Vyacheslav Failyevich Rafikov (russian: Вячеслав Фаильевич Рафиков; born 19 March 1986) is a former

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n professional

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player.

Club career

He played for the main squad of

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In the USSR ...

in the Russian Cup. He made his Russian Football National League debut for

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

on 7 April 2007 in a game against

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* 1986 births Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players FC Olimpia Volgograd players FC Izhevsk players FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk players {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1986-stub