Russian hockey player Yevgeny Biryukov: biography, sports career and personal life

Ice hockey player Yevgeny Biryukov, biography and sportswhose career is described in this article, is the champion and prize-winner of the world, as well as the winner of the Russian championship and the KHL in the Magnitogorsk Metallurg.

Childhood

Eugene Biryukov was born in April 1986year in the town of Kasli (Chelyabinsk region). From his earliest childhood, his father, in the past a professional athlete, instilled in the boy a love of sport. Eugene tried himself in basketball and skiing, and then his choice fell on hockey.

At the age of twelve Biryukov with hisfamily moved to Magnitogorsk. The young man, who was considered too grown up to start learning to play hockey, came to the local sports section. There he went through the screening, and in a tightly built tall guy the coaches noticed the ability to play defense.

First steps in hockey

In 2003, Yevgeny Biryukov was declared a member of thethe second team of "Metallurg" (Magnitogorsk), which performed in the third Russian division. However, in that season, the 17-year-old promising defender on the ice never went out that way.

In the next championship Eugene got a chanceshow your game. He became a basic player, went on the ice in 66 matches, in which he scored 3 goals and gave 10 assists. Such results did not go unnoticed either by the leadership of the youth team of Russia, or by the coaching staff of the main team of Metallurg from Magnitogorsk.

Player of one team

The sports biography of Yevgeny Biryukov includesthere is only one hockey club - "Metallurg" from Magnitogorsk. The young defender began to compete for the first team in the 2005/06 season. In the debut for the championship of Russia, he played in 39 matches, in which he scored 3 (1 + 2) points.

The following season was for Yevgeny Biryukovchampion. In the regular season in 48 games, the hockey player scored one goal and five assisted his team-mates, and in the play-off series he was marked with two exact gears. In that season, "Metallurg" in the finals snatched victory from the Kazan "Ak Bars" and became the owner of the championship title.

Since 2008, the team from Magnitogorskparticipates in the Continental Hockey League. Hockey player Eugene Biryukov became an indispensable player of the main line-up. In the championship of 2008/09 he sets a personal record of performance, gaining 11 (3 + 8) points in 55 matches, and his team reaches the semi-final of the playoff series.

After two seasons, Metallurg's defender improves his performance. In 54 games he scored two goals and gave 13 assists.

After two relatively unsuccessful seasons indrawing KHL 2013/14 to Biryukov comes another champion title. This season, his Metallurg first confidently figured out all the rivals in the East Kharlamov division, and in the playoffs the teams "Admiral", "Siberia", "Salavat Yulaev" and "Lion" won. Defender in 56 matches of the regular season was marked with 14 assists, in 21 playoff games he scored one goal and assisted his teammates twice.

Despite the desire of many clubs to see in theirEugene Biryukov's composition, he still remains true to his first team, with whom he invariably becomes a participant in the KHL play-off series. With her, the defender twice (in 2006 and 2011) won the Gagarin Cup. In the season 2016/17 "Metallurg" stopped a step away from the championship, losing in the final SKA from St. Petersburg. However, Biryukov does not hide the fact that in the case of a proposal to play in the NHL, he will necessarily consider it.

Performances for the Russian national team

Eugene Biryukov was first summoned to the location of the junior team in 2004. In its composition the defender of "Metallurg" played in six fights at the World Championship U-18 and became the gold medalist of the tournament.

In 2006 Eugene, as a player of the youth team, became the silver medalist of the world championship. At the tournament, he played in 6 matches, in which he distinguished himself with four assists.

Since 2007, the defender has beento attract to the training camps of the main Russian team. However, the first award had to wait for five years. At the World Championships in Sweden, Eugene won the gold medal tournament. In the victorious for the Russian national team mundiale Biryukov went on the ice in seven fights, scored one goal against the Italian team and three times assisted the teammates.

After a failed World Cup-2013 and an unsuccessful homeThe next chance to prove himself to Evgeni was in 2015. At the world championship in Prague Biryukov together with the Russian team became the second. The defender played in two matches and was noted by one assists.

Personal life

Despite the tight training schedule, EugeneBiryukov tries to find more time to stay with his family. Together with his wife Yana, the hockey player raises her daughter Elizabeth, who always very much waits for the Pope from visiting games and training camps.

It is because of the family that Biryukov does not want to leave the native Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" who became his native. It is with this team that he hopes to win another championship title in the KHL.