Aleksandr Viktorovich Tikhonovetsky (russian: Александр Викторович Тихоновецкий; born 11 April 1979) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with
FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
FC Luch Vladivostok (russian: Футбольный клуб "Луч" Владивосток) was an association football club based in Vladivostok, Russia. In 2005, Luch won the Russian First Division and played in the Premier League from 2006 t ...
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Career
He made his debut in the
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 ...
in 2001 with
PFC CSKA Moscow
Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...
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He is a nephew of former
FC Okean Nakhodka
Okean Nakhodka was a Russian football (soccer), football football club, club based in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. The club's colours were white and blue.
History
In 1989 Okean won the RSFSR Cup, and in 1991 they won the regional league.
Okean sp ...
and
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...
player
Oleg Garin (who is considered the most well known Okean player ever) and until 2004 was known as Aleksandr Garin (russian: Александр Гарин). After his uncle Oleg mentioned in his autobiography that he thinks Aleksandr's last name has helped him in his football career, Tikhonovetsky changed it, taking his wife's last name.
In 2006, he was disqualified for 8 months for testing positive for
marijuana
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.
External links
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Profile on the FC Kuban Krasnodar site
1979 births
Living people
People from Nakhodka
Russian men's footballers
Doping cases in association football
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
FC Okean Nakhodka players
FC Luch Vladivostok players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
Russian Premier League players
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Nizhny Novgorod (2007) players
Men's association football forwards
Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai
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