Almir Kayumov

Almir Kayumov

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Personal information
Full name	Almir Izmailovich Kayumov
Date of birth	(1964-12-30)30 December 1964
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death
Place of death	Smolensk, Russia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981-1987	FC Spartak Moscow	48	(0)
1988-1989	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	46	(0)
1990	FC Rotor Volgograd	5	(0)
1991	FC Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
1992	Kuopion Palloseura	26	(0)
1993	Daewoo Royals	16	(0)
1994-1995	FC Lada Togliatti	50	(1)
1996	FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen	17	(0)
1997-1998	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	38	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Almir Izmailovich Kayumov (Russian: Альмир Измайлович Каюмов; 30 December 1964 in Moscow – 7 August 2013 in Smolensk) was a Russian football referee and a Soviet and Russian football player who played defense.

His previous clubs were FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, FC Lada Togliatti, Spartak Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Daewoo Royals in South Korea, and Kuopion Palloseura in Finland.

He played 6 games in the UEFA Cup 1986–87 for FC Spartak Moscow.

It was reported that on November 9, 2009 he tried to commit suicide by jumping out of his apartment window; police negotiators talked him down, however, and he was brought to a psychiatric hospital. Kayumov denied this, stating that he had just an ordinary treatment.

He died 7 August 2013 when he was hit by a GAZelle truck. According to investigation, that was a suicide as the surveillance camera footage shows that he jumped in front of the truck.

Honours

• Soviet Top League champion: 1987.
• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1984, 1985.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1986.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1992.

External links

• Almir Kayumov – K League stats at kleague.com (Korean)