On 19 August 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he collided head-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision.
Željko Petrović (Жељко Петровић) (born 13 November 1965 in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Montenegrin footballer who previously worked as an assistant manager with FC Anzhi Makhachkala.
Dmitri Igorevich Ivanov (b. 1987), Russian footballer with FC Rostov and FC Anzhi Makhachkala
Sergei Viktorovich Yegorov (born 1973), Kazakhstani footballer who played for FC Bolat, FC Shakhter Karagandy, FC Energia Kamyshin, FC Uralan Elista, FC Baltika Kaliningrad and FC Anzhi Makhachkala