Aleksandr Bukharov

Aleksandr Bukharov is a striker of Zenit. He was born on 12 March 1985 in Brezhnev, Russia.

Aleksandr went in for football in his native city. In 2002 the player managed to make the senior début for Krasnodar-2000, which performed in the Second Division South. Before the start of the 2003 season, Bukharov completed a move to Chernomorets Novorossiysk and played for the new club during one year, but did not make any appearances. Aleksandr spent the following season in Rubin-2. One year later, the striker continued to perform for the reserve team, but occasionally featured in the matches of the main team.

At the beginning of March 2006, Bukharov was severely injured at the training, where he tore crucial ligament in his knee, thus sentencing himself to six months without coming on the pitch.

In January 2008, the striker extended his contract with Rubin for another three years. Bukharov netted several really important goals and helped his club to become the champion of the Russian Premier League. The footballer fired six goals in 20 games during that season. The 2009 season had a very positive start as well, because Aleksandr made a brace and an assist in the first match of the RPL, resulting in a 3-0 victory over Kuban. The striker managed to score two hat tricks during the 2009 season – on 6 July against Khimki and on 16 August against Terek Grozny.

On 19 July 2010, Bukharov finalized a move to Zenit and penned a four-year contract. His début for the new club came in the 17th round of the Russian Premier League, when the St. Petersburg team encountered Dynamo Moscow. The footballer’s first goal came in the away game against Lokomotiv. Aleksandr played till the full-time and managed to go on to net after Bystrov’s pass. On 14 November 2010, Zenit clinched the title of the RPL champion. In the 28th round of the league, the club secured a 5-0 victory over Rostov, where two goals were contributed by Bukharov.

In the second half of 2013/2014 season Bukharov played on loan at Anzhi Makhachkala.