Aleksandr Filimonov

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Filimonov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Филимонов; born 15 October 1973) is a former association football goalkeeper from Russia.

[2] 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 Nantes and Békéscsaba.

After leaving Spartak, Filimonov was transferred to Dynamo Kyiv to cover for Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, who had picked up a serious injury.

Before retiring from professional football, he also played for Kuban Krasnodar in Russia and Lokomotiv Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

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

In 2011, Filimonov switched to beach soccer and joined Lokomotiv Moscow, with whom he won a national title and super cup.

Filimonov gained his first cap for the Russian national team on 25 March 1998 in a friendly match against France.

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.