Career
He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 in Torpedo-ZIL. He is now playing for CSKA Moscow. He is a Russia national football team regular. He plays as a fullback or centre back and sometimes is also deployed as wingback or wide-midfielder.
Vasili started to play football in sport school Smena in Moscow.
His identical twin brother, Aleksei, is also a CSKA defender. Vasili scored his first goal for Russia during a Euro 2008 Qualification match against Former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia.
He was called up to Russia"s Euro 2008 squad and came on as a late substitute in their second game against Greece in Salzburg and started the semi-final against Spain in Vienna. He was named to Russia"s provisional squad for Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012, but had to drop out before tournament began due to thigh injury.