Igor Shalimov

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.

Igor Shalimov
Shalimov managing FC Krasnodar in 2016
Personal information
Full name Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov
Date of birth (1969-02-02) 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
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Mihailovich and the family name is Shalimov.

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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Spartak1986Soviet Top League51
198700
1988258
1989201
1990235
1991225
Foggia1991–92Serie A339
Inter Milan1992–93Serie A329
1993–94182
Duisburg1994–95Bundesliga210
Lugano1995–96Swiss Super League124
Udinese1995–96Serie A200
Bologna1996–97Serie A184
1997–98151
Napoli1998–99Serie B192

* – played games and goals

International goals

Soviet Union

Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 November 1990Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago1–02–0Friendly
2.25 September 1991Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow Hungary1–12–2Euro 1992 qualifier

Russia

Score and results list Russia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 April 1993Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Luxembourg3–04–01994 World Cup qualifier
2.7 June 1995Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle San Marino4–07–0Euro 1996 qualifier
3.6 September 1995Svangaskarð, Toftir Faroe Islands5–25–2Euro 1996 qualifier

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow

Inter Milan

International

USSR Under-21 team

References
  1. "Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. "Igor Shalimov, former captain of the Russian football team" (in Russian). history.rin.ru. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
  3. "Shalimov starts reign in style". uefa.com. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  4. "Pauw in for Shalimov in Russia". UEFA.com. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  5. ИГОРЬ ШАЛИМОВ ОТПРАВЛЕН В ОТСТАВКУ (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 2 April 2018.
  6. "ИГОРЬ ШАЛИМОВ ВОЗГЛАВИЛ "ХИМКИ"" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 5 June 2018.
  7. "ИГОРЬ ШАЛИМОВ ПОКИДАЕТ «ХИМКИ»" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 2 April 2019.
  8. "Дорогие друзья!" (in Russian). Magomed Daudov. 30 September 2019.
  9. "Андрей Талалаев назначен главным тренером ФК «Ахмат»" (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 26 July 2020.
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