Nair Tiknizyan

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.

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 1.84 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 15 (0)
National team‡
2017 Russia U19 5 (1)
2020–2021 Russia U21 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2021

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CSKA Moscow 2016–17 RPL 0000000000
2017–18 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 110003[lower-alpha 1]0–140
Career total 472408000592
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

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


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