Ruzhin Kerimov

Ruzhin Kerimov
Personal information
Full name	Ruzhin Ivanov Kerimov
Date of birth	(1956-07-15) 15 July 1956
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1974	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1980	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	94	(24)
1980–1986	CSKA Sofia	121	(14)
1986–1987	Altay	?	(?)
1988–1989	Varzim	?	(?)
1989–1990	S.C. Covilhã	?	(?)
1990–1991	Lusitano Évora	?	(?)
National team
1978–1982	Bulgaria	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ruzhin Kerimov (Bulgarian: Ружин Керимов; born 15 July 1956) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Plovdiv, Kerimov started playing football for hometown club Lokomotiv Plovdiv.^[1] In 1980, he joined CSKA Sofia, where he would enjoy his greatest successes, winning three consecutive national championships and adding two Bulgarian Cups; in the first round of the 1980–81 European Cup, he scored against Nottingham Forest in a 1–0 away win (2–0 on aggregate), as the capital club eventually reached the quarterfinals.^[2]

In 1986, aged 30, Kerimov moved abroad, playing for Altay S.K. in Turkey (helping to the eighth position in the Süper Lig). He made six appearances for the Bulgarian national team, his debut arriving in 1978.

↑ "Керимов: Алкохолът уби бащата на Гонзо" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 16 August 2013.
↑ Zea, Antonio & Haisma, Marcel (9 January 2008). "European Champions' Cup 1980-81". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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