vasiliy vladimirovich berezutski (; born 20 june 1982) is a russian football coach and a former player. he played as a defender. berezutski is an assistant coach with cska moscow. he began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with torpedo moscow. berezutski was a russia national football team regular. he earned his 100th cap on 6 september 2016 against ghana.