Biography
Today, like several thousand years ago, sport is not only entertainment, but also an opportunity for athletes to show their character, test the limits of personal capabilities, and then overcome them. This is noticeable in hard sports such as hockey. After all, from childhood we remember a song in which it is sung that a person weak in spirit and will will not play this game. But young striker Kirill Kaprizov is not one of them - his biography confirms this.
Hockey player Kirill Kaprizov
The future hockey player was born in the oldest city of the Kemerovo region - Novokuznetsk. This event occurred on April 26, 1997. Kirill spent his early years in a village located near Novokuznetsk. The child grew up hyperactive and restless, which was soon noticed by his parents.
Kirill Kaprizov in childhood
After discussing this with his wife, Oleg Sergeevich - Kirill's father - decides to take both sons to the city to the ice arena to introduce the children to hockey, which he himself played as a child. Oleg Sergeevich’s eldest son, Anton, was not happy about this idea, but the younger one appreciated this sport and fell in love with it once and for all. For the next 4 years - the period from 2001 to 2005 - my father had to take Kirill to training in the city every day, and then pick him up back from there. But it was definitely worth it.
On the last day of the Olympics, our hockey players brought a gold medal to the Russian national team, defeating the Germans in the final with a score of 4:3. 20-year-old Kirill Kaprizov scored the decisive goal against the German national team.
Kirill Kaprizov, a forward hockey player for the Russian national team, is only 20 years old. And he is an Olympic champion! Although the athlete himself claims that he did not perform any feat, he entered the history of this very difficult Olympics for our country as the author of the victorious “golden” goal in the Russia-Germany match.
Kirill Kaprizov, Pavel Datsyuk and Nikita Gusev
“The gold is ours!!!??????,” Kirill Kaprizov signed the photo.
Kirill did not come to Pyeongchkan alone. His parents were rooting for him throughout the Olympics. And, if the father, Oleg Sergeevich, tried once again not to communicate with his son, then the mother, Natalya Viktorovna, talked to him every day. The very next day after the victory, Kirill, on his personal blog, showed fans his most faithful fan, his most beloved woman - his mother.
Kirill Kaprizov with his mother Natalya Viktorovna
The athlete’s fans began to thank Natalya Viktorovna from the bottom of their hearts for their son. For the fact that she managed to raise a real champion, a fighter and just a good person.
Let us remind you that Kirill Kaprizov was born on April 26, 1997 in a village near Novokuznetsk. He started playing hockey at the age of four, after his father, who himself played hockey in his youth, took him and his brother to the ice arena.
On September 3, 2013, he made his debut in the MHL (Youth Hockey League), playing for the Kuznetsk Bears club. After the end of the season, he took first place in the ranking of the most talented hockey debutants in the league.
Kirill Kaprizov at the Olympics in Korea
At the end of the 2014 season, Kirill was included in the ranking of the 30 best hockey players playing in Europe in the upcoming 2020 NHL draft, which allowed the player to count on being selected by one of the teams in the National Hockey League. The Minnesota Wild showed the greatest interest in the draft in the Novokuznetsk player, selecting Kaprizov in the fifth round with the 135th overall pick. At the same time, Kaprizov became the first Russian hockey player in 12 years to be selected by the Wild in the draft.
On May 2, 2020, Kaprizov signed a two-year contract with the Ufa club Salavat Yulaev. For his transfer to Metallurg he received 80 million rubles from the Ufa team. Kaprizov’s transfer became the most expensive in the history of the Novokuznetsk club.
Kirill Kaprizov with Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva
At the 2020 World Youth Championships, Kaprizov was chosen as captain of the Russian team and together with the team won bronze medals. Kiril Kaprizov was the youngest member of the team, in which he became the champion of the Winter Olympic Games.
Kirill has a girlfriend, but he carefully hides her name. The athlete loves active recreation. In his free time, he rides quad bikes and plays football.
Last year, Kirill signed a three-year contract with CSKA Moscow. His salary at the club is approximately 30 million rubles per year.
Rating 4.88 [4 vote(s)]
Hockey
The boy’s first coach, Andrei Luchansky, immediately saw potential in the boy. Luchansky trained Kirill according to an intensive program, developing all his playing roles (with the exception of goalkeeper), which later had a positive impact on the hockey player’s career. Kaprizov himself speaks warmly and gratefully about his first coach, saying that he not only made him a first-class athlete, but also generally played a big role in the formation of Kirill as a person.
