Ruslan Alekseyevich Ajinjal (, ; born 22 June 1974) is a football coach and a former player from

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and a former chairman of the Football Federation of Abkhazia. He is an assistant coach with

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. He is an identical twin brother of Beslan Ajinjal.

Career

On 12 June 2014, Ajinjal signed a one-year contract with

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team

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. On 7 June 2015, Ajinjal announced his retirement.Экс-футболист "Краснодара" Руслан Аджинджал завершил карьеру , Футбол , Р-Спорт. Все главные новости спорта
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President of the Football Federation of Abkhazia

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

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, 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.

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* 1974 births Living people People from Gagra District Footballers from Abkhazia Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers FC Dinamo Sokhumi players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Moscow players FC Elista players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Luch Vladivostok players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Krasnodar players Russian Premier League players Russian twins FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players Men's association football midfielders FC Druzhba Maykop players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Abkhazia-bio-stub