Shamil Lakhiyalov

Shamil Gadzhialiyevich Lakhiyalov (Шамиль Гаджиалиевич Лахиялов; born 28 October 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player of Avar ethnicity. He is the president of Legion Makhachkala.

Club career
He made his Russian Premier League debut for Terek Grozny on 14 March 2008 in a game against Krylia Sovetov Samara.

In early 2011 he signed a contract with Krasnodar as a free agent, but before the league competition even started, another Russian Premier League team, Anzhi Makhachkala, bought his contract.