Zaur Zalimbiyevich Khapov (; born 21 October 1964) is a Russian

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coach and a former goalkeeper who won two international caps for

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in 1994. He is the assistant manager of

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Club career

He was

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's goalkeeper during their Russian league title-winning season of 1995.

International career

Khapov played his first game for

on 29 January 1994 in a 1–1 draw in a friendly against the

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. He also played in another friendly against

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four days later, which Russia won 4–1.

Managing career

On 4 April 2022, he was appointed manager of

. As Lokomotiv's sporting director Thomas Zorn commented at the time, Khapov was appointed as he possesses the necessary

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and most of the manager duties will continue to be performed by Marvin Compper who does not have such a licence and therefore can not be formally registered with the league as a manager. On 30 June 2022, Josef Zinnbauer was appointed head coach of Lokomotiv, with Khapov continuing to work at the club.

Honours

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

winner: 1990. *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

winner: 1995. * Russian Cup winner: 2001. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1993, 1994, 1995.

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