Rustam Boborakhimovich Yatimov (born July 13, 1998, Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian and Tajik football goalkeeper who plays for the club Rostov (Rostov-on-Don). A product of a Nizhny Novgorod sports school, he built his main career in Tajikistan and Russia.[2]
Nizhny Novgorod years
Yatimov was born in Nizhny Novgorod and trained at SDYuSShOR-8 from the age of seven.[2] In 2014 he played seven matches for Volga-SDYuSShOR-8, and in the 2015/16 season he was listed in the squad of Volga (Nizhny Novgorod), which competed in Group B.[2] At the same time, Yatimov played in the Nizhny Novgorod Amateur Football League for the club Kostyor as a midfielder, scoring 1 goal in five matches.[1]
Career
In 2016 the goalkeeper played for Dynamo-M (Kirov).[2] From 2017 to 2024, Yatimov kept goal for Istiklol of Dushanbe in the Tajikistan Higher League, becoming one of the club's key goalkeepers: in the 2022 season he played 18 league matches and 5 cup matches, conceding 11 and 7 goals respectively.[2]
Beginning with the 2024/25 season, Yatimov has played for Rostov (Rostov-on-Don) in the Russian Premier League. In the Russian Cup he has played 11 matches over three seasons (2024/25 – 2026/27), conceding 12 goals in total and keeping three clean sheets.[3] In the 2024/25 season, Rostov reached the Russian Cup Superfinal, where Yatimov played the entire match against CSKA (0–0).[3]
National team
Yatimov played for the Tajikistan national team from June 7, 2019, to November 17, 2022, making 28 international appearances.[2] He holds dual citizenship of Russia and Tajikistan.[2]
Sources
- page.lfl.ru — Amateur Football LEAGUE
- footballfakts.ru — Yatimov Rustam Boborakhimovich, born July 13, 1998. All footballers of Russia, the USSR, and the CIS. Information, biographies, teams, matches, goals, interviews
- rfs.ru — Yatimov Rustam Boborakhimovich — FONBET Russian Football Cup