Andrey Tikhonov

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Andrey Tikhonov

Full name	Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov
Date of birth	October 16, 1970 (1970-10-16) (age 37)
Place of birth	Korolyov, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Krylia Sovetov
Number	11
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–2000 2000 2001–2004 2005–2007 2008-	Spartak Moscow Maccabi Tel-Aviv Krylia Sovetov Samara Khimki Krylia Sovetov Samara	191 (68) 8 (1) 98 (19) 111 (41)
National team
1996–2000	Russia	29 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 11, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrey Tikhonov (Russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов) (born October 16, 1970 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara in Russian Premier League. Tikhonov is well-known as Spartak Moscow and Russia national football team player. He is a winger with a terrific goalscoring ability.

Tikhonov was spotted by the then-Spartak manager Oleg Romantsev, while playing for Titan Reutov, in a game against Spartak Moscow reserves. Tikhonov quickly broke into the strating line-up at his new club, becoming a key player at Spartak soon afterwards. ^[1] Tikhonov won a total of eight Russian League titles with Spartak, before falling out with Oleg Romantsev. He then had a short loan spell in Israel, before signing a contract with Krylia Sovetov Samara. In February 2001, Tikhonov was training with Southampton, even featuring in one friendly for the club, but no deal was reached, mainly because the player already had a running one-year contract with Krylia Sovetov at the time.^[2]

An icon among Spartak fans, Tikhonov is often viewed as an underachiever on the international stage. He made his international debut in 1996, in a friendly against Malta.