Ruslan Nigmatullin

{{Short description|Russian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Karimovich|Nigmatullin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ruslan Nigmatullin

| image = Ruslan Nigmatullin.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Nigmatullin in 2008

| fullname = Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kazan, Soviet Union

| height = {{height|m=1.87}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1992–1994 | clubs1 = KAMAZ | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1995–1997 | clubs2 = Spartak Moscow | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1998–2001 | clubs3 = Lokomotiv Moscow | caps3 = 115 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = Hellas Verona | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = → CSKA Moscow (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2003 | clubs6 = → Salernitana (loan) | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2004 | clubs7 = Lokomotiv Moscow | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2005 | clubs8 = Terek Grozny | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2008 | clubs9 = SKA Rostov | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2009 | clubs10 = Anzhi Makhachkala | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2009 | clubs11 = Lokomotiv-2 Moscow | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2009 | clubs12 = Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | caps12 = 9 | goals12 = 0

| totalcaps = 263 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1994–1995 | nationalteam1 = Russia U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2000–2002{{Cite news|title=Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin – International Appearances|publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/nigmatullin-intl.html}} | nationalteam2 = Russia | nationalcaps2 = 24 | nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin ({{lang-rus|Русла́н Кари́мович Нигмату́ллин|p=rʊˈslan kɐˈrʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪɡmɐˈtulʲɪn}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Руслан Кәрим улы Нигъмәтуллин}}; born 7 October 1974 in Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a retired association footballer of Volga Tatar ethnicity who played goalkeeper and is currently working as a DJ. He has appeared for the Russian national team 24 times (including 5 Olympic appearances) and was their starting keeper at the 2002 World Cup. He was voted Russian Player of the Year 2001 and is considered the best Russian goalkeeper of his period.

Also known as DJ after completing his football career.