Sergei Karimov

Sergei Karimov

Karimov with MSV Duisburg in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-12-21)21 December 1986
Place of birth	Saran, Soviet Union
Date of death	24 December 2019(2019-12-24) (aged 33)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	SSV Velstove
0000–2000	SSV Vorsfelde
2000–2006	VfL Wolfsburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	VfL Wolfsburg II	118	(5)
2007–2011	VfL Wolfsburg	5	(0)
2011–2012	MSV Duisburg	2	(0)
2011–2013	MSV Duisburg II	2	(0)
2014	Lupo Martini Wolfsburg	1	(1)
Total		128	(6)
International career
2010	Kazakhstan	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergei Karimov (German: Sergej Karimow, Russian: Сергей Каримов; 21 December 1986 – 24 December 2019) was a Kazakh former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Karimov was of German descent on his mother's side and Russian on his father's side.^[1] He was born in the present-day city of Saran, Kazakhstan, but grew up in Wolfsburg.

He died on 24 December 2019 at the age of 33.^[2]

In the 2005–06 season, Karimov began playing for the VfL Wolfsburg reserve side, which played in Oberliga Nord. The following season, he had appeared for the side on 19 occasions, now playing in Regionalliga Nord, before manager Bernd Hollerbach recommended him to Felix Magath's senior team.

On 8 December 2007, Karimov made his first Bundesliga appearance against VfB Stuttgart. On 30 January 2008, he played in a German Cup round of 16 match against Schalke 04. He scored a 90th-minute equaliser, before scoring the decider in the penalty shootout. Karimov subsequently signed a professional contract with Wolfsburg until 2010^[3] and was put to the reserve team in summer 2009.

In February 2008, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan made an official invitation to Karimov to play for the national team. The player's final decision was to be made in the summer, after the season's finish.^[4] On 11 August 2010, Karimov made his first appearance in a 3–1 victory over Oman.^[5]

• Sergei Karimov at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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