As reported by “The history Zenit website” Axel Witsel now makes it in to the top 3 players in the club’s history, beating Anatoly Tymoschuk (34 matches for the national team of Ukraine while at Zenit) and approaching Danny on 35 matches and Nicolas Lombaerts in first place on 36 matches.
The total amount of caps won by a Zenit player is still headed by Alexander Kerzhakov, 77 starting appearences for Russia with a total of 90 caps, second place goes to Alexander Anyukov 68 starts with 77in total and in third place is Konstantin Zyryanov 51 starts and 52 caps. Nicholas Lombaerts is in seventh place and Axel Witsel is in ninth.
