Andrei Viktorovich Talalaev (russian: Андрей Викторович Талалаев; born 5 October 1972) is a Russian professional football coach, television commentator and a former player. He is the manager of FC Torpedo Moscow.

Career

Club

Talalaev made his professional debut in the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

in 1991 for FC Torpedo Moscow.

Managerial

On 12 June 2018, Talalaev signed a 2-year contract with the Armenian club FC Pyunik. On 2 December 2018, during Pyunik's match against Gandzasar Kapan, Talalaev was sent off for insulting the

fourth official In association football, an assistant referee (previously known as a linesman or lineswoman) is an official empowered with assisting the referee in enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the L ...

. Talalaev was subsequently banned from football until the end of the season, 31 May 2019, on 6 December 2018. On 10 April 2019, he returned to Russia, signing with

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. He resigned from Khimki on 23 January 2020 with the club in 3rd place after the club announced their budget will be reduced. On 28 June 2020, he signed a 2-year contract with

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club

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, with the club in the last position in the standings. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Krylia Sovetov was relegated and Talalaev resigned on 25 July 2020. On 26 July 2020, he joined

club

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

. That was the second time in 15 months that he replaced

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as a manager (Shalimov was the manager of FC Khimki before Talalaev was hired there). Talalaev was dismissed by Akhmat on 11 September 2022. On 13 October 2022, Talalaev was hired by FC Torpedo Moscow.

Honours

bronze: 1991. * Russian Cup winner: 1993.

European club competitions

With FC Torpedo Moscow. * UEFA Cup 1991–92: 3 games. * UEFA Cup 1992–93: 3 games, 1 goal. * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94: 2 games.

References

1972 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Soviet footballers Association football forwards Russian footballers Russia under-21 international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Serie B players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Torpedo-2 players FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players FC Tyumen players FC Tom Tomsk players A.C.D. Treviso players FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod players Russian football managers Association football commentators FC Rostov managers Russian Premier League managers FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod managers FC Pyunik managers FC Khimki managers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara managers FC Akhmat Grozny managers FC Torpedo Moscow managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Armenia {{Russia-footy-forward-1970s-stub