Andrei Karimov (Ukrainian: Андрій Усманович Карімов; 30 July 1943 – 18 June 2017[1]) is a former professional Soviet football defender and coach.
Being born in Chelyabinsk, Karimov started his youth football career in Leningrad.
[2] In 1980 Karimov retired as player and became a coach for the Karpaty sports school (SDYuShOR) in Lviv.
[2] In particular Andriy Karimov recollects his work in FC Karpaty Lviv during 1999 – 2001 when he assisted to Stepan Yurchyshyn and Lev Brovarsky.
[2] Eventually Karimov returned to coach for the Karpaty sports school where he worked as a theoretic.