Kirill Kaprizov at the Kuznetsk Bears club
Kirill played his first matches as part of the Kuznetsk Bears team, where he showed effective play at his level. Because of her, in 2013, Kaprizov ended up in the Novokuznetsk club Metallurg. From 2014 to 2020, the hockey player appears on the field in the Kuznetsk Bears at the Youth Hockey League championships, and Metallurg Novokuznetsk at the Kontinental Hockey League championships. Also in 2020, he made his mark with the American club Minnesota Wild.
Kirill Kaprizov at the Metallurg Novokuznetsk club
During the same period, he made his debut in the Russian national team (where, in addition to him, another Metallurg graduate, Zakhar Arzamastsev, was included). In order for Kirill to participate in the national team, another player, Mikhail Naumenkov, had to be deprived of accreditation. In 2020, Kaprizov buys the Salavat Yulaev club for 80 million rubles - the most expensive transfer in the history of Metallurg.
Kirill Kaprizov at the Salavat Yulaev club
However, a year later Kirill signs a new contract. This time with CSKA, until the end of April 2020. This decision greatly upset the fans of “Salavat Yulaev”, and was also received ambiguously by fans of Kirill himself. The year 2020 was marked by another event for the nineteen-year-old striker - the head of the city presented Kirill with an honorary badge “For services to the city of Novokuznetsk.”
Kirill Kaprizov in the CSKA club
Kaprizov started as a defender, however, with the help of Luchansky, he quickly mastered the role of a striker, in which he plays without problems now. Kirill is left-handed (his grip is left-handed). Height and weight (178 cm and 87 kg) allow him to stand steadily on the ice, as well as dashingly maneuver if necessary. Thanks to these indicators, as well as the ability to play a pass and create scoring chances on his own, he belongs to the category of technical hockey players.
It is generally accepted that he is the most talented player in Russia, born in 1997 – Kirill’s statistics only confirm what it takes to participate in two KHL All-Star Games (2016, 2017). He got into the KHL base thanks to German Titov, but he really started playing under another coach - Nikolai Solovyov, since Solovyov personally assembled the trio of Kaprizov-Kazakov-Stoa, which coped with the assigned tasks without any problems.
Childhood
The future hockey player was born on April 26, 1996 in Novokuznetsk. The boy spent almost his entire childhood in a village that was located a few kilometers from the city. Kirill was always a very active child, easily found a common language with his peers and was distinguished by inexhaustible energy. It was very difficult to catch him doing something serious.
As a child, Kirill was restless
The parents decided that their son needed to find an interesting hobby that would set the direction for his future life. So they signed him up for hockey lessons. Kirill first appeared on the ice at the age of 4. It was no coincidence that my father, Oleg Sergeevich, chose this sport, because he himself played hockey for 15 years. The younger Kaprizov liked the joint training so much that he attended them every day with great pleasure.
The first coach of the young athlete was a teacher of the highest qualification category - Andrey Luchansky. He was immediately able to recognize the enormous potential in Kirill. Almost from the first days, he developed an enhanced training program for the boy, which involved the development of several categories: attacker, defender. In addition, he always had good physical characteristics: height - 178 cm and weight - 87 kg, allowing him to stand steadily on the ice.
Thanks to these data, Kirill was classified as the most technical hockey player. In the future, his abilities had a positive impact on his career.
Kirill started playing hockey thanks to his father
For all his victories and achievements, the guy is grateful to his first coach, because it was he who made Kaprizov not only a good athlete, but also influenced the development of personal growth. Subsequently, Kirill often recalled the advice of A. Luchansky and always appreciated what he was able to learn from this professional.
Personal life
Although little is known about the family of Kirill Kaprizov: father Oleg Sergeevich, mother Natalya Viktorovna, brother Anton. All of them can be seen in the photos that Kirill posted on his Instagram profile and in the album on VKontakte. But practically nothing is known about the hockey player’s girlfriend - during the interview, Kaprizov avoided questions about personal relationships.
The hockey player hides joint photos of Kirill Kaprizov and his girlfriend from the public
According to the fragmentary information that Kaprizov himself revealed on the Ask.fm platform, it is clear that the hockey player has known the girl for a very long time and that the couple has serious plans - his girlfriend even moved to Moscow to be closer to her lover. However, the girl’s name and appearance remain a mystery to fans. So is Kirill’s salary.
