Ruslan Ajinjal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Руслан Аџьынџьал | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ajinjal with FC Krasnodar in 2015
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7th Chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 15 October 2015 – 24 January 2017 |
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Preceded by | Jemal Gubaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Juma Kvaratskhelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Gagra |
22 June 1974 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation |
Footballer (retired) Football administrator |
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Association football career
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Senior career* | |||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991 | Dynamo Gagra | 1 | (0) |
1991 | FC Dinamo Sukhumi | 14 | (1) |
1992–1993 | FC Druzhba Maykop | 63 | (11) |
1994–1999 | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | 182 | (23) |
2000–2001 | FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow | 51 | (6) |
2001–2004 | FC Uralan Elista | 83 | (11) |
2004–2005 | FC Terek Grozny | 49 | (2) |
2006–2007 | FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 52 | (2) |
2008–2010 | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 67 | (3) |
2011–2013 | FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod | 63 | (2) |
2013–2014 | FC Krylia Sovetov Samara | 30 | (0) |
2014–2015 | FC Krasnodar | 9 | (0) |
Total | 664 | (61) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2014 |
Ruslan Alekseyevich Ajinjal (Abkhaz: Руслан Аџьынџьал, Russian: Руслан Алексеевич Аджинджал, born 22 June 1974 in Gagra) is a former football player from Abkhazia and a former Chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. He last played for FC Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League. He is an identical twin brother of Beslan Ajinjal.
On 12 June 2014, Ajinjal signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League team FC Krasnodar. On 7 June 2015, Ajinjal announced his retirement.
On 8 September 2015, the Football Federation of Abkhazia announced that the upcoming leadership election had been moved forward to October from the Spring of 2016, so as to leave more time for the preparation of the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, hosted by Abkhazia. Ruslan Ajinjal became the only candidate for the post after incumbent Chairman Jemal Gubaz announced his immediate resignation on 21 September. On 15 October, Ajinjal was elected unanimously.
On 24 January 2017, Ajinjal resigned as Chairman, and on 25 February, the coach of Abkhazia's national football team Juma Kvaratskhelia was unanimously elected as his successor.