Anatoly Timoşçuk returned to the agenda of news agencies. This time, St. The Ukrainian coach of St. Petersburg “Zenith” was in a car accident. It happened on the way to the training of the first blue-white-blue team.
No one was injured in the accident, but at the same time, Timoshchuk did not have time for training and had to miss the lesson.
“Anatolia is good. There was no effect on health. Timoshchuk has already returned to work, he is working!” – Said the general director of “Zenith” Alexander Medvedev “Championship”.
According to the source, in the accident, the coach’s car only slightly touched another car, and he himself had already arrived at the blue-white-blue base.
Timoshchuk has been working as an assistant to the head coach of Zenit since 2017. At the end of the 2016/17 season, he started under Romanian Mircea Lucescu, then remained under the coaching of Italian Roberto Mancini and continued his role in the team of Sergei Semak, under the leadership of which Zenit became the national champion for the last time. three campaigns and this year the leader.
Timoşçuk wore a blue-white-blue jersey when he was a football player. He joined the team from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2007, became its captain, and two years later went to Bayern Munich, which won the championship and the Russian Super Cup, UEFA Cup and European Super Cup.
After four years in the Bundesliga, the midfielder returned to Russia for two more seasons, became the RPL champion again, and then finished playing for Kazakhstan’s Kairat.
Then he started his coaching career. Having received a PRO category license, Anatoly got a job in his practically native Zenit, where he played 150 matches.
Even after the start of the Russian military special operation in Ukraine, he did not leave the northern capital, which led to a campaign against the former captain of the national team.
As a result, Timoshchuk, who played 144 matches for the Ukrainian national team and scored four goals in these matches, was deprived of all titles and regalia in his homeland. The country’s Football Federation even revoked the manager’s license, with which Zenit categorically disagreed.
In addition, Anatoly was deprived of the title of honorary citizen of Lutsk, from which he was a native.
Sergei Rebrov, who now also works as a coach, talked about the situation with his former partner in the Ukrainian national team, who once played for Rubin Kazan in the RPL.
“Unfortunately, there is a category that understands that they will never return to Ukraine, and no one in Europe needs them. Maybe some have a position but they don’t voice it and sit quietly. This applies not only to athletes, but also to show business people born in Ukraine, ”says Team No. 1 Reb.
– I’m sure Tolya worries somewhere inside, but he probably needs to feed his family – and this is more important to him than his civic position. This is his life.”
But the famous Russian football player, his ex-Zenit teammate Timoshchuk and now TV expert Roman Shirokov, believe that the situation will still be played out.
“I think it won’t take long. Now this story will end and everyone will come back. Tymoshchuk has done a lot for Ukrainian football. Now the situation is such that everyone is allowed to come under the knife. I don’t think Anatoly cares much. Journalist Sergei Yegorov from Shirokov on Telegram channel quoting.
– He’s been here four years apart since 2007. He probably has relatives and friends on the other side and on this side, both here and in the Donbass.”
Zenit is currently preparing for the Russian Premier League championship match with Sochi, which they will play away on April 3rd. They are currently five points ahead of Dynamo capital and six points ahead of CSKA Moscow, with the blue-white-blues on the first line, with eight rounds to the finish line.