name: Igor Simutenkov position: height: 5-8 weight:145 Birthdate: April 03, 1973 Hometown: Moscow, Russia

Professional

MLS CAREER: 2003: Appeared in 21 matches for the Wizards, including 19 starts. Scored 7 goals and added 3 assists to finish second on the team in scoring with 17 points ... Scored his first goal of the year in the 25th minute vs. CHI (4/26) ... Scored two goals in a three minute span (53', 56') vs. DAL (7/12). Amazingly, he suffered a separated shoulder in the 49th minute, four minutes before starting his scoring tear. He was forced to come off in the 70th as the pain worsened. His two-goal effort earned him MLS Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career ... Scored the game winning goal in the 58th minute @ CLB (7/19), his third goal in two games and sixth of the season ... Scored both Wizards goals in a 3-2 loss to the Colorado Rapids in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup (8/5) ... Missed two games late in the season with a strained calf muscle (9/27, 10/4) ... Returned to action playing the final 18 minutes vs. LA (10/11). Scored the game-winning goal in overtime on a perfectly timed run with Chris Klein to avoid an offside call ... Missed the regular season finale @ DC (10/25) due to a strained hamstring. 2003 Playoffs: Missed Game One of the Conference Semifinals, but returned from injury to start Game Two and the Western Conference Final as a right midfielder ... Scored a goal and added an assist in the Wizards 2-0 win vs. COL (11/8) and scored the first goal in the Wizards 3-2 overtime loss in the WCF @ SJ (11/15).

2002: Signed as a foreign Allocation on May 20, 2002 ... Began training with the Wizards on Thursday, May 23rd ... Made his MLS debut vs. DAL (6/1) playing the full 100 minutes at Forward, pairing up with Dario Fabbro. Led all players with seven shots on the evening ... Scored his first MLS goal on a penalty kick in the 22nd minute vs. NE (6/22). Added his second goal of the game in the 30th minute. His two-goal performance came in just his fifth MLS game ... Picked up his first assist of the season, helping on Dario Fabbro's goal in the 17th minute vs. D.C. (7/4) ... Registered two assists @ NE (7/13), helping on both of Chris Klein's goals. The first assist came in the 12th minute and the second, a game-winner, came in the 64th minute ... Sparked the Wizards comeback in 3-2 overtime win over Rochester in the U.S. Open Cup. While the Wizards were down 2-0, Simutenkov assisted on Dario Fabbro's goal in the 86th minute then scored the game-tying goal in stoppage time to send the game into overtime ... Scored his third goal of the season, vs. MET (7/24), as he followed his deflected penalty kick attempt and slotted the ball past goalkeeper Tim Howard ... Registered at least one point for the fourth straight game, scoring the game-winner in the 86th minute vs. SJ (7/27). 2002 Playoffs: Appeared in all three playoff games against LA ... Scored the Wizards first goal in the 19th minute of a 4-0 route vs. LA (9/28).

h4>RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAM Appeared in 20 matches for the Russian National Team between 1996 and 1998.

h4>College Married to wife Yulia, with two children, Anastasia (8) and Vadim (2) ... resides in Overland Park, KS.