine-year-old son from his second (civil) wife. In 2017, Milana Tyulpanova gave birth to another son to the football player. After a couple of years, the marriage broke up. There was a scandal: Kerzhakov accused Tyulpanova of drug addiction and did not give up the child. Only after several months of legal struggle did he give up and return the boy to his mother.
In 2022, Alexander Kerzhakov married for the third time. Alimony hurts the pocket of the former player of “Zenith”. Only Tyulpanova Kerzhakov pays 1/6 of his income, and from May 2031 he will pay 1/4.