Aleksei Valeryevich Nikitin (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Никитин; born 27 January 1992) is a Russian

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centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

who plays for

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– ...

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for

FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk FK Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (ФК Енисей Красноярск) is a Russian football club based in Krasnoyarsk. The club plays in the Russian First League. History The club was founded in 1937 as ''Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk'' and spent one season i ...

on 7 April 2012 in a game against

FC SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Football Club SKA-Khabarovsk (russian: Футбольный клуб СКА-Хабаровск) is a Russian professional association football club based in Khabarovsk which plays in the second-tier Russian First League. They played in the Russi ...

. He signed with FC Ufa in 2015. On 18 June 2022, Nikitin moved to

FC Khimki FC Khimki (russian: ФК Химки) is a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. The club returned to the Russian Premier League in the 2020–21 season. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, ...

. On 17 February 2023, Nikitin signed with

Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han ( en, Football Club Sloga Simin Han), is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in ...

in Bosnia and Herzegovina until the end of the season.

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* * 1992 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's youth international footballers Russia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders PFC CSKA Moscow players FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk players FC Amkar Perm players FC Ufa players FC Khimki players FK Tuzla City players FC Rotor Volgograd players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Russian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Russia-footy-defender-1992-stub