Nair Tiknizyan
Tiknizyan with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Team 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 | 73 | (11) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Russia U19 | 5 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Russia U21 | 7 | (1) |
2023– | Armenia | 12 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 |
Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan (Armenian: Նաիր Տիկնիզյան; Russian: Наир Оганесович Тикнизян; born 12 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Lokomotiv Moscow. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia national team.
Club career
[edit]CSKA Moscow
[edit]Tiknizyan made his debut for the main squad of CSKA Moscow on 20 September 2017 in a Russian Cup game against Avangard Kursk.[2] He made his second appearance on 10 October 2018 in a Russian Cup game against Tyumen.[3]
On 9 January 2019, CSKA Moscow announced that Tiknizyan had signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2022.[4]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for CSKA on 25 August 2019 in a game against Akhmat Grozny, as a 89th-minute substitute for Ivan Oblyakov.[5]
On 20 January 2020, Tiknizyan moved on loan to Avangard Kursk until the end of the 2019–20 season.[6]
On 11 September 2020, Tiknizyan extended his contract with CSKA until the end of the 2024–25 season.[7]
Lokomotiv Moscow
[edit]On 4 August 2021, Lokomotiv Moscow announced the signing of Tiknizyan on a five-year deal.[8]
International career
[edit]Tiknizyan represented Russia at the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and scored a goal in their opening group stage 4–1 victory against Iceland.[9] Russia lost two remaining games and was eliminated at group stage.
In March 2023, Tiknizyan was called up to the Armenia national team.[10]
Tiknizyan made his international debut for Armenia on 25 March 2023 in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, against Turkey. He played the entire match.[11] He scored his first goal for Armenia on 19 June 2023 against Latvia.
Personal life
[edit]Official sources such as UEFA[12] or Russian Premier League[13] 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.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 13 August 2024[15]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
CSKA Moscow | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Avangard Kursk (loan) | 2019–20 | Russian First League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Lokomotiv Moscow | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 5 | |||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 6 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 30 | 9 | |||
2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 72 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 14 | ||
Career total | 108 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 16 |
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of matches played 7 June 2024[16]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Armenia | 2023 | 10 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tiknizyan goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 June 2023 | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nair Tiknizyan". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "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 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Russia U21 v Iceland U21 game report". UEFA. 25 March 2021.
- ^ "НАИР ТИКНИЗЯН ВЫЗВАН В СБОРНУЮ АРМЕНИИ" [Nair Tiknizyan called-up to Armenia national team] (in Russian). Lokomotiv Moscow. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "ARMENIA VS. TURKEY 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Nair Tiknizyan at Soccerway
- ^ "Nair Tiknizyan total international caps". eu-football.info/. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Nair Tiknizyan at National-Football-Teams.com
- 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
- Russian football midfielder, 1990s births stubs