Kirill Kaprizov: I can meet a girl on the street. There is character!
The stunning popularity of Kirill Kaprizov, the author of the golden goal at the Olympics and the charming forward of CSKA, is evidenced by at least two strokes to his portrait.
For the second year in a row, Kaprizov has been nominated for the title of best young player in Europe according to the Alliance of European Hockey Clubs (EHC). His competitors are the Swedes Rasmus Dahlin and Elias Pettersson, the Finns Miro Heiskanen and Eeli Tolvanen. Moreover, a year ago Kaprizov won this title.
Secondly, the sweaters of the Russian national team players are displayed on the website of the Hockey Against Cancer project. This is also a rating. So, fans are now offering the highest price (55,000 rubles) for a sweater to Kaprizov, and he is even ahead of Ilya Kovalchuk (50,000) - the most valuable player of the Olympics.
ABOUT THE FANS
- Hi, Kirill! I conducted a survey, and your fans were divided like this: 40 percent are 12-18 years old, 60 percent are 18-100 years old ,” Daria begins a conversation that takes place in the children’s room at the hotel where the Russian national team is lodging. Parents with children look through the glass door, but see that filming is in progress. And they don’t want to interfere with a cheerful, charming guy, whom many girls want to cuddle like a teddy bear. - Wow! I even have hundred-year-old fans?! – Kirill is amazed. - It is very nice.
– We were sitting in the hotel, waiting for you for an interview for several hours. And you walked with Nikita Nesterov at the zoo. Who came up with this? - Well, we decided to unwind. Here, after all, Nesterov has a wife and a small child. I woke up and wrote to them. And they said: “We went to the zoo.” - “Well, I’m with you.” You could say he asked for it himself.
We had such a good time that we were already tired. I liked all the animals there, I took pictures of them in Instagram stories for the fans. I also took a photo with the monkey. Did you realize that it was a toy, haha? For some reason everyone thought it was real.
Articles | Kirill Kaprizov: The game turned out okay, but we still made mistakes
– Explain why people are interested in you? Children, housewives, grandparents really love you. - So you ask them!
– But do you feel this love? - Certainly. And I like her. Who wouldn't like that? It's nice to have such attention! It doesn't bother me at all. People treat me well and I treat them well.
- The girls scream and faint. This hasn’t happened since the days of Yura Shatunov, the lead singer of “Tender May.” - Well, good, there’s definitely no such thing!
– Do you know how many fan pages you have on Instagram? – You ask me about this every week. People say they see a different side of me there? I don't mind.
– How many personal messages do you have on Instagram? - So many. But I rarely answer. You won't notice much. I communicate mainly with friends.
– What needs to be done to get you to like it on Instagram? - It happens sometimes. Not so much – usually who I follow. I quickly scrolled through it and that was it. For some reason, girls care who you like. I definitely don't have that.
Smart girls ????????????
Posted by Kirill Kaprizov (@kirillkaprizov) Feb 25, 2020 at 7:47 am PST
ABOUT LANGUAGE
-Are you superstitious? - Yes. But why talk about your signs?
– So I always start putting on shoes with my right foot. - I do not have that. But there is a sign associated with skates.
- Do you know English? - No. Just a bit. I can say some bullshit. But at a very bad level. Ilya Sorokin knows the language much better.
– He said in an interview what your fan clubs are called: Kaprizov is my love. “So I can say: Sorokinismylove,” Kirill laughs.
– What are you like on game day? – Whenever, to be honest. But it doesn’t mean that I’m so focused on the match that I don’t even talk to anyone on the phone. I always answer my brother or someone I know. And it all depends on the mood.
Well, how does it happen? Woke up, went to skate, came back, had lunch, went to the room, lay around, fell asleep. I woke up, looked through the messages and off to the match.
ABOUT GIRLS
– Do you like to read books? - No. I haven't liked it since childhood. Although I just started reading “The Russian Five” - about the hockey players of “Detroit”, Pavel Datsyuk gave it to me in the national team.
– CSKA and Russian national team goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin loves to read and has mastered all of Harry Potter. It is clear from him that he is smart. “It seems so,” Kaprizov laughs. - In general, all curly-haired people are smart. I just have a little curl too. They are visible when the hair grows a little.
