Kirill Aleksandrovich Novikov (russian: Кирилл Александрович Новиков; born 14 January 1981) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player and referee. He is the manager of

FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (russian: ФК «Нефтехимик» Нижнекамск) is an association football club from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, founded in 1991. It played at the second-highest level in the Russian First League in 1993–1998, ...

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

Russian Second Division The Russian Second League (russian: Первенство России II дивизиона ФНЛ), formerly Russian Professional Football League is the third level of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Pr ...

in 1999 for FC Dynamo-2 Moscow. He played 3 games for

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...

in the UEFA Cup 2001–02.

Coaching career

On 8 October 2019 he was appointed caretaker manager of

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club

. Previous manager Dmitri Khokhlov resigned 3 days prior, with Dynamo in 15th place in the table. On 8 November 2019, he was appointed Dynamo manager on a permanent basis. In his first 6 games, Dynamo won 4 times and tied twice, going up to the 7th place in the table. On 19 December 2019, he signed a 1.5-year contract with Dynamo. On 29 September 2020, he resigned as Dynamo manager following a series of bad results. On 13 January 2021, he was appointed manager of the FNL club

Personal life

He is the son of Aleksandr Novikov. He had to retire from playing at a young age due to serious injuries.

References

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