MOSCOW, June 28 At the retired Ak Bars striker «Danis Zaripov has no desire to work as a coach,» said the head coach of the Kazan club of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.
At the end of February, the most titled hockey player in the history of the league played the last match of his career and announced that he would remain in the Bilyaletdinov team in order to pass on his experience to the players.
““At the end of May, the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov accepted the team. During the meeting, I asked Zaripov about a possible job as a coach. It turned out that he had no such desire. But this is normal. but hourly work. Not everyone wants to work in this position. And not everyone can, «Bilyaletdinov quotes the official website of the KHL.
Zaripov is 42 years old, he has represented Ak Bars since 2017, before that he played for the club from 2001 to 2013 and won the Gagarin Cup three times with the team. Twice more he won the trophy with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. As part of the Russian national team, Zaripov became a three-time world champion. He also holds the record for the most played matches in the championships of Russia — 1324 games.