Igor Shalimov

Igor Shalimov
Personal information
Full name	Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov
Date of birth	(1969-02-02) 2 February 1969 (age 45)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	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	AC Lugano	12	(4)
1995–1996	Udinese	20	(0)
1996–1998	Bologna	34	(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	Krasnoznamensk
2003	FC Uralan (Elista)
2008–2011	Russia (women)
* 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.^[2]

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]

Playing career

* – played games and goals

Honours as player

• 1989 Soviet Top League Champion with Spartak Moscow
• 1991 Soviet Top League Runner up with Spartak Moscow
• 1992–1993 Serie A Runner up with Inter Milan
• UEFA Cup 1993–1994 champion with Inter Milan
• 1990 UEFA Under-21 Champion with USSR Under-21 team

International goals

Soviet Union

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

Russia

Score and results list Russia's goal tally first.

References