Zaur Khapov

Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov (Russian: Заур Залимбиевич Хапов; born 21 October 1964) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper who won two international caps for Russia in 1994. He is the assistant manager of FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Zaur Khapov

Personal information
Full name	Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov
Date of birth	(1964-10-21) 21 October 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Nalchik, USSR
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982	PFC Spartak Nalchik	22	(0)
1983–1984	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	1	(0)
1985–1986	PFC Spartak Nalchik	62	(0)
1987–1988	FC Spartak Moscow	0	(0)
1988	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	30	(0)
1988–1990	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	35	(0)
1991–1999	FC Alania Vladikavkaz	233	(0)
2000–2005	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	2	(0)
International career
1994	Russia	2	(0)
Managerial career
2005	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant)
2006	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (reserves assistant)
2006	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (GK coach)
2007	FC Amkar Perm (assistant)
2008–2012	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant)
2012–2016	FC Anzhi Makhachkala (GK coach)
2016–2021	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (GK coach)
2022	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
2022–	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Zalimbiyevich and the family name is Khapov.

Club career

He was Alania Vladikavkaz's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Khapov played his first game for Russia on 29 January 1994 in a 1–1 draw in a friendly against the United States in Seattle. He also played in another friendly against Mexico in Oakland four days later, which Russia won 4–1.^{[citation needed]}

Managing career

On 4 April 2022, he was appointed manager of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. As Lokomotiv's sporting director Thomas Zorn commented at the time, Khapov was appointed as he possesses the necessary UEFA A Licence and most of the manager duties will continue to be performed by Marvin Compper who does not have such a licence and therefore can not be formally registered with the league as a manager.^[1] On 30 June 2022, Josef Zinnbauer was appointed head coach of Lokomotiv, with Khapov continuing to work at the club.^[2]

Honours

• Umaglesi Liga winner: 1990.
• Russian Premier League winner: 1995.
• Russian Cup winner: 2001.
• Top 33 players year-end list: 1993, 1994, 1995.^{[citation needed]}