Sergey Fedorov is one of the most famous athletes in our country. His talent has found admirers both at home and abroad. Many years of Russian hockey career took place in the strongest leagues on the planet - the championship of the USSR, the overseas NHL and the Russian KHL. Sergey has won many prestigious trophies both at the club level and in games for the national team. Thanks to his sparkling game, the athlete has become a popular personality in the media, his photos are constantly appearing on the pages of leading hockey publications in Russia and abroad. Sergey Fedorov is an example of a player who, despite a long career in another country, remains a patriot.
Key Biography Facts
Fedorov Sergey Viktorovich - a native of Pskov, a professional hockey player. The invariable position in the composition of the teams is the central striker. Born in 1969. He played in the USSR championship for Minsk Dynamo and Moscow CSKA. He spent most of his career overseas in leading NHL clubs. One of the best players in the league of recent decades, a multiple winner of the prestigious awards of the planet’s strongest hockey championship.
He became the owner of three Stanley Cups. Having won many trophies overseas, he returned to his homeland, became a player in the Continental Hockey League (KHL), designed to compete with the NHL for the title of the strongest in the world. Having played several seasons in the new championship, he began to engage in managerial and coaching. Successfully played for the national team, won victories at world championships, became a medalist at the Olympic Games. Many experts rate it as one of the most successful Russian hockey players.
Career in Russia
Sergey Fedorov made his first steps in hockey at Apatitstroy, but soon moved to the Dynamo Minsk club school and went to Yunost, which supplied young talents to the Belarusian team. He started playing in the championship in 1985, but a year later he moved to Moscow CSKA. In the game for “army men” Fedorov spent five seasons, played 184 games, scored 47 goals in person and assisted partners 34 times (thus gaining 81 points on the “goal plus pass” system). In 1990, he left for the NHL, in which he spent almost two dozen seasons.
In 2009, he returned to Russia, joining the ranks of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk club. He played in the team for three years, after which he was invited to a club in which his career, CSKA, had once started to flourish, but already for managerial work, as general manager. During the game in the KHL, Sergey took part in matches of all the stars of the league three times, and in 2013 he played in the team of ambassadors of the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
Career in the NHL
While playing for CSKA in the USSR championship, young and promising Sergey Fedorov was spotted by scouts of the American Detroit Red Wings team playing in the NHL. In 1990, the Soviet hockey player moved to the camp of the overseas club, where he spent several great seasons. He played 908 games for the team, scored 400 goals into the opponents' goal and assisted his partners 554 times. As part of Detroit, Fedorov won the Stanley Cup three times (in 1997, in 1998, and in 2002). He became a laureate of prestigious NHL prizes (“Hart Memorial Trophy”, “Lester Pearson Award” in 1994, and Frank J. Selky Trophy in the same year and in 1996).
After spending 13 seasons in Detroit, Fedorov moved to Anaheim Mighty Ducks, where he played two incomplete championships. Then he continued his career at Columbus Blue Jackets and the capital's Washington Capitals - in this club Fedorov was a company for Russian hockey players Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Viktor Kozlov. In 2009, Sergei Fedorov returned to his homeland.
Detroit: the best years and leaving the club
At Detroit Red Wings, Fedorov spent the bulk of his career. According to sports media, there have been disagreements between Sergey and the leadership of the American team in recent years, the Russians playing for the club. First of all, as was believed in the hockey community, because the Russian player did not get as much playing time as he wanted. Coaches Scott Bowman, and then Dave Lewis did not consider it necessary to give priority to giving Sergei additional chances on the site. For many hockey experts, moving Fedorov to another club was a matter of time.
Career Team
Fedorov’s successful game for hockey clubs could not go unnoticed by the coaches of the country's national team (first the USSR, and then Russia). As part of the Soviet team, Sergey won two world championships (in 1989 and 1990), playing for the Russian - one (in 2008). He managed to win, speaking for the Russian national team, two Olympic medals: silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002. Despite the fact that in 2000, hockey player Sergei Fedorov became a US citizen, this fact did not prevent him from playing for his country and showing the highest level of skill.
Principles
Sergei Fedorov is convinced that any Russian hockey player remains true to his national identity, even playing overseas. Assessing the prospects of the Continental Hockey League, Fedorov in his interviews urges the Russian sports community not to make a copy of the American NHL, but to go their own way. Despite the fact that the leadership of overseas clubs was not always loyal to the fact that Fedorov was leaving to play for the national team, Sergey always wanted to play for Russia.
Regarding the success of the national team at the 2008 championship, the hockey player noted the high work of the coaching staff in terms of a personalized approach to the players. Fedorov is convinced that many high-class players play in Russia, from which several teams can be formed.
Personal life
Hockey player Sergey Fedorov is not one of those who like to bring out details of his personal life to the public. Information on this subject appearing in the media is often based on rumors. In the American press there is evidence that Sergey met with tennis player Anna Kournikova for several years and even registered a marriage with her in 2001. They met in 1995 in Moscow, when the athlete took part in one of the international competitions. Subsequently, Kurnikova’s photo appeared in various media in the Red Wings sweater (Sergey played for this club).
The couple lived in Detroit for some time, according to unofficial data, the young people were engaged since 1999 (there were no confirmation statements from Anna and Sergey on this subject, but there were no refutations either). The union of the two athletes did not last long, however. The ex-wife of hockey player Sergei Fedorov a few years later struck up a relationship with Enrique Iglesias.