Nair Tiknizyan

Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan (Armenian: Նաիր Տիկնիզյան; Russian: Наир Оганесович Тикнизян; born 12 May 1999) is a football player who plays as a left-back for FC Lokomotiv Moscow and the Armenia national football team. He also plays at left midfielder.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Oganesovich and the family name is Tiknizyan.
Nair Tiknizyan
Tiknizyan with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan
Date of birth (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
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 44 (2)
International career‡
2017 Russia U19 5 (1)
2020–2021 Russia U21 7 (1)
2023– Armenia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

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.[2] He made his second appearance on 10 October 2018 in a Russian Cup game against FC 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 FC 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]

FC 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 accepted a call-up to Armenia national football team.[10]

Tiknizyan made his international debut for Armenia on 25 March 2023 in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, against Turkey. He played for the entire match.[11]

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 27 November 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CSKA Moscow 2017–18 RPL 001000–10
2018–19 001000–10
2019–20 501000–60
2020–21 282105[lower-alpha 1]0–342
2021–22 10–––10
Total 342405000432
Avangard Kursk (loan) 2019–20 FNL 2000––20
Lokomotiv Moscow 2021–22 RPL 180103[lower-alpha 1]0–220
2022–23 17051––221
Total 350613000441
Career total 7121018000893
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Nair Tiknizyan". FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. "Avangard - CSKA game report" (in Russian). Russian Football National League. 20 September 2017.
  3. "Tyumen-CSKA game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 October 2018.
  4. "Наир Тикнизян и Виталий Жиронкин продлили контракты". pfc-cska.com (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "CSKA v Akhmat game report". Russian Premier League. 25 August 2019.
  6. "НАИР ТИКНИЗЯН ПРИСОЕДИНИЛСЯ К "АВАНГАРДУ" НА СБОРАХ". fc-avangard.ru (in Russian). FC Avangard Kursk. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  7. "Наир Тикнизян подписал новый контракт с ПФК ЦСКА". pfc-cska.com/ (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. "Наир Тикнизян перешёл в "Локомотив" | ФК Локомотив". www.fclm.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  9. "Russia U21 v Iceland U21 game report". UEFA. 25 March 2021.
  10. "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.
  11. "ARMENIA VS. TURKEY 1 - 2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  12. "Tiknizyan record as UEFA Europa League competitor". UEFA. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. Nair Tiknizyan at Russian Premier League
  14. "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.
  15. Nair Tiknizyan at Soccerway
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