Career
Currently, he works as the reserves team manager at Football Club Zenit Saint St. Petersburg and as an assistant manager with the Russia national football team Simutenkov started his pro career in the old Soviet league with Dynamo Moscow in 1990. He spent the next five years with Dynamo, the last three in the Russian league, which he led in scoring with 21 goals in 1994.
A transfer to Serie A"s Reggiana followed, and Simutenkov spent the next five seasons in Italy (the last with Bologna), scoring a total of only 23 goals.
In 1999, Simutenkov transferred to Spanish club Tenerife, and spent three uneventful seasons there. He signed with the Kansas City Wizards in 2002, becoming Major League Soccer"s first Russian player.
Igor scored four goals in his first season (plus one in playoffs), seven in his second (plus two in playoffs), before missing a big chunk of the third with an injury, ending with a solitary goal in league play. He scored the golden goal in the final of the 2004 Lamar Hunt United States. Open Cup, but was released by the Wizards following the 2004 season, at which time he returned to Russia and signed with Rubin.
At the end of season 2005, while made only 3 appearances for Rubin, Simutenkov declared his retirement from professional football.
He told that he couldn"t perform at the high level because of a few serious permanent injuries. However, in 2006 he was included in the squad of Football Club Dynamo Voronezh, a Second Division side. Simutenkov is also known for the famous Simutenkov-case in which the European Court of Justice acknowledged the direct effect of the partnership-agreement between the European Communities and Russia.
In this judgment Spanish nationality-clauses for non-European Union football players were found in breach with Community law.
Simutenkov has scored nine goals in 20 caps for the Russian national team, playing in Euro 96, but his last appearance came in 1998. In 2007 he managed a Russian Second Division team Football Club Torpedo-RG. From 2007 till the end of 2009 he was a coach of Russia 1993-born youth team
On December 18, 2009, he was appointed an assistant coach at Football Club Zenit Saint St. Petersburg with Luciano Spalletti as the head coach. * – played games and goals
International goals
1994 – Russia"s best football player.