Ruslan Valeryevich Pimenov (russian: Руслан Валерьевич Пименов; born 25 November 1981) is a Russian former

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player.

Career

He played mostly for

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 ...

and then briefly for

Alania Vladikavkaz FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...

. In 2005–2006 he played for

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

in France. In 2007, he transferred to

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. However,

Andrei Kobelev Andrey Nikolayevich Kobelev (russian: Андрей Николаевич Кобелев; born 22 October 1968 in Moscow) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a midfielder and a current manager. Playing career During his career Kobelev ...

soon forbade Pimenov even to train with the team as the footballer lacked for fitness. Pimenov was released from his contract only in December 2009. He played four matches for

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in 2002, including two at the

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Honours

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 ...

champion in 2002 and 2004 * Russian Cup winner in 2000 and 2001 *

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winner in

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Personal life

Ruslan was married to Glikeriya Shirokova. They first met at Lokomotiv Moscow where Glikeriya was working as a staff member. They have one daughter together,

Kristina Pimenova Kristina Ruslanovna Pimenova (russian: Кристина Руслановна Пименова; born 27 December 2005) is a Russian model living in the United States. Life and career Pimenova's parents are former footballer Ruslan Pimenov an ...

, who is a well-known child model. Kristina has an older

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, Natalia, Glikeriya's eldest child.

References

External links

Player profile
* 1981 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian footballers Association football forwards Russia under-21 international footballers Russia international footballers 2002 FIFA World Cup players Russian Premier League players Ligue 1 players Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Belarus FC Moscow players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Metz players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Dinamo Minsk players {{Russia-footy-forward-1980s-stub