Ruslan Nigmatullin

Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin (Russian: Русла́н Кари́мович Нигмату́ллин, IPA: [rʊˈslan kɐˈrʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪɡmɐˈtulʲɪn], Tatar: Руслан Кәрим улы Нигъмәтуллин; born 7 October 1974 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Soviet Union) is a retired association footballer of Volga Tatar ethnicity who played goalkeeper and is currently working as a DJ. He has appeared for the Russian national team 24 times (including 5 Olympic appearances) and was their starting keeper at the 2002 World Cup. He was voted Russian Player of the Year 2001 and is considered the best Russian goalkeeper of his period.

Ruslan Nigmatullin
Personal information
Full name Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin
Date of birth (1974-10-07) 7 October 1974
Place of birth Kazan, Soviet Union
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 KAMAZ 20 (0)
1995–1997 Spartak Moscow 27 (0)
1998–2001 Lokomotiv Moscow 115 (0)
2002–2004 Hellas Verona 10 (0)
2002CSKA Moscow (loan) 14 (0)
2003Salernitana (loan) 14 (0)
2004 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 (0)
2005 Terek Grozny 19 (0)
2008 SKA Rostov 15 (0)
2009 Anzhi Makhachkala 0 (0)
2009 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 8 (0)
2009 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 9 (0)
Total 263 (0)
National team
2000–2002[1] Russia 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Retirement

Despite officially retiring from football in February 2006, in September 2008, Nigmatullin decided to make a deal with FC SKA Rostov-on-Don, Russian club from First Division. After playing for another year for 3 clubs, he retired again in November 2009.

Time in Israel

Nigmatullin signed with Israeli club, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth for the 2009–10 season. His start was a shaky one but his performance improved over the weeks as he acclimated to Israel. Nevertheless, he requested to leave the club in November 2009.[2]

Honours

  • Russian Premier League champion: 1996, 1997, 2004.
  • Russian Premier League runner-up: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
  • Russian Premier League bronze: 1995, 1998.
  • Russian Cup winner: 2000, 2001.
  • Russian Cup finalist: 1998.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Russia League Russian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1992KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny70
1993Premier League10
1994110
1995Spartak MoscowPremier League150
1996100
199720
1998Lokomotiv MoscowPremier League300
1999290
2000290
2001270
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2001–02Hellas VeronaSerie A10
Russia League Russian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2002CSKA MoscowPremier League140
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2002–03SalernitanaSerie B140
2003–04Hellas VeronaSerie B90
Russia League Russian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2004Lokomotiv MoscowPremier League10
2005Terek GroznyPremier League190
Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
2009–10Maccabi Ahi NazarethLigat ha'Al90005000140
Total Russia 1960
Italy 240
Israel 90005000140
Career total 2290

Footnotes

  1. "Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Nasser, Mahsan (2 November 2009). מסתמן: מאייבי יחליף את ניגמטולין בשער נצרת [Mayebi Will Replace Nigmatullin in Nazareth Goal] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
Preceded by
Yegor Titov
Futbol Russian Footballer of the Year
2001
Succeeded by
Dmitri Loskov
Preceded by
Yegor Titov
Sport-Express Russian Footballer of the Year
2001
Succeeded by
Dmitri Loskov
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