Igor Shalimov

Infobox Football biography
playername= Igor Shalimov
fullname = Igor Mikhailovich Shalimov
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|2|2
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
height = Height|m=1.82
currentclub =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =1976–1980 1980–1986
youthclubs =Lokomotiv Moscow Spartak Moscow
years = 1986–1991 1991–1992 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998–1999
clubs = Spartak Moscow Foggia Internazionale MSV Duisburg AC Lugano Udinese Bologna Napoli
caps(goals) = 95 (20) 33 (9) 50 (11) 21 (0) 12 (4) 20 (0) 34 (5) 19 (2)
nationalyears = 1990–1991 1992 1992-1998
nationalteam = USSR CIS Russia
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (2)
4 (0)
23 (3)
manageryears = 2001-2002
2003
2008-
managerclubs = Krasnoznamensk FC Uralan (Elista)
Russia (women)|

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. [ru icon cite web|url=http://history.rin.ru/text/tree/10725.html|title=Igor Shalimov, former captain of the Russian football team |publisher=history.rin.ru |accessdate=June 29|accessyear=2007]

He is currently the manager of Russia women's national football team. [cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/woco/fixturesresults/round=2381/match=85497/report=rp.html|title=Shalimov starts reign in style|publisher=uefa.com|accessdate=June 7|accessyear=2008]

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
*1990 UEFA Under-21 Champion with USSR Under-21 team

References