Aleksandr Borisovich Nikitin (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Ники́тин; 4 February 1961 – 14 January 2021) was a Russian professional

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coach and player.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...

in 1978 for

FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...

Honours

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

runner-up: 1993.

Personal life

His son Oleg Nikitin played football professionally.

References

1961 births 2021 deaths Sportspeople from Volgograd Soviet footballers Russian footballers Association football forwards Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Finland Russian Premier League players FC Energiya Volzhsky players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players Russian football managers FC Rotor Volgograd managers {{Russia-footy-forward-1970s-stub