Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan ( hy, Նաիր Տիկնիզյան; russian: Наир Оганесович Тикнизян; born 12 May 1999) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left winger for
Lokomotiv Moscow. Born in Russia, he plays for the
Armenia national team.
Club career
CSKA Moscow
Tiknizyan made his debut for the main squad of
CSKA Moscow on 20 September 2017 in a
Russian Cup game against
Avangard Kursk. He made his second appearance on 10 October 2018 in a Russian Cup game against
Tyumen.
On 9 January 2019, CSKA Moscow announced that Tiknizyan had signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2022.
He made his
Russian Premier League debut for CSKA on 25 August 2019 in a game against
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 ...
, as a 89th-minute substitute for
Ivan Oblyakov
Ivan Sergeyevich Oblyakov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Обляков; born 5 July 1998) is a Russian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow and the Russia national footb ...
.
On 20 January 2020, Tiknizyan moved on loan to Avangard Kursk until the end of the
2019–20 season.
On 11 September 2020, Tiknizyan extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2024–25 season.
Lokomotiv Moscow
On 4 August 2021,
Lokomotiv Moscow announced the signing of Tiknizyan on a five-year deal.
International career
Tiknizyan represented Russia at the
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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and scored a goal in their opening group stage 4–1 victory against Iceland. Russia lost two remaining games and was eliminated at group stage.
In March 2023, Tiknizyan was called up to the
Armenia national team.
Tiknizyan made his international debut for Armenia on 25 March 2023 in the
UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
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, against
Turkey. He played the entire match.
He scored his first goal for Armenia on 19 June 2023 against
Latvia
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.
Personal life
Official sources such as
UEFA or
Russian Premier League list his first name as Nayair (russian: Наяир). The clerk who issued his birth certificate made a mistake which has been perpetuated in all official documents since. Tiknizyan himself said he can not find the time to officially petition for a change of name.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tiknizyan goal.''
References
1999 births
Living people
Footballers from Saint Petersburg
Armenian men's footballers
Armenia men's international footballers
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Russia men's under-21 international footballers
Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent
Men's association football midfielders
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Avangard Kursk players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
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