Ruslan Nigmatullin is a famous Russian football goalkeeper who, after his career, became a music DJ. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Nigmatullin Biography
Ruslan was born on October 7, 1974 in Kazan. From childhood, the future goalkeeper became enthusiastically involved in sports. He tried many types, including basketball, volleyball, but eventually settled on football. His idol at that time was Rinat Dasayev, who pushed Ruslan to stand at the gate.
Nigmatullin began his football career at the age of 14, when he began attending training sessions at the Electron club in Kazan. The promising guy immediately noticed the main football clubs of Tatarstan. So at the age of 17 he ended up on the Kamaz team, which was based in Naberezhnye Chelny. Then it was the club of the top division of the Championship of Russia.
Persistence in training and a proper attitude to the matter allowed Ruslan to gain the trust of a coach and the love of fans. So for a couple of years Nigmatullin turned into the main goalkeeper of the team. He was noticed outside of Tatarstan and began to be invited to the Russian Olympic team. Paradoxically, Ruslan was never a professional footballer.
In 1994, Nigmattullin transferred to Moscow Spartak. He will spend three seasons at the club, but he will not succeed in becoming the main goalkeeper. All the fault was the annoying mistakes made by Ruslan in several important matches. Nevertheless, he managed to become a champion of Russia a couple of times.
But Nigmatullin gained real fame when in 1997 he moved to Moscow Lokomotiv. Yuri Semin believed in him, and the goalkeeper completely repaid trust for this. Ruslan spent a lot of matches to zero, and in total he played more than 100 matches for the railwaymen and conceded only 96 goals. During this time, he was even recognized as the best footballer of Russia in 1999.
Nigmatullin was called to the Russian team several times, for which he played 24 matches. However, in 2002, Ruslan decided to try his hand abroad. He leaves for Italy to the Verona club. But he does not succeed in breaking into the foundation. Then there was a six-month lease to Moscow CSKA and again return to Italy to Salernitana.
In 2003, Nigmatullin finally returned to Russia, where he managed to hold one match with Lokomotiv and become the champion of Russia. Then he moved to the Grozny Terek and briefly interrupted his football career in 2005. In 2008, Ruslan played several matches with Rostov SKA, and for the next season he finally hung his boots on a nail.
After football, Nigmatullin found his calling in music. He became a popular DJ. He recorded several tracks and shot a couple of clips that immediately became popular among young people. Now he continues to perform in the best clubs in the world with his compositions.
In addition to music, in 2013 in Moscow he opened a school of goalkeepers, where everyone can try themselves in this role. He also pays attention to the education of youth and annually in Turkey conducts classes at the Football Academy of Ruslan Nigmatullin.
Recently, Ruslan often appears on television as a commentator on matches and a sports expert.
