Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian

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manager and a former

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who is the manager of Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Tikhonov is primarily known for having played for

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and the

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Career

Tikhonov was spotted by the then-Spartak manager

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, while playing for Titan Reutov, in a game against Spartak Moscow reserves. Tikhonov quickly broke into the starting line-up at his new club, becoming a key player at Spartak soon afterwards. Tikhonov won a total of eight Russian League titles with Spartak, before falling out with

. He then had a short loan spell in

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, before signing a contract with

Krylia Sovetov Samara PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...

. In February 2001, Tikhonov was training with

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, even featuring in one friendly for the club, but no deal was reached, mainly because the player already had a running one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov at the time. An icon among Spartak fans, Tikhonov is often viewed as an underachiever on the international stage. He made his international debut in 1996, in a friendly against

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. In early 2011, he announced that he would be returning to

but it was initially unconfirmed whether the 40-year-old midfielder would get playing time or whether he would simply be a coach. Later however, it was confirmed that he would be part of the squad. He then started for the red-and-whites in a cup quarter-final game against

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on 20 April 2011. He got a warm reception from the home fans and was substituted off in the second half. On 18 September 2011, Tikonov has played his farewell match as Spartak defeated his former team, Krylya Sovetov, 3–0. Tikhonov made an assist and participated in another attack that ended with a goal before being substituted just before the end of the first half.

Coaching career

On 1 June 2017, he left Yenisey Krasnoyarsk to join

as a manager. He returned

back to the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 season. After 9 games in the 2018–19 season, with Krylia in the 15th place, Tikhonov was dismissed from Krylia Sovetov. On 24 October 2021, the club Tikhonov was managing, Astana, left the field for 20 minutes in a Kazakhstan Premier League game against Kairat to protest the refereeing. Astana returned to the game and the match was finished. On 27 October 2021, Kazakhstan Football Federation banned Tikhonov from any official football activity in Kazakhstan for 2 years.

Records and honours

*Scored 8 goals in one game for Spartak-d Moscow in a 1993

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8–0 victory over Rekord Aleksandrov. That was a Russian professional football record for most goals in one game he shared with Sergey Maslov and

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until

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scored 10 goals in one game in 2001.МАСЛОВ ПОВТОРЯЕТ ГОЛЕВОЙ РЕКОРД ТИХОНОВА
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best player: 2005, 2010.Лауреаты сезона 2010–го года
*

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

top goalscorer: 1997 (shared)

Personal life

His son Mikhail Tikhonov is now a professional footballer.

Career statistics

References

External links

Biography at Krylia Sovetov's website

Andrey Tikhonov's blog

Tikhonov might play for Spartak
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