The renowned hockey player Pavel Bure has long been considered an enviable bachelor. His views on family life were changed by a meeting with a young student Alina Khasanova. Their wedding took place four years after they met. And although Pavel was 38 years old at the time of marriage, he did not rush his young wife with the appearance of children. But by the 10th anniversary of family life, the spouses already have three charming heirs.
Bachelor's dream
Like most attractive and famous men, Pavel Bure enjoyed constant success with the female sex. For example, at the time of an affair with tennis player Anna Kournikova, they were considered one of the most beautiful couples in the sports world. However, the hockey player was in no hurry to create a family. Perhaps the reason lay in Pavel's too much employment at games and training.
His wife Alina, telling the story of the development of relations with her future husband, shared another version. During the courtship period, the athlete once admitted to her that he often faced female pretense and deception, which are dictated, most often, by the desire to get a famous man at any cost. Therefore, for many years he continued to search for his ideal - a sincere, intelligent, modest and non-mercantile girl. Pavel found all these qualities in young Alina Khasanova.
They met in 2005, when the future beloved Bure was barely 18 years old. The girl was vacationing in Turkey in the company of her parents and twin sister Liana. Alina grew up in a wealthy family. She was born in Naberezhnye Chelny, where her father began his career as a successful top manager at the KamAZ plant. Later the family moved to Moscow. Parents raised their daughters in severity. They studied a lot and were engaged in creative development, but for a long time sisters were not interested in youth entertainment and communication with the opposite sex. After school, Alina and Liana entered the Plekhanov Academy at the Faculty of International Economic Relations.
From the first day of his acquaintance, Pavel was fascinated by the behavior and upbringing of his future wife. The athlete told her that he had never met girls like her, and no longer hoped to meet. Seeing the seriousness of the intentions of their beloved daughter, the parents did not interfere when Pavel and Alina decided to live together: first in Moscow, and then moved to Miami in connection with the work of Bure.
On New Year's Eve 2008, the hockey player decided on a marriage proposal, which was happily accepted. The couple signed at the Miami City Hall, and celebrated a joyful event with close relatives. The newlyweds staged a magnificent celebration only a year later - on October 10, 2009 in Moscow. Moreover, the date of the holiday was not chosen by chance: during his hockey career, Pavel played at number "10" and considered him happy. The wedding was attended by over 400 guests - famous athletes, artists, politicians.
Big family
Some journalists hastened to explain the marriage of an inveterate bachelor to Bure with the pregnancy of his young wife. However, the couple was in no hurry to have children. Paul wanted his wife to see the world, to get used to the new status. Alina, who married at 23, also tried to first enjoy family life together with her husband, and then plan motherhood.
At the end of 2012, the couple told reporters about the upcoming replenishment. The future parents did not hide that they were expecting the birth of a boy and had already chosen a name for him. The kid was planned to be named Pavel - in honor of his father and great-grandfather. By the way, the hockey player himself was also named after his famous ancestor, who was a successful watchmaker and supplier of the Imperial Court.
Alina Bure decided to give birth to her first child in the USA, so in February 2013 she flew overseas, accompanied by her mother. The couple became parents on April 24, 2013, and their son was born a real hero - weighing 4.5 kg.
Less than two years later, the couple thought about replenishment again. Their second child was born on July 20, 2015. The girl was named with the unusual name Palina, which turned out to be a combination of the names of her parents - Pavel and Alina. The hockey player admitted that he and his wife had this idea long before the birth of their daughter, and finally came true with the appearance of the long-awaited heiress. This time, Bure's wife did not want to leave the country and trusted the doctors from the medical center near Moscow.
In the fall of 2018, it became known that the famous hockey player would soon become a father of many children. Pavel personally told the fans about the birth of his second daughter by showing a photo with a newborn baby on his page on the network. The girl was born on December 28, 2018 and received a completely traditional name - Anastasia. Alina and her husband again decided to use the services of an elite clinic in the Moscow region, where many domestic celebrities give birth to children.
While the Bure children are too young to judge their future fate. Since Pavel himself grew up in a sports family, he seeks to instill in his heirs an interest in sports and physical exercise from an early age. Well, the famous father, of course, gave his only son to hockey. Whether Pavel Bure Jr. will continue the family dynasty - time will tell.
