Nair Tiknizyan
 Tiknizyan with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Moscow | ||
| Number | 71 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Fakel St. Petersburg | ||
| 2008–2011 | Kolomyagi St. Petersburg | ||
| 2011–2013 | Lokomotiv-Primorsky St. Petersburg | ||
| 2013–2019 | CSKA Moscow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Avangard Kursk (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Lokomotiv Moscow | 11 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Russia U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Russia U21 | 7 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2021 | |||
Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan (Russian: Наир Оганесович Тикнизян; Armenian: Նաիր Տիկնիզյան; born 12 May 1999) is a Russian football player of Armenian descent. He plays as a left-back for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He also plays at left midfielder.
Official sources such as UEFA[1] or Russian Premier League[2] 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.[3]
Club career[]
CSKA Moscow[]
Tiknizyan made his debut for the main squad of PFC CSKA Moscow on 20 September 2017 in a Russian Cup game against FC Avangard Kursk.[4] He made his second appearance on 10 October 2018 in a Russian Cup game against FC Tyumen.[5]
On 9 January 2019, CSKA Moscow announced that Tiknizyan had signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2022.[6]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for CSKA on 25 August 2019 in a game against FC Akhmat Grozny, as a 89th-minute substitute for Ivan Oblyakov.[7]
On 20 January 2020, Tiknizyan moved on loan to Avangard Kursk until the end of the 2019–20 season.[8]
On 11 September 2020, Tiknizyan extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2024–25 season.[9]
FC Lokomotiv Moscow[]
On 4 August 2021, Lokomotiv Moscow announced the signing of Tiknizyan on a five-year deal.[10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 12 December 2021[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CSKA Moscow | 2016–17 | RPL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | – | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Avangard Kursk (loan) | 2019–20 | FNL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021–22 | RPL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |
| Career total | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
References[]
- ^ "Tiknizyan record as UEFA Europa League competitor". UEFA. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Nair Tiknizyan at Russian Premier League
- ^ "Наир Тикнизян: При выдаче свидетельства о рождении допустили ошибку" [Nair Tiknizyan: They made a mistake when they issued birth certificate] (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Avangard - CSKA game report" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 20 September 2017.
- ^ "Tyumen-CSKA game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Наир Тикнизян и Виталий Жиронкин продлили контракты". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "CSKA v Akhmat game report". Russian Premier League. 25 August 2019.
- ^ "НАИР ТИКНИЗЯН ПРИСОЕДИНИЛСЯ К "АВАНГАРДУ" НА СБОРАХ". fc-avangard.ru (in Russian). FC Avangard Kursk. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Наир Тикнизян подписал новый контракт с ПФК ЦСКА". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Наир Тикнизян перешёл в "Локомотив" | ФК Локомотив". www.fclm.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Nair Tiknizyan at Soccerway
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