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Ruslan Nigmatullin

1974 - Today

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Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin (Russian: Русла́н Кари́мович Нигмату́ллин, IPA: [rʊˈslan kɐˈrʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪɡmɐˈtulʲɪn], Tatar: Руслан Кәрим улы Нигъмәтуллин; born 7 October 1974 in Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired association footballer of Volga Tatar ethnicity who played goalkeeper and is currently working as a DJ. He has appeared for the Russian national team 24 times (including 5 Olympic appearances) and was their starting keeper at the 2002 World Cup. He was voted Russian Player of the Year 2001 and is considered the best Russian goalkeeper of his period. He is also known as a DJ after completing his football career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruslan Nigmatullin is the 9,839th most popular soccer player (down from 8,542nd in 2024), the 2,953rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,851st in 2019) and the 127th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ruslan Nigmatullin ranks 9,839 out of 21,273. Before him are Ayhan Akman, Javier Dorado, Jan Bartram, Driss Benzekri, Torai Kamata, and Mohammad Yousef Kargar. After him are Giuliano de Paula, Rolando Schiavi, Rene Krhin, Mauricio Wright, Eduardo Acevedo, and Juan Manuel López.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ruslan Nigmatullin ranks 724. Before him are Martin Gerber, Sergey Pogorelov, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Ágnes Osztolykán, Aki Parviainen, and Sagid Murtazaliev. After him are Wangay Dorji, Nami Otake, Mitsutoshi Tsushima, Denis Pankratov, Rachna Banerjee, and Daichi Matsuyama.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ruslan Nigmatullin ranks 2,953 out of 3,761. Before him are Yevgeny Sadovyi (1973), Yuriy Borzakovskiy (1981), Yulia Savicheva (1987), Sergey Pogorelov (1974), Aleksei Bugayev (1981), and Sagid Murtazaliev (1974). After him are Viktoriya Isakova (1976), Vladimir Andreyev (1966), Aliya Mustafina (1994), Ilnur Zakarin (1989), Ania Bukstein (1982), and Denis Pankratov (1974).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Ruslan Nigmatullin ranks 127. Before him are Vasili Kulkov (1966), Aleksandr Samedov (1984), Fyodor Smolov (1990), Matvei Safonov (1999), Valeri Popovitch (1970), and Aleksei Bugayev (1981). After him are Dmitri Torbinski (1984), Yegor Titov (1976), Dmitri Khokhlov (1975), Igor Semshov (1978), Oleg Kononov (1966), and Dmitri Kirichenko (1977).

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