Yegor Titov

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Egor Titov
Yegor Titov (April 30, 2006)
Personal information
Full name Yegor Ilyich Titov
Date of birth May 29, 1976 (1976-05-29) (age 32)
Place of birth    Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder (Playmaker)
Club information
Current club Spartak Moscow
Number 9
Youth clubs
1983-1992 Spartak Moscow
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992- Spartak Moscow 315 (87)   
National team2
1998–2007 Russia 41 (7)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of January 1, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of January 1, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Egor Ilyich Titov (Russian: Егор Ильич Титов) (born May 29, 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian football midfielder, who currently plays for Spartak Moscow. He is one of the Russia's best playmakers and one of Spartak Moscow best players of the past decade. He is a goal scoring midfielder playing in "the hole" between the midfield and attack. He has fantastic vision, accurate passes, eye catching dribling, an eye for goal and top leadership qualities.

Titov played his entire club career at Spartak, starting in 1995, helping them to six consecutive league titles and winning Russian Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. He played for Russia at the 2002 World Cup and has amassed over 30 caps for his country. What Titov is known most for, however, is testing positive for the banned substance bromantan after a Euro 2004 playoff against Wales. He got a 12-month suspension for taking the drug.[1] Later, former Spartak players Maksim Demenko and Vladyslav Vashchuk along with physio Artyom Katulin blamed Katulin's assistant Anatoly Schukin, who acted on behalf of manager Andrey Chernyshov.[2][3] After the ban, he has continued playing for Spartak and has been a major figure for the club when Spartak managed to finish 2nd in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons, thus qualifying for the Champions League.

Titov, who just a couple of years ago was considered one of Russia's key players stopped playing for the team when he refused to be called up for a Euro 2008 qualifying match against Estonia, saying the reason was because his wife was pregnant and he wants to spend more time with her. However, Titov said that his retirement may be permament. Titov's retirement led to Konstantin Zyryanov being called up for the national squad.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC (2004-01-27). Uefa to hear Wales appeal. Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  2. ^ Igor Rabiner (2005-04-29). Bromantaned Spartak. Sport-Express. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. (Russian)
  3. ^ Lenta.ru (2004-04-16). Titov was drugged by Spartak assistant physio. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. (Russian)

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Preceded by
Dmitri Alenichev		 Russian Footballer of the Year
1998		 Succeeded by
Alexei Smertin
Preceded by
Alexei Smertin		 Russian Footballer of the Year
2000		 Succeeded by
Ruslan Nigmatullin
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Russia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Nigmatullin • 2 Kovtun • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Smertin • 5 Solomatin • 6 Semshov • 7 Onopko • 8 Karpin • 9 Titov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Beschastnykh • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Dayev • 14 Chugainov • 15 Alenichev • 16 Kerzhakov • 17 Semak • 18 Sennikov • 19 Pimenov • 20 Izmailov • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Sychev • 23 Filimonov • Coach: Romantsev
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FC Spartak Moscow – current squad

3 Stranzl • 4 Fathi • 5 Mozart • 6 Şoava • 7 Jiránek • 8 Pavlenko • 9 Titov • 10 Pavlyuchenko • 11 Welliton • 12 Komissarov • 15 Kováč • 18 Prudnikov • 19 Maidana • 22 Pletikosa • 23 Bystrov • 25 Kalynychenko • 27 Covalciuc • 31 Parshivlyuk • 32 Bazhenov • 34 Sabitov • 35 Djanaev • 36 Kudryashov • 40 Dzyuba • 49 Shishkin • 55 Dineyev • 59 Ivanov • 70 Dedura • 88 Filipenko Manager: Cherchesov