Vladislav Nikolayevich Radimov ( rus, Владисла́в Никола́евич Ради́мов, p=vlədʲɪˈslaf nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ rɐˈdʲiməf; born 26 November 1975) is a Russian

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coach and a former player who played

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. He was previously the captain of

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...

and is a former Russian international player. He was a right-sided midfielder or

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. At Zenit Saint Petersburg he often played a free playing holding

(like a deep lying playmaker) or a central midfielder.

Playing career

As a child, Radimov attended

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school, but at the age of 9 left it for the Smena football school. He did not receive much attention from the Saint Petersburg clubs, and in 1992 he appeared in only one match for the

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team Smena-Saturn. In June 1992 he moved to Moscow to play for the reserve team of

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

. Radimov debuted for the first team of CSKA on 30 July 1992 when a number of players did not fly to an away match against Okean Nakhodka. In 1994 Radimov became a first-team regular for CSKA, and was first capped for the

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in a friendly against

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. In 1994, he was named the best new player of the league by ''Football Review'', and in 1995 he received the ''Strelets'' prize as "the hope of the season". In 1996 Radimov played in all three Russia's matches at

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, and transferred to

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

after the finals. He spent two and a half seasons there. By the end of 1998 Radimov had a little playing time at Zaragoza and was loaned 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 ...

. Contrary to the expectations, his 1999 season in Russia was not successful. After the end of loan he returned to Zaragoza. In 2000, he transferred to

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, but had a little playing time with them and was eventually released from the team, following a disciplinary breach. In 2001, Radimov returned to Russia again to play for Krylia Sovetov Samara. He became the captain of the team soon. After two years in Samara, he moved to his home city to play for

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

. He was elected the team captain immediately.

Personal life

On 18 October 2005, Radimov married popular singer Tatiana Bulanova.

Career statistics

Honours

CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup: runner-up 1993–94 Dynamo Moscow * Russian Cup: runner-up 1998–99 Zaragoza *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2000–01 Levski Sofia * Bulgarian A Professional Football Group: 2000–01 Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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 ...

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; runner-up

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Russian Premier League Cup The Russian Premier League Cup was a football competition organized by Russian Premier League. This was a knockout competition for 16 teams of the Premier League. All ties, including the final, were two-legged. The winners of the Cup did not get an ...

: 2003 *

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Russian Cup winners. If the Premie ...

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: 2007–08 *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

References

Russia – Record International Players
rsssf.com
Profile at Zenit

Biography at Krylia Sovetov

External links

Radimov's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radimov, Vladislav 1975 births Living people Russian footballers Footballers from Saint Petersburg Association football midfielders Russia international footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russia youth international footballers UEFA Cup winning players UEFA Euro 1996 players UEFA Euro 2004 players Russian Premier League players La Liga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC CSKA Moscow players Real Zaragoza players FC Dynamo Moscow players PFC Levski Sofia players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Russian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria