Alexander Belenov was born and raised in the city of Belgorod, where he also studied at the sports school of the local football club Salute. Thanks to his outstanding anthropometric data, the football player feels confident in the role of goalkeeper and today is one of the strongest goalkeepers of the Russian Premier League.
Belenov Alexander is married. With his wife, Catherine, they raise their son Daniel. According to the football player himself, he would like two more children. Idols in sports - the Soviet goalkeeper Rinat Dasayev and the German goalkeeper who shone in the last century - Harald Schumacher.
Carier start
Alexander made his debut for the adult Salute team in 2004 at the age of eighteen. Two years later, Belenov became interested in the Rubin Kazan, but the goalkeeper was not destined to sign the contract with the “burgundy” - his native club requested too high a price for his pupil. Thus, in the Belgorod team, Belenov Alexander spent the whole seven years.
New level
At the age of 26, Belenov finally received an offer from the “big” club, which turned out to be Moscow Spartak. By the way, they drew attention to the goalkeeper in the “national team” just during a friendly meeting with “Salute”. In that match, the Belgorod goalkeeper made several important saves and managed to keep his goal locked. As a result, for a relatively small amount of money (150 thousand dollars), the "meat" ones signed a player in his prime. The Belenov contract was designed for four years.
According to the goalkeeper himself, the proposal of Spartak was quite unexpected, but no less pleasant. In a red-white T-shirt, Belenov Alexander made his debut in 2010 in a duel against the Grozny Terek. Despite the fact that the goalkeeper missed that match twice, his personal guilt in both cases was not. In the post-match interview, the Muscovites head coach Valery Karpin praised the debutant’s game . Nevertheless, this fight was the only one for Belenov in the Spartak T-shirt.
Kuban
In the summer of 2011, an agreement was reached between the Red-White and the Kuban on the transfer of Alexander Belenov. The goalkeeper himself, who did not receive game practice, was also interested in the transfer. After a physical examination, the goalkeeper signed a contract for four seasons. In total for the Krasnodar football player spent about one and a half hundred matches.
In the national team
Until 2010 and the transition to Spartak, the general public knew little about a football player named Belenov Alexander. The goalkeeper's biography developed in such a way that so far he has played for the most part of his career for the club, from which it is difficult to break into the national team. Nevertheless, the goalkeeper was already called to defend the colors of the second Russian team, and thanks to hard work, I believe, is not far off and his debut in the first team. At the upcoming 2018 World Cup, Belenov Alexander will compete for a place with Igor Akinfeev and Rostov goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev.
Gossip
At the end of 2016, the press actively discussed the topic that the composition of St. Petersburg “Zenith” after the new year will replenish goalkeeper Alexander Belenov. The goalkeeper’s photo almost appeared on the official website of the “blue-white-blue,” but in the end the information never received confirmation. The footballer went to the preparatory teams with his current club Anji.