– What did you know about Denmark before you came here? - Nothing special. I haven’t heard of the Little Mermaid, I don’t remember Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. Although I loved literature classes at school. Our teacher was good. I listened to him, sometimes I learned poetry. Did Andersen not write his fairy tales in verse? Remind me something.
Articles | Sergei Fedorov: I am proud of Kaprizov’s heroism
– “The Little Mermaid”, “Thumbelina”, “The Snow Queen”. - I know the names. But the plots are completely past me!
– Do you watch cartoons? - No. Very rarely. I hardly turn on the TV at all.
-What are you doing? You train, you play, and that’s it? – Sometimes I also go to the cinema. Or I use the computer - Sonya.
– How did you find moving to Moscow? Still a big city. - I did it calmly. Everything is fine, I like everything. I live on Khodynka, I get to the CSKA arena without traffic jams.
– Don’t you walk? - No, by car. Or I can take a walk through the Aviapark.
– Remember, girls, where you can catch Kirill Kaprizov. – I rarely go there anyway.
– What should a modern girl be like? Have you given birth to children and stay at home? Or can you build a career? – I won’t answer this question! How do I know? It is different for each person. You'll meet her later, and that's all. And I have no idea where this will happen. Maybe I’ll meet her in Copenhagen. Or in the village, or in the store. Well, right?
– Can you come up and meet yourself? - I'm shy. But sometimes I can come over. There is character. A hockey player after all!
– Were you confused when you went to the Comedy Club, and they started asking you from the stage to meet a girl? - I’m so confused! The boys from CSKA told me what to say. Cart (Ivan Telegin) sat, dying of laughter. I was asked to choose a type of girl. The cart prompts: “Say it’s black!” I repeat.
That's how they got lost. In general, I realized that it was better to remain silent there. But if I had gone a second time, it would have been easier. And then no one knew me, and I was embarrassed too.
The gold is ours!!!????????????????????????
Posted by Kirill Kaprizov (@kirillkaprizov) Feb 25, 2020 at 12:55 PST
ABOUT MARCHAND
– What kind of strange relationship do you have with Dmitry Guberniev? He just adores you, and you like him on Instagram. - I like him. I've always loved biathlon. And we met at the Olympics. We saw each other, said hello, and laughed. We started communicating. Now we correspond on Instagram.
– Do foreign journalists approach you? - Yes, sometimes they do. They ask me to give an interview. I answer that “don’t speak English.”
– You still speak English. – I know very short phrases.
Articles | “Licking an opponent is the same as spitting in his face!” Marchand did something weird again
– You were recently tortured with questions after training with the Russian national team. A girl from New Jersey was wondering if you would go to Minnesota, who drafted you. What did you answer? – The fact that I have a contract with CSKA for two more years. What else can I say? Everything is very simple and clear.
– Have you heard the story about Brad Marchand, one of the main stars of Boston? - How did he lick everyone? Yes.
– What should you do if you cross paths with him on the ice? – I saw that someone made in Photoshop that there was a plastic cap on Marchand’s neck so that he would not show his feelings. But it seems he won't come.
- Yes, a groin injury. It's a shame, it would have been fun! – In general, I think that in hockey you should score goals, not lick someone.
– When was the last time you saw your golden goal at the Olympics? - About a week ago. Sometimes you surf on Instagram and get caught. I'm not specifically looking for it. But the main thing is that Gus (Nikita Gusev) equalized the score. I don't know if this is a miracle or not. However, everything turned out well.
ABOUT MOSCOW
– You received a lot of attention after the Olympics. Moreover, you moved to Moscow. How do you remain a simple guy without star fever? – What can change in Moscow? You live on Khodynka, you have CSKA nearby.
- That is, you don’t see life. Rublevka, women hunters. – I’ve never been there! Only once at the Comedy Club, and only while passing through. How do you remain so simple and unstarry?
– I periodically travel to America to land there. – How cool is it in America?
Articles | Will Kaprizov become a national hero? How is Crosby after Vancouver 2010?
– People in Minnesota love hockey. You'll like it, it's a different world there. But it’s boring there, I’ll tell you straight away. Although if you are not the king of parties and not wild... - Male?
