Valeri Chizhov

Valeri Nikolayevich Chizhov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Чижов; born 14 April 1975) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper. He works as a goalkeeping coach with FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in Belarus.

Valeri Chizhov

Personal information
Full name	Valeri Nikolayevich Chizhov
Date of birth	(1975-04-14) 14 April 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (GK coach)
Youth career
1984–1991	FC Smena Moscow
1991	FC Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1996	FC Spartak Moscow	2	(0)
1992–1996	→ FC Spartak-d Moscow	151	(0)
1996–1997	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	31	(0)
1998–2003	FC Saturn Ramenskoye	132	(0)
2004	FC Rubin Kazan	10	(0)
2005–2006	FC Saturn Ramenskoye	4	(0)
2007	FC Sibir Novosibirsk	19	(0)
2008	FC Vityaz Podolsk	12	(0)
2008	FC Dynamo Bryansk	11	(0)
2009–2010	FC Avangard Kursk	49	(0)
2011–2012	FC Saturn-2 Moscow Region	5	(0)
2013	FC Saturn Ramenskoye (amateur)
International career
2003	Russia	1	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	FC Saturn Ramenskoye
2014	FC Saturn-2 Ramenskoye
2014–2015	FC Saturn Ramenskoye (GK coach)
2016	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (academy GK coach)
2016–2017	FC Arsenal Tula (GK coach)
2018–2020	FC Nizhny Novgorod (GK coach)
2020–2022	FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye (GK coach)
2022–	FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (GK coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Russian Premier League winner: 1992, 1994.
• Top 33 players year-end list: 2002.
• Russian Second Division, Zone Center best goalkeeper: 2009.^[1]

International career

Chizhov played his only game for Russia on 12 February 2003 in a friendly against Cyprus.