The name Danis Zaripov is known to all hockey fans. The article provides his brief biography and description of the sports path.
Zaripov Danis Zinnurovich. A history of sporting success.
In cold Chelyabinsk in March 1981, one of the best hockey players of the post-Soviet space was born. From early childhood, the guy will be interested in sports. Danis' parents will notice their son’s aspirations in time and give him to the hockey section.
As it turns out in the future, in this sport, a young man fully realizes himself and will win many prestigious awards and titles. In the meantime, the young player began to attend training of the local children's team and dreamed of reaching a professional level.
Trainers who worked with young talent as a child noted that he stands out from his peers with incredible performance and perseverance. When Zaripov was only 10 years old, he was prophesied a great career, because he possessed ideal parameters for a successful hockey player. It's hard to believe, but at the age of 15 the boy will make his debut in professional hockey. So in 1996, Danis Zaripov began his journey. The biography of the athlete is incredibly exciting, because in his career, as in the life of a man, there were many interesting events.
Early career
Danis Zaripov began his professional career in the Mechel team from Chelyabinsk. In 1996, this team played in the major league of hockey, and the fifteen-year-old guy had the opportunity to play at a high level. True, in the native club the player did not stay long.
Already in 1998, a seventeen-year-old teenager moved to Canada, in the Swift Current Broncos. The case was unique in its own way, because usually athletes flew overseas only when they achieved serious success in their homeland. As the leadership of the Canadians later said, Zaripov was acquired due to the fact that he had incredible potential for a seventeen-year-old boy.
The young talent spent a rather successful season, during which he played 62 matches and scored 31 points on the “goal + pass” system: 23 goals and 8 assists. After the season in Canada, a Chelyabinsk citizen decides to return to Russia due to the fact that not a single proposal was received from more serious teams. What was the reason for this is not known, because Zaripov's debut performances in the Canadian team were very effective.
Zaripov begins the next season as part of his native Mechel. At that time, the club from Chelyabinsk managed to break into the Super League, but the young player was not able to play at that high level that year. After returning from Canada, Danis Zaripov played only two years in his native team. Unfortunately, neither the first nor the second seasons were successful: in total, he scored only 28 effective points. Of course, the management of Mechel began to think about how to get rid of the once promising athlete. Zaripov himself was aware of his weak level and decided to leave.
He decided to invite an unwanted player to Ak Bars from Kazan. The hockey player began the 2000/01 season as a player on this team. The first year was not very successful, only nine scoring points in 41 games, not at all what was expected from the athlete. It is noteworthy that at that time Zaripov was only twenty years old. To the surprise of many, Ak Bars did not part with the player. As a result, the player spends the next year at a high level and scores 26 points (16 goals and 10 assists). After the 2002/03 season, the young athlete began to be considered as a potential candidate for the national team. This period is rightfully considered the starting point in the career of an athlete.
The main stage of a career
The period in the Kazan club will be incredibly successful. In Ak Bars, the player will spend twelve years. During this time, he will turn from a hockey player who had high hopes into a real star of Russian sports. He will spend each of the twelve seasons at the highest level, which will delight those who once condemned him to failure.
The 2006/07 season will be the most striking and memorable in the career of Danis. He will set a personal performance record - 62 points (32 goals + 30 assists). In the same year, the team will win the silver championship, and the leader and captain of Kazan will be called up to the national team.
In 2013, the club and the athlete decided not to renew the contract. As a result, Danis Zaripov joined Metallurg from Magnitogorsk. At the time of the transition to the camp of “metallurgists,” the hockey player was only 29 years old, and he clearly did not say his last word. The first year in the new team was very successful in personal terms: the player chalked up 53 effective actions. The 2014/15 season was no less successful for both the club and the athlete himself. Zaripov today continues his performances for the club from Magnitogorsk.
Career Team
Speeches for the national team absolutely accurately show what Danis Zaripov is. The hockey player played at five world championships and once participated in the Winter Olympics.
In the collection of his awards there are three world championship gold medals, one bronze and one world championship silver.
Danis Zaripov spent a total of 49 games for the country's main team and scored 51 assists (34 goals and 17 assists). He is one of the champions in the number of awards.
Personal life
The hockey player met his future wife Tatyana at one of the matches, and this was at the beginning of the new millennium. For two years, the young people met and in 2002 decided to play a wedding. Another year will pass, and the couple will have a son, who will be called Arthur.
A woman always sincerely says that she dreamed of such a husband as Danis Zaripov. The wife is proud that her husband has achieved everything himself and can now provide for his family without any help. Tanya and Danis have been happily married for over thirteen years and are an example to many young families.
Awards and Achievements
Below are a few of the main awards and titles of the hockey player that he achieved as part of different teams:
- Three-time world champion.
- Gagarin Cup - three-time winner.
- European Champions Cup.
- Continental Cup.
- Champion of Russia.
Also, the athlete has a large number of personal achievements:
- Twice became a participant in the match of the Super League stars match.
- Best sniper (2007).
- Golden Stick (2009).
- Four times participated in matches of all KHL stars.
Zaripov also has several state-level awards.
Here he is, an outstanding athlete of our time, Zaripov Danis Zinnurovich.