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

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who was recently the manager of Kazakhstani club

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. 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 Oleg Romantsev, 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 Oleg Romantsev. He then had a short loan spell in

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, before signing a contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara. 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

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to join

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as a manager. He returned

back to the

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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,

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, left the field for 20 minutes in a

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game against

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to protest the refereeing. Astana returned to the game and the match was finished. On 27 October 2021,

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banned Tikhonov from any official football activity in Kazakhstan for 2 years.

Records and honours

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

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8–0 victory over

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. That was a Russian professional football record for most goals in one game he shared with Sergey Maslov and Gennady Korkin until Igor Kiselyov scored 10 goals in one game in 2001.МАСЛОВ ПОВТОРЯЕТ ГОЛЕВОЙ РЕКОРД ТИХОНОВА
/ref>Игорь КИСЕЛЕВ: ВТОРОЙ РАЗ В ЖИЗНИ ЗАБИЛ ДЕСЯТЬ МЯЧЕЙ ЗА ИГРУ
/ref> * Russian First Division best player: 2005, 2010.Лауреаты сезона 2010–го года
* CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1997 (shared)

Personal life

His son

Mikhail Tikhonov Mikhail Fyodorovich Tikhonov (; 11 November 1900 – 11 February 1971) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Tikhonov fought in the Russian Civil War and the Winter War. He commanded the 39th Guards Rifle Corps durin ...

is now a professional footballer.

References

External links

Biography at Krylia Sovetov's website

Andrey Tikhonov's blog

Tikhonov might play for Spartak
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhonov, Andrey 1970 births Living people People from Korolyov, Moscow Oblast Russian footballers Association football midfielders Russia international footballers Russian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Khimki players FC Astana players Russian football managers Russian Premier League managers FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk managers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara managers FC Astana managers Russian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast