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Ruzhin Kerimov
Personal information
Full name	Ruzhin Ivanov Kerimov
Date of birth	15 July 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1974	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1980	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1980–1986	CSKA Sofia
1986–1987	Altay
1988–1989	Varzim
1989–1990	S.C. Covilhã
1990–1991	Lusitano Évora
International career
1978–1982	Bulgaria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ruzhin Ivanov Kerimov (Bulgarian: Ружин Керимов; also known as Ruzhdi Kerimov Bulgarian: Ружди Керимов; born 15 July 1956) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Plovdiv, Kerimov started playing football for hometown club Lokomotiv Plovdiv.^[1] In 1980, he joined CSKA Sofia, where he would enjoy his greatest successes, winning three consecutive national championships and adding two Bulgarian Cups; in the first round of the 1980–81 European Cup, he scored against Nottingham Forest in a 1–0 away win (2–0 on aggregate), as the capital club eventually reached the quarterfinals.^[2]

In 1986, aged 30, Kerimov moved abroad, playing for Altay S.K. in Turkey (helping to the eighth position in the Süper Lig). He made six appearances for the Bulgaria national team, his debut arriving in 1978.