Rashid Mamatkulovich Rakhimov (russian: Рашид Маматкулович Рахи́мов, tg, Рашид Маматқулович Раҳимов, translit=Rashid Mamatqulovich Rahimov); born 18 March 1965) is

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

i professional

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manager and a former player.

Playing career

Club

Much of Rakhimov's playing career is related to

Pamir Dushanbe CSKA Pamir Dushanbe ( tg, Клуби футболи ЦСКА-Помир Душанбе, Klubi Futboli CSKA Pomir Dushanbe; fa, زسکا پامیر دوشنبه) is a professional football club based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan that currently plays i ...

, where he was playing from 1980 to 1991, the last three seasons in

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

. After that he moved on to playing in such clubs as

Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia: * FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club * HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team * Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club * WB ...

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

. In the later part of his career as a footballer he moved to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, playing for

FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mo ...

, Admira Wacker and

SV Ried SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Bundesliga in the 2016–17 season, SV Ried ...

, where he was very popular with fans.

International

Rakhimov played 4 matches for

Russian national football team The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Uni ...

during 1994–1995. Rakhimov played for the football team of his country of birth

Tajikistan national football team ) The Persian Lions(russian: Персидские Львы tg, Шерҳои форсй / Ŝerhâi fârsi)Sons of the Highlands ( tg, Бачаҳои Кӯҳистон / Baĉahâi Kuhistân) Pamirians( tg, Помириҳо / Pâmirihâ) , Associa ...

in 1992 and 1996.

Management career

After he finished playing, he was invited to struggling Admira Wacker as a manager in 2002. He saved the club from relegation, but quit in 2004. In 2006, he was invited to

FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm. It was a participant in second-tier football from 1995 and ...

, which was also facing relegation. After an impressive run of performances, Amkar stayed in Premier League, and Rakhimov signed a 2-year contract with the club in the beginning of 2007 season. On 6 December 2007, he signed a 3-year contract with

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

and was fired on 28 April 2009. After nineteen months, he returned to

Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional association football, football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm, Russia, Perm. It was a participant in ...

. On 28 September 2011 Amkar Perm president Gennady Shilov confirmed that the club had accepted Rakhimov's resignation. On 5 September 2018, he rejoined

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

(the team was called Terek during his previous time at the club). He resigned from Akhmat on 30 September 2019 with club in 15th place. In 2016–17 season, he sent Akhmat to 5th place, which is still the highest ever record in the club's history. On 11 October 2020, Rakhimov was appointed as head coach of

FC Ufa FC Ufa (russian: ФК «Уфа», ba, Өфө, Öfö) is a Russian football club based in Ufa that will play in the second-tier Russian First League in the 2022–23 season. History During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second Preside ...

. He resigned from Ufa on 3 April 2021, following a 0–4 loss to

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

, with the club still in the same relegation-zone 15th place it was in when Rakhimov took over as manager.

Honours

;Spartak Moscow * Russian Top League (2):

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakhimov, Rashid 1965 births Living people Soviet footballers CSKA Pamir Dushanbe players FC Spartak Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Real Valladolid players FK Austria Wien players Tajikistani footballers Tajikistani football managers Tajikistani expatriate sportspeople in Spain Tajikistani expatriate footballers Tajikistani expatriate football managers Russian footballers Russia international footballers Russian football managers Russian expatriate football managers Tajikistani emigrants to Russia Soviet Top League players Segunda División players Russian Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Austria FC Admira Wacker Mödling managers FC Amkar Perm managers FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers FC Akhmat Grozny managers FC Ufa managers Tajikistan international footballers Dual internationalists (football) Sportspeople from Dushanbe Association football midfielders