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FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: Футбольный клуб Рубин Казань), is a Russian football club, based in the Tatarstan city of Kazan.
Rubin never played in the Soviet Top League. They advanced to the Russian Premier League in 2003, and came third in the league in their debut year, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Their 2004 campaign was less successful, they came 10th. In 2005 they were competing for UEFA Cup zone again, finished 4th.
The team was also previously called "Iskra" (1958-1964), "Rubin-TAN" (1992-1993).
[edit] Current squad
As of 1 September 2006, according to the Russian Premier League official website.
The following players are listed by Rubin's website as reserve players. They are eligible to play for the first team.
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 12 |
 |
GK |
Dmitri Chigazov |
| 14 |
 |
MF |
Kang Sunkyu |
| 24 |
 |
DF |
Walter García |
| 28 |
|
MF |
Roman Shirokov |
| 29 |
 |
GK |
Nukri Revishvili |
| 33 |
|
MF |
Marat Khayrullin |
| 35 |
|
MF |
Dmitry Shestakov |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 41 |
|
MF |
Andrey Kireyev |
| 42 |
|
MF |
Mikhail Bagayev |
| 44 |
|
FW |
Andrey Zvagolsky |
| 45 |
|
DF |
Irek Ganiyev |
| 48 |
 |
MF |
Vadim Afonin |
| 51 |
|
MF |
Zurabi Arziani |
|
* Also has Russian citizenship
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