Andriy Karimov

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Andrei Karimov
Personal information
Full name Andrei Usmanovich Karimov
Date of birth (1943-07-30)30 July 1943
Place of birth Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 18 June 2017(2017-06-18) (aged 73)
Place of death Lviv, Ukraine
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Leningrad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 FC Zenit Leningrad
1965–1971 SKA Lvov 109 (0)
1972–1973 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1974 FC Sokil Lviv
1974–1979 Chojnowianka Chojnów 0 (0)
Managerial career
1980–1980s Sports school Karpaty Lviv
1986 SKA Lvov (ass't)
1987 SKA Lvov
1989 SKA Lvov
1992–1993 FC Skala Stryi
1994–1995 FC Halychyna Drohobych
1999–2001 FC Karpaty Lviv (ass't)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Karimov (Ukrainian: Андрій Усманович Карімов; 30 July 1943 – 18 June 2017[1]) is a former professional Soviet football defender and coach. He is better known for his playing and coaching career for the Soviet army team SKA Lvov.

Career[edit]

Being born in Chelyabinsk, Karimov started his youth football career in Leningrad.[2] In 1955 he joined Kirovets Leningrad which represented the Kirov Factory in Saint Petersburg (at that time Leningrad).[2] Later until 1964 he played for various other Leningrad teams among which were FShM and Zenit.[2] Eventually Karimov moved to Ukraine where he played for SKA Lvov.[2] It was with this army team that he became the champion of Ukraine in 1965.[2] The same year Karimov was honoured as master of sports in football.[2] Among other clubs in his further playing career were FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi, FC Sokil Lviv, Chojnowianka Chojnów (Poland).[2]

In 1980 Karimov retired as player and became a coach for the Karpaty sports school (SDYuShOR) in Lviv.[2] Later he joined the coaching staff of Volodymyr Bulhakov at SKA Karpaty Lvov.[2] During his coaching career, Karimov also worked in FC Skala Stryi, FC Halychyna Drohobych, and FC Lviv.[2] In particular Andriy Karimov recollects his work in FC Karpaty Lviv during 1999 – 2001 when he assisted to Stepan Yurchyshyn and Lev Brovarsky.[2] During that period Karpaty played in final of the Ukrainian Cup and played against Swedish Helsingborgs IF in the UEFA Cup.[2]

Eventually Karimov returned to coach for the Karpaty sports school where he worked as a theoretic.[2]

The Ukrainian football defender and native of Lviv Ihor Karimov is a son of Andriy Karimov.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ There died famous footballers and coach Andriy Karimov (Помер відомий футболіст та тренер Андрій Карімов). Halinfo. 19 June 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andriy Karimov is 70! (Андрею Каримову - 70!). Football.Crimea. 30 July 2013
  3. ^ "Ihor Karimov". FootballFacts.ru (in Russian).

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