Rustem Talgatovich Bulatov (; 2 April 1974 – 31 May 2008
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er.

Career

Bulatov made his professional debut in the

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in 1991 for

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. He played 2 games in the

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for

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English language, English: ''Central Sports Club of the Army''), commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow or ''CSK ...

Coaching career

He worked as head coach of Torpedo SDYuSShOR Kaluga before his death.

Death

Bulatov died on 31 May 2008 after falling ill during a game (he was playing on a local amateur level at the time).

Honors

* Russian Cup finalist: 2000.

References

1974 births Footballers from Kazan 2008 deaths Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Rubin Kazan players PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Kuban Krasnodar players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Anzhi Makhachkala players Association football players who died while playing FC Volgar Astrakhan players Sport deaths in Russia FC Kristall Smolensk players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1970s-stub