Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski is a Russian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Russian First League club Ural Yekaterinburg. He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 with Torpedo Moscow, having graduated from their famed academy. He was a Russia national football team regular, earning his 100th cap on 6 September 2016 in a friendly against Ghana. He played as a fullback or centre-back and sometimes was also deployed as wingback or midfielder.