Igor Shalimov

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Igor Shalimov
Personal information
Full name Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov
Date of birth February 2, 1969 (1969-02-02) (age 39)
Place of birth    Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
1976–1980
1980–1986
Lokomotiv Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1986–1991
1991–1992
1992–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1995–1996
1996–1998
1998–1999
Spartak Moscow
Foggia
Internazionale
MSV Duisburg
AC Lugano
Udinese
Bologna
Napoli
95 (20)
33 (9)
50 (11)
21 (0)
12 (4)
20 (0)
34 (5)
19 (2)   
National team
1990–1991
1992
1992–1996, 1998
USSR
CIS
Russia
20 (2)
4 (0)
23 (3)
Teams managed
2001-2002
2003
2008
Krasnoznamensk
FC Uralan (Elista)
Russia (women)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Igor Mihailovich Shalimov (born 2 February 1969 in Moscow, Russia), is a retired football midfielder.

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 AC Lugano in Switzerland.

He was a member of the USSR team which participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. After the collapse 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.[1]

He is currently the manager of Russia women's national football team.[2]

[edit] Honours as player

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Russian) Igor Shalimov, former captain of the Russian football team. history.rin.ru. Retrieved on June 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Shalimov starts reign in style. uefa.com. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.