– Wow, I was embarrassed to say that. Do you like big cities? - I do not care. Novokuznetsk and Moscow are big cities for me. I like it in Kuzna. But in Moscow too. Everything is there. You can buy whatever you want.
– Can you go to GUM and buy a jacket for $5,000? – I haven’t had such a jacket yet. Look, I don't even have a watch.
– You were given a watch at the World Cup as the best player in the match against France. - They are in the locker room. I'll probably give them to my brother.
– And if you score a hat-trick in the World Cup final, can you give such a watch to someone? - Oh, I’ll keep this watch for myself!
????
Posted by Kirill Kaprizov (@kirillkaprizov) Jan 13, 2020 at 8:40 PST
ABOUT CHARACTER
-Can you cook? - I won’t make soups. But I'll make scrambled eggs. Or I can make dumplings, but only with my mother. She sculpted for me that year in Ufa. And now I buy store-bought ones.
- Tea or coffee? - Both. Depending on your mood. I can take coffee on the bus before the match. I can't take anything at all. Or I came to the stadium and drank tea there.
– What a fickle young man you are! – If I just start drinking tea, will I become a regular? - exclaims Kaprizov.
Articles | The victory that everyone needs: the boys will now play Gusev and Kaprizov
– What shows do you like on TV? – I don’t watch much TV. But when I turn it on, it’s “Match TV”. It's honest - when I go to bed, this sports channel is almost always on the screen. And sometimes I’ll turn on TNT or STS. I don't watch Comedy Club.
I don’t include films about Harry Potter, like Ilya Sorokin. It's been a long time since I watched maybe one part.
- An act for which you are ashamed. – There is simply no such thing!
– Three negative traits of your character. – As my mother said, especially in childhood, if I want something, then it will happen. I'll start fiddling until the last minute.
- Is this harmful? - I think no. Maybe persistence? But my mother said I changed when I was 11-12 years old.
-Are you capricious? - Sometimes I am. Such moments happen. But in general I don’t like talking about myself. How can I describe this? It’s better to ask your mother or brother about me. They will tell you something interesting. But I myself can’t. Do you really think that's good? I'm not some kind of braggart.
– Were you very shy when you came to see Vladimir Putin? - No, not at all. We met before the Olympics, there was also a meeting there. Vladimir Vladimirovich congratulated me when I went to the awards ceremony for Olympic gold. I said thank you. What's there to be shy about?
– Thank you too, Kirill. You are so cool. And you are a sweetheart. - Oh, come on! Better look what I took from the zoo.
- What is this? - Toy. Panda. I just like pandas. But I haven't told anyone about this yet.
Kirill Kaprizov now
Sports observers assured that Kaprizov would be the only player participating in all matches of the 2017-2018 season. But this was not destined to happen - in the upcoming game between CSKA and Ugra, the CSKA hockey player with number 97 (in honor of his year of birth) will not take the field. For this reason, Kirill will have a little more free time, which, in addition to training, he will be able to spend with his girlfriend or on social networks.
Kirill Kaprizov in 2020
Kaprizov admits that he rarely looks at VKontakte; he abandoned Twitter back in 2020, preferring to spend time on Instagram or Ask.fm. Nothing is known about the striker’s other hobbies, which is not surprising given his workload and busyness on the hockey field.
Kirill Kaprizov became the godfather
Although, based on individual photos from Kaprizov’s profile on Instagram, it is logical to assume that the hockey player loves active recreation - for example, riding ATVs over rough terrain and swimming. On June 18, 2020, Kirill took on the role of godfather. This happened in the village of Kuzedeevo.
At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Russian team became the champion of the Games. Kirill Kaprizov became the hero of the final of the Russia-Germany match. In overtime, the Russians took advantage of the majority and scored the decisive goal, scored by Kaprizov.
Achievements
- 2015 – participation in the Russian junior team.
- 2016 – participation in the Russian youth team.
- 2016 – silver medalist at the World Youth Championship.
- 2016 – participation in the KHL All-Star Game.
- 2016 – badge of honor “For services to the city of Novokuznetsk.”
- 2017 - participation in the Russian youth team.
- 2017 - participation in the KHL All-Star Game.
- 2017 – bronze medalist at the World Youth Championship.
- 2017 - the best striker of the youth world championship.
- 2017 – top scorer of the Swedish stage of the Eurotour.
- 2018 - Olympic champion (Pyeongchang 2018)
