Igor Mihailovich Shalimov (Russian: Игорь Михайлович Шалимов; born 2 February 1969) is a Russian football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played as a midfielder, primarily in the wide position.
Shalimov ended his playing career in Napoli after being banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned anabolic 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]
Managerial career
Shalimov was appointed manager of Russia women's national team in 2008,[3] before being promoted to deputy sporting director for national teams and selection at the Russian Football Union in 2011.[4]
He was dismissed as the manager of FC Krasnodar on 2 April 2018.[5]
On 5 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with FC Khimki.[6] He left Khimki on 2 April 2019, with the team in 14th place and three points above the relegation zone.[7]