Zenit St. Petersburg Away Jersey 2020/21 – Aleksandr Erokhin – No. 21 – Player Issued – Nike – UEFA Champions League

Aleksandr Erokhin's Player Issued jersey: Zenit's number 21 in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League season

The Zenit Saint Petersburg 2020/2021 away kit in Player Issued version is an authentic relic of great historical value, directly linked to the Russian champions' participation in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League. The away kit is in "Pure Platinum" — a light grey almost white, with white sleeves at the bottom — and features the technical finishes exclusively reserved for team supply: Nike Dri-Fit fabric made of 100% recycled polyester, production code SU20 (Summer 2020), polo collar with blue buttons. The Gazprom sponsor in blue stands out on the chest, with the Zenit emblem — the historical Russian logo with the golden star — applied to the right side of the chest. On the left sleeve is sewn the official UEFA Champions League patch (the white/black star ball), on the right sleeve the UEFA Respect patch. Inside the collar, in light blue Cyrillic, is the historical motto of the fans: "БЕЙСЯ ЗА «ЗЕНИТ»" — "Fight for Zenit". The back features the number 21 and the surname EROKHIN in blue with a dark outline, with the Zenit emblem in watermark below the number. The size is XL, produced in Georgia. In that season, Zenit, Russian champions, faced Chelsea, Rennes, and Sevilla FC in Group H of the UCL group stage.

The player: Aleksandr Erokhin

Aleksandr Yuryevich Erokhin (Barnaul, October 13, 1989) is one of the most representative midfielders in Russian football of the last decade, a symbol of the great Zenit Saint Petersburg of the 2010s and 2020s. Having grown up in the Lokomotiv Moscow youth academy, he has had a long and solid career through Sheriff Tiraspol, Krasnodar, SKA Energija, Ural, and Rostov — where he definitively established himself as one of the best midfielders in the Russian Premier Liga — before joining Zenit Saint Petersburg in July 2017. With the Saint Petersburg club, he has won multiple national titles consecutively, becoming one of the longest-serving and most reliable players in the squad. He has over 30 caps for the Russian national team and participated in the 2018 World Cup in Russia — where he came on in the 97th minute in the penalty shootout victory against Spain in the round of 16, becoming the first "fourth substitute" in the history of official FIFA matches. In the 2020/21 season, he made 25 appearances in the Premier Liga with 7 goals, confirming himself as one of Zenit's key midfielders in European seasons.

What is a Player Issued jersey?

A Player Issued jersey is a kit specifically prepared for a particular player but not necessarily worn in an official match. It differs from the commercial version due to a series of precise technical characteristics: professional finishes, personalization with the player's name and number, match cut and materials, exclusive technical details reserved for team supply. It is hierarchically superior to the store version and inferior only to the Match Worn. For collectors, it represents an authentic piece of very high historical and commercial value, often impossible to find on the market years after its production.

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