Igor Shalimov

Igor Shalimov

Shalimov managing FC Krasnodar in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov
Date of birth	2 February 1969
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1980	Lokomotiv Moscow
1980–1986	Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1991	Spartak Moscow	95	(20)
1991–1992	Foggia	33	(9)
1992–1994	Inter Milan	50	(11)
1994–1995	→ MSV Duisburg	21	(0)
1995–1996	→ Lugano	12	(4)
1995–1996	Udinese	20	(0)
1996–1998	Bologna	33	(5)
1998–1999	Napoli	19	(2)
Total		284	(51)
National team
1990–1991[1]	USSR	20	(2)
1992[1]	CIS	4	(0)
1992–1998[1]	Russia	23	(3)
Teams managed
2001–2002	FC Krasnoznamensk
2003	FC Uralan Elista
2008–2011	Russia (women)
2015–2016	FC Krasnodar-2
2016	FC Krasnodar (assistant)
2016	FC Krasnodar (caretaker)
2016–2018	FC Krasnodar
2018–2019	FC Khimki
2019–2020	Akhmat Grozny
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Igor Mihailovich Shalimov (Russian: Игорь Михайлович Шалимов; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder. He primarily played as a wide midfielder.

Playing career

Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Inter Milan. He has also played in the Italian Serie A for Bologna, Udinese and Napoli, as well as MSV Duisburg in Germany and FC Lugano in Switzerland.

He was a member of the USSR team which participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union he represented the unified CIS team at the European Championship held in Sweden. He was one of a number of key players who refused to play for then coach Pavel Sadyrin at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Two years later, in 1996, he became a member of the Russian national team for the European Championship held in England.

Shalimov ended his playing career in Napoli after being banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned steroid substance. He has claimed that an anabolic, containing nandrolone was given to him while he was hospitalized in Moscow, to stop an internal bleeding.^[2]

Managerial career

He was appointed manager of Russia women's national football team in 2008,^[3] before being promoted to deputy sporting director for national teams and selection at the Russian Football Union in 2011.^[4]

He was dismissed as the manager of FC Krasnodar on 2 April 2018.^[5]

On 5 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with FC Khimki.^[6] He left Khimki on 2 April 2019, with the team in 14th place and 3 points out of relegation zone.^[7]

On 30 September 2019, he was hired by Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny.^[8] He left Akhmat on 26 July 2020 as his contract expired.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

* – played games and goals

International goals

Soviet Union

Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 November 1990	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	25 September 1991	Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow	Hungary	1–1	2–2	Euro 1992 qualifier

Russia

Score and results list Russia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 April 1993	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–0	4–0	1994 World Cup qualifier
2.	7 June 1995	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle	San Marino	4–0	7–0	Euro 1996 qualifier
3.	6 September 1995	Svangaskarð, Toftir	Faroe Islands	5–2	5–2	Euro 1996 qualifier

Honours

Player

Club

Spartak Moscow

• Soviet Top League: 1989

Inter Milan

• UEFA Cup: 1993–94

International

USSR Under-21 team

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1990

References