Igor Anatolyevich Menshchikov (russian: Игорь Анатольевич Меньщиков; born 26 July 1970) is a Russian professional

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coach and a former player. He is the manager of

FC Tyumen FC Tyumen is a Russian football club based in Tyumen. The former member of the Russian Premier League now plays in the third-tier FNL 2. The club was previously known as ''Geolog'' (in 1961–1963 and 1983–1991, meaning Geologist), ''Priboy'' ...

Playing career

As a player, he made his debut in the

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in 1991 for

FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022–2 ...

. Menshchikov had two spells playing for

FC Metallurg Lipetsk FC Metallurg Lipetsk (russian: Футбольный клуб «Металлург» Липецк) is an association football club in Lipetsk, Russia, formed in 1957. Their home, Metallurg Stadium, is located on Pervomayskaya Street, 59, in Lipetsk ...

Honours

Player

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

runner-up: 1993. * Russian Cup finalist: 1995. *

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Zone West best midfielder: 2004.

Coach

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Zone Ural-Povolzhye best coach: 2016–17. *

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Zone 4 winner (promoted with

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References

1970 births People from Surgut Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Rotor Volgograd players Russian Premier League players FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Elista players Russian football managers FC Rotor Volgograd managers FC Metallurg Lipetsk players FC Sokol Saratov managers FC Mordovia Saransk players FC Kristall Smolensk players FC Tyumen managers FC Torpedo Vladimir players FC Akademiya Tolyatti players {{Russia-footy-forward-1970s-stub