Aleksandr Filimonov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Aleksandr Filimonov
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1973(1973-10-15)
Age	51
Birthplace	Yoshkar-Ola
Country	Soviet Union
Birth City	Yoshkar-Ola
Horoscope	Capricorn

Aleksandr Filimonov Biography

Aleksandr Filimonov is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 15, 1973 in Yoshkar-Ola, Yoshkar-Ola, Soviet Union. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов ; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia. He won the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with the Russia national beach soccer team.

Filimonov’s contract with Tekstilshchik expired in 1996, and the club’s financial situation prevented them from renewing it. At the time, Spartak Moscow was looking for a new keeper to replace Stanislav Cherchesov, who had left for FC Wacker Innsbruck. Spartak had signed Ruslan Nigmatullin but also signed Filimonov to increase their squad’s depth. Initially, Filimonov acted as backup for Nigmatullin and missed the opportunity to play in the UEFA Champions League, but over the course of his first season there, Filimonov became first-choice keeper again, as Georgi Yartsev preferred Filimonov’s demonstrated consistency.

A turning point in Filimonov’s career occurred during Russia’s match against Ukraine on 9 October 1999, where a win for Russia would qualify them for Euro

2000. Post-Soviet rivalry between Russia and Ukraine made this a highly anticipated match, resulting in Luzhniki Stadium being sold out for the first time in fifteen years. During the match, Russia dominated possession, but no goals came until the 75th minute, when Valery Karpin scored for Russia from a free kick. But at the 88th minute, Ukraine were awarded a free kick far from goal at the left edge of the field. Andriy Shevchenko kicked the ball straight at the hands of Filimonov, but Filimonov was not ready for the kick and conceded a goal. The match ended 1–1, and France and Ukraine advanced from the group at Russia’s expense.

During his professional career, he was best known for playing for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national football team, as well as for the accidental goal he conceded in Euro 2000 qualifying playoffs from Andriy Shevchenko.

At Tekstilshchik, Filimonov quickly established himself as first-team keeper and played his first European club tournament matches in 1994 in the UEFA Cup, against FC Nantes and Békéscsaba. Over the course of two seasons with Tekstilshchik, Filimonov became regarded as one of the most promising Russian keepers, and on 6 June 199, he debuted for the Russian U23 national team against San Marino and earned three U23 caps in autumn 1995.

Aleksandr Filimonov Net Worth

Aleksandr Filimonov is one of the richest Association Football Player from Soviet Union. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Aleksandr Filimonov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After finishing with the Burevestnik football academy in Yoshkar-Ola, he moved to his first adult football team in summer 1990—FC Stal Cheboksary, from the Soviet Second League B. As a seventeen-year-old, he was only able to make two appearances in the season. That winter, he returned to Yoshkar-Ola and joined local team FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola to take part in the 1991 Soviet Second League B tournament. Soon Filimonov established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for Druzhba and started 38 matches. He also scored a goal, which would prove to be the only one of his adult career.

As the 1991 season neared its end, the Soviet Union disbanded. At the beginning of 1992 Filimonov joined Fakel Voronezh, which unexpectedly joined the newly formed Russian Premier League, despite having finished mid-table in the Soviet First League. Despite his efforts, Fakel were relegated in their first season. Filimonov spent another season with Fakel in the Russian First League before moving to the Russian Premier League top-half team Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, having achieved 20 clean sheets in 37 matches in 1993, and a total of 71 appearances for Fakel.

Filimonov gained his first cap for the Russian national team on 25 March 1998 in a friendly match against France. He played four friendlies in 1998 but was not the main national keeper under managers Boris Ignatyev and Anatoly Byshovets. This changed when Oleg Romantsev, who had managed him at Spartak, became the national manager. Filimonov was the primary keeper of the Russian squad during Euro 2000 qualifying, where the team had an impressive run, including a 3–2 victory against France at the Stade de France on 5 June 1999.

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In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup, a tournament for retired players 35 and older.

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Aleksandr Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Soviet Union. Aleksandr Filimonov celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.

He subsequently returned to the Russian Football Premier League in the 2014–15 season at the age of 41 with FC Arsenal Tula, a team managed by his former Spartak and Russia teammate Dmitri Alenichev, after achieving three consecutive promotions from the fourth tier to the top tier. However, he lost his starting spot for Arsenal in the second half of the season and signed with the third-tier PFL team FSK Dolgoprudny for the 2015–16 season. He retired as a player upon the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, being the last active player of Soviet Union Football Championship.