Ilya Kovalchuk's family, children and wife

Ilya Kovalchuk is one of the most successful and popular hockey players of our time. He managed to conclude one of the biggest and longest contracts in the history of the Continental Hockey League. In addition, it can be seen on the pages of fashion magazines, sometimes it works as a model. The young man has a beautiful appearance, high growth and good physique.

Ilya Kovalchuk's wife, Nicole Ambrazais, is a singer in the past, and he himself, though young, has a large father.

His sports career is legendary, but in this article we'll talk about his family, his wife and children.

How it all began

Ilya was brought to a small hockey school by his father Valery Nikolayevich, the sportsman himself in the past when he was 4 years old. My father always wanted to see his son a sports star.

In addition to hockey, Ilya, named after Ilya of Murom, was engaged in swimming, gymnastics, general physical training. Training continued in the winter and in the summer. The decisive role in the career of the future champion was played by Valery Nikolaevich's acquaintance with the famous coach Viktor Zhukov, who for many years afterwards trained Kovalchuk.

At age 14, Ilya moved to Moscow, where, in addition to hockey, he studied at the Moscow School of Olympic Reserve. By the way, his classmate was Alina Kabaeva.

Sports career

At the age of 16, Kovalchuk was able to sign his first professional contract. So he was immediately in the adult team of Moscow "Spartak".

In 2000, his team won the "Challenge Cup" in Toronto, Ilya got to the Canadian Hall of Fame, becoming the best player of this prestigious tournament.

Unfortunately, after two years in Spartak, having earned all conceivable and unimaginable awards and titles, his best striker signed a contract with the NHL. Nobody could keep Kovalchuk in Russia, and already in 2001 he became a hockey player of the American "Atlanta", for a seven-year contract he earned a record amount of fees.

In 2002, at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, our team led by striker Kovalchuk confidently came in third place, and he earned the honorary title of Master of Sports.

After that, there was participation in the teams "Ak Bars", in the Moscow region "Chemist", then again a five-year contract in "Atlanta".

For a while Ilya played for the "New York devils". At first, for him, playing in the "New Jersey Devils" was not entirely successful. But in the end with his help the team got into the playoffs.

To date, the best striker of our national hockey team has returned to Russia, having lived for many years in the United States of America.

As we see, he had to change a lot of places of residence, and all this time a reliable companion and support for him was a family, in particular the beautiful Nicole, his faithful lover.

Meeting with the future wife

Sometimes absolutely random things turn our life and fate into 180 degrees. So it happened with the world famous hockey player.

One day, resting from matches, he watched TV in the company of friends and happened to see the performance of the band "Mirage". He really liked one of the then soloists of this group - Nicole Ambrazais, a girl with blue eyes and blond hair.

I must say that it was 2002, and the young athlete was only 19 years old. Constant training and matches did not give the opportunity to establish personal life.

But, applying his perseverance, this time on the love front, Ilya, thanks to the friend who arranged this meeting, invited Nicole to a cafe where the young people liked each other even more.

Needless to say, from this moment on, beloved little did not part. The future wife of Ilya Kovalchuk followed him like a Decembrist. We know how volatile and unstable is the life of a hockey player.

Nicole

Nicole Ambrazitis could become famous, but she had to finish her singer's career in the scandalously known band "Mirage", she wanted to dedicate herself to her husband and children.

By the time I met Ilya, she had managed to be a model, shooting for candid photos in the nude style, which once filled the Internet.

But, as we see, the hockey player did not stop this. Ilya always said that he likes smart women. And, in spite of the hair color, Nicole fully corresponds to this.

Birth of the first child

Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole Ambrazais were married for almost 5 years. Among the fashionable parties there were many rumors about their personal life, everyone was interested in one question: "Why is a young successful hockey player not marrying his beautiful lover?" Young people themselves did not pay attention to gossip and continued to enjoy life together, but without a stamp in their passport.

In 2005, the couple had a daughter, Karolina. Already since her birth, Ilya Kovalchuk with his wife and daughter often appeared in public.

Ah, this wedding, wedding

When baby Caroline turned 2 years old, the couple finally decided to get married. To the delight of fans and gossips, Ilya organized two weddings: in Moscow and in his native Tver.

In Moscow, a magnificent ceremony was held, where nearly a hundred guests were invited. In Tver, Ilya also has many relatives, there they organized a wedding ceremony with riding on horse-drawn carriages, karavay and an original Russian feast.

A year later, the young couple were married in the Novodevichy Convent, becoming a husband and wife before God. Already a wife Nicole, Kovalchuk Ilya and their daughter moved to America.

The father of many children

Ilya Kovalchuk's wife could not leave the stage immediately, a five-year contract was signed, after which she completely occupied herself with her family.

In 2009, the second child of the pair was born - the son of Philip. When the baby was 4 months old, Nicole learned that she was back in position.

So Ilya Kovalchuk, whose wife in 2010 gave him another heir, Artyom, became a large father. Between his sons the difference is only one year.

Five years after the birth of the third child, Eva's daughter appeared at the star couple.

The wife of Ilya Kovalchuk with his children now permanently resides in Miami, where Eve was born. There, a loving father bought a chic house for his family.

According to the hockey player, Nicole there like the climate and living conditions.

Ilya Kovalchuk: wife and children

To date, the Kovalchuk family is exemplary in all respects. They are compared with the family of football player David Beckham, who married the singer, they also had four children.

Ilya Kovalchuk, whose wife is fully engaged in children, can afford other hobbies. His weakness is expensive cars and branded watches.

Ilya is an honorary citizen of Tver, where his family has a restaurant.

The eldest daughter of Carolina is engaged in artistic gymnastics.

Ilya also got two sons in the sports sections. True, one chose football, and the second - tennis. Who will be Eve - is not yet clear, the baby is only one year old.

Nicole Ambrazais is a real Russian woman, she has enough wisdom not to scold her husband for traveling and support him in everything. Probably, this is the secret of their strong family life, to which everyone must be equal.