Igor Petrovich Semshov (Russian: Игорь Петрович Семшов; born 6 April 1978[1]) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Semshov graduated from the CSKA academy in 1996, but was unable to hold a starting place and left for Torpedo Moscow in 1998 after only two seasons.

On 15 December 2009 he moved to Zenit St. Petersburg for €4.5 million but returned to Dynamo the next season.

Semshov was selected to play for the Russian national football team at the 2002 World Cup,[2] but he did not manage to prevent a disappointing performance as he was played out of position on the left of midfield.

Russia fell at the first round and Semshov only played in the last match, which many[who?]