Career
He is the manager for Football Club Krasnodar-2. Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia.
He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Inter Milan.
He has also played in the Italian Serie A for Bologna, Udinese and Napoli, as well as MSV Duisburg in Germany and Air Corps Lugano in Switzerland. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he represented the unified Commonwealth of Independent States team at the European Championship held in Sweden.
He was one of a number of key players who refused to play for then coach Pavel Sadyrin at the 1994 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. Shalimov ended his playing career in Napoli after being banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned steroid substance.
He has claimed that an anabolic, containing nandrolone was given to him while he was hospitalized in Moscow, to stop an internal bleeding.
He was appointed manager of Russia women"s national football team in 2008, before being promoted to deputy sporting director for national teams and selection at the Russian Football Union in 2011. * – played games and goals
1991 Soviet Top League Runner up with Spartak Moscow
1992–1993 Serie A Runner up with Inter Milan
International goals
Soviet Union
Score and results list Soviet Union"s goal tally first. Russia
Score and results list Russia"s goal tally first.