Igor Shalimov: biography and photo

Igor Shalimov - known Soviet and Russian football player and coach, who spoke on the territory of the Soviet Union and beyond. This year, he was 48 years old. Shalimov - Master of Sports of the USSR (1988) and International Master of Sports of the USSR (1991). His professional career as a player, he graduated at the age of 30 years, unfortunately, not on their own. When Igor Shalimov was a football player, he performed at the point guard position.

Early career

Igor Shalimov was born February 2, 1969 in the capital of the Soviet Union - Moscow. Even in the age of seven he began playing football on the basis of a small capital club "Diamond", but his older brother noticed the talent and brought him to the academy, "Locomotive", which and took the boy.

Igor four years spent in the "Locomotive", yet again, the elder brother did not translate it into a more promising boy for "Spartacus." It was there that Igor Shalimov and remained throughout his adolescence. When he was eighteen years old, "Spartacus" Igor offered a professional contract. In this way, Shalimov is a graduate of the Moscow club. But how has developed his professional career further?

The game of "Spartacus"

At the age of 17 years Igor Shalimov began to get match practice at a high level, acting on a permanent basis for the reserve team squad. In 1986, the athlete has managed to make his debut for the first team and, having played five matches and even checking out his debut with a goal. Next season, players had to take, because he was still too young and inexperienced. In 1989, he finally became a regular player base.

Already in his first full season, when the boy was only 19 years old, Igor Shalimov could chop eight goals in 25 matches. The following season, he began to organize attacks, but not to complete them. It was good for both the player and the club, as "Spartacus" became the champion of the USSR. As, however, he was unable to repeat the success of 1989 for the next two seasons Shalimov has earned a large number of assists, and scored ten goals in 45 matches. In 1991, "Spartacus" finished the USSR Championship in second place. Even then it was known that this is the last USSR Championship in history, so Shalimov did not want to stay and signed a contract with Italian "Foggia". From that moment the midfielder is no longer played a single match for the Russian clubs.

Moving to Italy

In the summer of 1991 Igor Shalimov moved to the Italian "Foggia", for which began performing incredibly well. In his rookie season, he went on the field 33 times, checking out 9 goals. Naturally, such a result has attracted the attention of other clubs from Italy, much stronger than the modest "Foggia", only to drop to Serie A.

22-year-old midfielder immediately got on the radar leaders of the championship, but the race was won by Milan "Inter", who paid for the player 12 million euros, which was an incredible sum at that time.

Naturally, "Foggia" could not agree more, especially given the fact that the club paid for a player, "Spartacus" symbolic 300 thousand euros. As a result, Igor Shalimov, photos of which immediately began to scatter on a local sports magazine, became a player of one of the biggest clubs in Italy. Unfortunately, his future path was not so pleasant and clear as we would like.

Interview for the "Inter"

Igor Shalimov - football player who was incredibly promising and was considered one of the greatest talents of Russian football, began to "Inter" very vigorously. In the first season the athlete left the field 32 times, checking out 9 goals and plenty of assists. However, in the summer transfer window, "Inter" has signed Dutch star Dennis Bergkamp, ​​with whom he came Vilhelmyus Jonk. These players immediately began to fall in the base, displacing the Shalimov almost completely. For the entire season Igor played only eighteen games, which is almost two times less than last year, but was only able to score two goals, as very often out late in the match to replace. As a result, the club decided not to in favor of the Russian football player and sent it out to a German football club, "Duisburg".

Rental period

In 1994, Igor Shalimov played for the German "Duisburg", which definitely was not at the same level in Germany, which was the "Inter" in Italy. Therefore, for Igor's definitely been a step backwards. Performances for "Duisburg" can, rather, be equated to a game of "Forge". But only in Germany Shalimov tune and could not. In 21 games the athlete is not distinguished by any goal, so he returned to "Inter" has no chance to stay in Germany.

However, in the football player was not Milan club are delighted therefore sent for six months in a Swiss "Lugano". There were performances of players more than impressive, as in 12 games he was able to score four goals and remember a good performance. But the "Lugano" was unable to redeem the Russian playmaker, so he spent the rest of the season in the Italian "Udinese", where he showed the same result as in 'Duisburg': 20 games, 0 goals.

Player contract with "Inter" was coming to an end, and the club did not want to give playmaker another chance, so hurry to sell it, yet could help at least some money. In the summer of 1996 27-year-old was sold to the "Bologna" for four million euros.

Go to the "Bologna"

The "Bologna" Shalimov played at once, because it was not allowed on the field, but gradually the footballer was able to join the team and become a team regular. In the first season 4 goals scored in 18 matches.

The second season athlete has started as one of the leaders, but torn ligaments in his knee would not allow him to progress further. Therefore, for the season 97/98 Igor scored just one goal, coming on the field only fifteen times. This football club is not delayed, and the summer of 1998 he moved to the "Napoli", which paid him three million euros.

