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 | 70 | (10) |
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 20 July 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
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.[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
On 4 August 2021, Lokomotiv Moscow announced the signing of Tiknizyan on a five-year deal.[8]
International career
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
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
Club
- As of match played 20 July 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 70 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 14 | ||
Career total | 106 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 16 |
- ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
International
- 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
- ^ "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