Russian defender Rasim Tagirbekov

Rasim Tagirbekov is a Russian footballer who at the moment is a free agent, that is, he does not appear in any of the clubs. This year, he will turn 33 years old, so his career, most likely, is already coming to an end. Rasim Tagirbekov acts in the position of the central defender, but in reality he is a universal of the defensive ranks - he can play both on the left and on the right flank of the defense.

Carier start

Rasim Tagirbekov was born on May 4, 1984 in Makhachkala, where he started playing football, and quite early. He was seen at the football academy of the local club "Anji", where he was received. Rasim spent all his youth there - trained, developed, played for youth teams of Makhachkala club of different age levels, until in 2002 he was offered a professional contract. Naturally, Rasim Tagirbekov agreed and became a full-fledged player of the club - from this began his long history of cooperation with his native team.

Career in "Anji"

Rasim Tagirbekov, whose biography revolves exclusively around "Anji", is one of those players who give their whole life to one team. In the case of Tagirbekov it was "Anji" - in 2003 he made his debut in the main part of the club, and since 2004 he became the player of the base. In the same year, he marked the first goal for the team, which then acted in the second most powerful division of Russia. Tagirbekov spent six full seasons in "Anji" before the club could win in his league and get a promotion to the Premier League - it happened in 2009. By the time Rasim had 195 matches and 15 goals for Anzhi. When the team received the promotion, he remained an important member of the main line-up. In the first season in the Premier League, he went on the field 29 times and scored two goals. Already in 2012, the team was able to climb to a fairly high level and won a place in the Eurocups, and the season 12/13 became the peak in the career of Tagirbekov. "Anji" took the third place in the Russian Championship and reached the final of the Cup of Russia.

But this was followed by a catastrophic decline, and by 2014, "Anji" was again in the second division. But Tagirbekov by that time already received significantly less game practice - in the season 13/14 he came on the field only 12 times, and in the season 14/15 - in general, only eight. In the season 15/16 he never appeared in the starting lineup and did not come on as a substitute, and in March 2016 his agreement with the club came to an end, the cooperation was not extended. So the footballer, who spent the whole career at the club and played 308 matches for him, was out of work. The new team Tagirbekov himself could not find, so today he remains in the status of a free agent.

National team appearances

One of the questions that confused football fans - who is Rasim Tagirbekov, the nationality of the player and his citizenship. But the nationality of Rasim is Lezghin, but his citizenship, naturally, is Russian. Accordingly, he was summoned to the Russian national team - true, only an Olympic one and only twice. He debuted there in August 2011 in a friendly match against the Russian youth team under the age of 21, and the second match was held two months later, against the Belarusian Olympic team.