The last game of the "Napoli"

At that time, the now powerful Neapolitan club was in the second division in Italy, so there Shalimov was able to play on a regular basis. But when Shalimov adapted and spent 19 games, scoring two goals, doping scandal erupted. It became the reason that Igor was forced to end football career prematurely (at age 30).

The athlete has been disqualified in the winter of 1999, but did not wait for the completion of disqualification and declared that hangs up his boots.

appearances for the national team

Shalimov, like many Soviet players of the time played for three national teams. In 1990 he made his debut for the USSR national team, which went to the World Cup that year. For him it was a great debut, and the young midfielder was released in both matches in which participated his team. Total Shalimov held for her 27 matches, scoring three goals. However, as we all well know, the USSR national team soon ceased to exist, and for a brief period of the CIS team was formed, which went to 1992 European Championship year. Naturally, there it was waiting for a complete failure, in which participated and Shalimov. But in October 1992, the qualifying matches of the World Championship Team Russia took place in 1994. Shalimov and was a member, he spent a few matches with the captain's armband. However, just for the World Cup, he did not go, because it was at this time began to experience problems with the "Inter".

With regard to the 1996 European Championship year, Shalimov has been included in the proposal, but remained in the reserve for the first two matches, coming on the field only in the game against the Czechs 25 minutes before the end of the match. His last match for the national team of Russia Igor held October 14, 1998 - it was a qualifying match before the European Championship 2000 qualifier against Iceland, in which the Russians lost with the score 0: 1. Total for the Russian team Shalimov spent 24 games, scoring three goals.

Start coaching career

Naturally, Shalimov was not going to leave football for good, so he took the time to get a coaching license, and came back in 2001 as a full-fledged coach. The club, which originally was connected media sources, Igor Shalimov ( "Ekaterinburg") had nothing to do with the real situation.

In fact, the athlete was offered the position of CEO of a small club called "Krasnoznamensk," but after a couple of months, he gave up the job, deciding possible to get close to the players and gameplay. In autumn 2001 Shalimov became head coach "Krasnoznamensk". Within a year he coached the club, and then received an invitation from the more prestigious, if not the strongest club of Russia - "Ural".

The failure of "Uralane"

Unfortunately, the first experience at the highest level, Igor came not the best way. "Ural" finished the championship at the penultimate position at the end of the season having taken off in the second division. Coach Igor Shalimov was fired for poor performance, so he had to look for a new job. Make it quick, he failed Shalimov therefore decided to spend some time trying to improve their coaching skills.

At the helm of the women's team

The big football Shalimov back a rather unusual way. In May 2008 it was announced that he will head the Russian national football team. However interesting was the fact that this team was female. In this position Shalimov spent three years, and then again took a short break, as he had no ability to license its Italian coach led the club of the newly formed Russian Premier League.

The arrival of "Krasnodar"

Today everyone knows that Igor Shalimov - coach of the "Krasnodar". However, he does not, this responsibility was entrusted immediately. After passing the required courses, Shalimov got permission for that to work in the Russian club. And the first place of work was the "Krasnodar". In the summer of 2015 Shalimov came to the club and became a coach takes.

In this role, he spent an entire season, and started the next. However, the club fired the acting coach, and the position of acting was precisely Shalimov. He spent a few matches in this position, and showed that is capable of much, so the third in October 2016 received a full contract with the club.

The length of the six matches when Shalimov was acting head coach, was just incredible for the club. He had to start with a European Cup match against the Austrian "Salzburg", in which the "Krasnodar" won 1: 0. This was followed by a victory over the "growth", the next round of the Russian Cup after victory over the "Spartacus", a draw with the strongest CSKA enemy defeat "Nice" in the Europa League with a score of 5: 2, and finally, a victory over the "Ruby", after which Shalimov was appointed head coach.

Unfortunately, the more things went not so rosy, "Krasnodar" took off from the Russian Cup, lost in the Europa League, "Celta" and turned out to be behind the tournament, and in the Russian Championship was able to win only four out of ten matches. However, this result is still better than what it was before the arrival of Shalimov, because now the club is in fourth place and is located in the European Cup zone.

Life

What about the personal life of Igor Shalimov? His career was very intense, but also his relationships with women can not be called peaceful. For the first time, Igor married Eugenia model, with whom he had a long relationship. However, the union is not proved to be very durable, so already in a rather decent age alone again was Igor Shalimov. Wife left, but soon a new woman has appeared in its place. In Shalimov he struck up a romance with a famous writer Oksana Robski. 39-year-old coach to tie the knot with a woman in the spring of 2008. However, Oksana Robski Igor Shalimov and could not live long together, and their marriage was fragile. In the autumn of the same year, Igor and Oksana divorced.

Shalimov at the moment is not in a serious relationship or does not advertise them to the public, focusing on the work with his club.