Ruslan Alekseyevich Ajinjal ( ab, Руслан Аџьынџьал, russian: Руслан Алексеевич Аджинджал; born 22 June 1974) is a football coach and a former player from

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

and a former Chairman of the

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. He is an assistant coach with

FC Nizhny Novgorod FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod (russian: ФК «Пари Нижний Новгород») or FC Pari NN for short is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 2015. It made its debut in the Russian Premier League in the 2021–22 seaso ...

. He is an identical twin brother of Beslan Ajinjal.

Career

On 12 June 2014, Ajinjal signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League team FC Krasnodar. On 7 June 2015, Ajinjal announced his retirement.Экс-футболист "Краснодара" Руслан Аджинджал завершил карьеру , Футбол , Р-Спорт. Все главные новости спорта
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President of the Football Federation of Abkhazia

On 8 September 2015, the Football Federation of Abkhazia announced that the upcoming leadership election had been moved forward to October from the Spring of 2016, so as to leave more time for the preparation of the

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, hosted by Abkhazia. Ruslan Ajinjal became the only candidate for the post after incumbent Chairman

Jemal Gubaz Jemal Rezovich Gubaz ( ab, Џьамал Гәбаз, russian: Джемал Резович Губаз; born 2 September 1968, in Gudauta) is a former football player from Abkhazia and a former Chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. Chairma ...

announced his immediate resignation on 21 September. On 15 October, Ajinjal was elected unanimously. On 24 January 2017, Ajinjal resigned as Chairman, and on 25 February, the coach of Abkhazia's national football team

Juma Kvaratskhelia Juma Kvaratskhelia (born 6 December 1969) is a former football player from Abkhazia and the current trainer of the Abkhazian national team and Chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. He last played for FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi in the Russian ...

was unanimously elected as his successor.

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