Rubin Kazan backroom staff
We hold the names of 40 people on Rubin Kazan's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Franc Artiga manages the first team, with Anis Boussaidi as assistant manager. Rubin Kazan's is the 7th longest staff list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 24 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franc Artiga | Manager | First team | 48 | Spain | Rodina Moscow before that Barcelona |
| Aidar Yarullin | Manager | Under-19s | 49 | Russia | - |
| Rustem Khuzin | Manager | Under-18s | 53 | Russia | - |
| Anis Boussaidi | Assistant manager | First team | 44 | Tunisia | - |
| Alexandr Khoraskin | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 40 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Dutov | Coach | First team | 42 | Russia | Fakel Voronezh |
| Oleg Kuzmin | Coach | First team | 44 | Russia | - |
| Airat Gainullin | Coach | Under-18s | 49 | Russia | - |
| Albert Khairutdinov | Coach | Under-18s | 31 | Russia | - |
| Anton Kazanskiy | Coach | Under-18s | 29 | Russia | - |
| Anton Pokaninov | Coach | Under-18s | 28 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Blagov | Coach | Under-18s | 55 | Russia | - |
| Ildar Mukhametzyarov | Coach | Under-18s | 37 | Russia | - |
| Marat Akhmetzyanov | Coach | Under-18s | 42 | Russia | - |
| Radik Gadeev | Coach | Under-18s | 64 | Russia | - |
| Ruslan Arkhipov | Coach | Under-18s | 38 | Russia | - |
| Rustem Akhmetzyanov | Coach | Under-18s | 47 | Russia | - |
| Sergey Kozko | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 50 | Russia | - |
| Alexey Varlamov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-19s | 28 | Russia | - |
| Arseny Vertkov | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 22 | Russia | - |
| Pawel Harçik | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 46 | Turkmenistan | - |
| Josep Tejedo | Fitness coach | First team | 27 | Spain | - |
| Pepe Pastor | Fitness coach | First team | 47 | Spain |  |
| Victor Grishin | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 53 | Russia | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 7 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Solodkov | Club doctor | First team | 44 | Russia |
| Sergey Chegin | Club doctor | First team | 33 | Russia |
| Ilshat Khabirov | Club doctor | Under-19s | 53 | Russia |
| Sergey Bykov | Head physio | Club-wide | 50 | Russia |
| Anton Zlobich | Physio | First team | 33 | Russia |
| David Briones Hernando | Physio | First team | 31 | Spain |
| Denis Bachev | Physio | First team | 44 | Russia |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 3 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almaz Khabibullin | Chief scout | Club-wide | 35 | Russia |
| Iljas Fatkullin | Performance analyst | First team | 41 | Russia |
| Roman Shapshinskiy | Performance analyst | First team | 33 | Russia |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Knyazev | Head of youth development | 50 | Russia |
Owners and directors
Who owns Rubin Kazan and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marat Safiullin | Chair | 59 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Aibatov | Managing director | 66 | Russia | - |
| Alexandr Gusev | Director | 79 | Russia | - |
| Dmitry Samarenkin | Director | 56 | Russia | - |
| Konstantin Dzyuba | Director | 41 | Russia |  |
Backroom staff at every Russian Premier League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Rubin Kazan's list is the 7th longest of the 17, against a median of 37 across the division. Spartak Moscow names the most, 54. Akron Togliatti names the fewest, 18.
Rubin Kazan against the Russian Premier League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | RUBIN KAZAN | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 24 | 19 | 35 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 7 | 7 | 10 |  |
| Scouting and analysis | 3 | 5 | 9 |  |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owners and directors | 5 | 5 | 8 |  |
Backrooms the size of Rubin Kazan's, in every league
Rubin Kazan's 40 names make the joint 174th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 174 |  | - | 40 |
| 174 |  | Serie B | 40 |
| 174 |  | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 | Club Atlético Belgrano | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 | Club Football Estrela da Amadora | Primeira Liga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Danish Superliga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Belgian Challenger Pro League | 40 |
| 174 |  | Belgian Pro League | 40 |
| 174 |  | J1 League | 40 |
| 174 | | Russian Premier League | 40 |
| 174 | SK Slavia Praha | Czech First League | 40 |
| 174 |  | Bundesliga | 40 |
| 174 |  | La Liga 2 | 40 |
| 189 |  | Superleague Greece | 39 |
| 189 |  | Scottish Premiership | 39 |
| 189 |  | La Liga | 39 |
| 189 |  | Süper Lig | 39 |
| 189 | KVC Westerlo | Belgian Pro League | 39 |
| 189 |  | Belgian Pro League | 39 |
| 189 |  | Danish Superliga | 39 |
Where Rubin Kazan's staff come from
4 nationalities across the 40 staff whose nationality we hold
Russia supplies 34 of the 40, 85%. The median age is 44. The oldest is Alexandr Gusev, director, at 79, and the youngest Arseny Vertkov, goalkeeping coach, at 22. 4 members of staff came from another club.
Where Rubin Kazan's former staff work now
On Rubin Kazan's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 14 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Leonid Slutskiy | Manager |  |
| Oleg Veretennikov | Assistant manager | |
| Oleg Yarovinskiy | Assistant manager | |
| Roman Sharonov | Assistant manager | |
| Gleb Presnyakov | Goalkeeping coach | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| Íñigo Arteaga | Goalkeeping coach |  |
| Yaroslav Maloletkov | Goalkeeping coach | FC Orenburg |
| Javi Noya | Fitness coach | |
| Juan Solla | Fitness coach | |
| Mikhail Butovskiy | Chief doctor | |
| Stuart Leake | Head physio |  |
| Igor Manannikov | Performance analyst |  |
| Iban Andrés | Head of youth development |  |
| Rustem Saimanov | Director | |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Rubin Kazan's manager?
Franc Artiga is the Rubin Kazan first-team manager, aged 48. Anis Boussaidi is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Rubin Kazan?
Sergey Kozko coaches the Rubin Kazan first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Rubin Kazan's head physio?
Sergey Bykov is head physio at Rubin Kazan.
Who is Rubin Kazan's chief scout?
Almaz Khabibullin is chief scout at Rubin Kazan.
How many backroom staff do Rubin Kazan have?
We hold the names of 40 people on Rubin Kazan's staff for 2025/26: 24 in coaching, 7 in medical and sports science, 3 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 7th longest list of the 17 Russian Premier League clubs we hold, against a median of 37. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 174th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Rubin Kazan pays its squad, see Rubin Kazan player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Franc Artiga. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Russian Premier League wages.