# Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)

Andrey Valeryevich Tikhonov (Russian: Андрей Валерьевич Тихонов; born 16 October 1970) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who is the manager of Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. Tikhonov is primarily known for having played for Spartak Moscow and the Russia national football team.

## Career

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 starting line-up at his new club, becoming a key player at Spartak soon afterwards. 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.
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.
In early 2011, he announced that he would be returning to Spartak Moscow but it was initially unconfirmed whether the 40-year-old midfielder would get playing time or whether he would simply be a coach. Later however, it was confirmed that he would be part of the squad.
He then started for the red-and-whites in a cup quarter-final game against Krasnodar on 20 April 2011. He got a warm reception from the home fans and was substituted off in the second half. On 18 September 2011, Tikonov has played his farewell match as Spartak defeated his former team, Krylya Sovetov, 3–0. Tikhonov made an assist and participated in another attack that ended with a goal before being substituted just before the end of the first half.

## Coaching career

On 1 June 2017, he left Yenisey Krasnoyarsk to join Krylia Sovetov Samara as a manager. He returned Krylia Sovetov Samara back to the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 season. After 9 games in the 2018–19 season, with Krylia in the 15th place, Tikhonov was dismissed from Krylia Sovetov.
On 24 October 2021, the club Tikhonov was managing, Astana, left the field for 20 minutes in a Kazakhstan Premier League game against Kairat to protest the refereeing. Astana returned to the game and the match was finished. On 27 October 2021, Kazakhstan Football Federation banned Tikhonov from any official football activity in Kazakhstan for 2 years.

## Records and honours

* Scored 8 goals in one game for Spartak-d Moscow in a 1993 Russian Second League 8–0 victory over Rekord Aleksandrov. That was a Russian professional football record for most goals in one game he shared with Sergey Maslov and Gennady Korkin until Igor Kiselyov scored 10 goals in one game in 2001.
* Russian First Division best player: 2005, 2010.
* CIS Cup top goalscorer: 1997 (shared)

## Personal life

His son Mikhail Tikhonov is now a professional footballer.

## Career statistics

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Vympel Korolyov | 1991 | KFK | 32 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 33 |
| Titan Reutov | 1992 | Russian Second League | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 10 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1992 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1993 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1994 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 31 | 11 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1995 | Russian Premier League | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 8 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1996 | Russian Premier League | 34 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 43 | 20 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1997 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 12 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1998 | Russian Premier League | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | – | – | 46 | 12 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1999 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | – | – | 39 | 24 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2000 | Russian Premier League | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | Total | Total | 191 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 91 |
| Spartak-d Moscow | 1992 | Russian Second League | 23 | 22 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 25 | 23 |
| Spartak-d Moscow | 1993 | Russian Second League | 34 | 29 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 35 | 31 |
| Spartak-d Moscow | 1994 | Russian Third League | 16 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 23 |
| Spartak-d Moscow | 1995 | Russian Third League | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 |
| Spartak-d Moscow | Total | Total | 77 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 80 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2000–01 | Israeli Premier League | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2001 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 4 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2002 | Russian Premier League | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 2 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2003 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 34 | 11 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2004 | Russian Premier League | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 4 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | Total | Total | 98 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 21 |
| Khimki | 2005 | Russian First League | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 48 | 19 |
| Khimki | 2006 | Russian First League | 42 | 22 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 43 | 22 |
| Khimki | 2007 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 4 |
| Khimki | Total | Total | 111 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 45 |
| Krylia Sovetov Samara | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 7 |
| Lokomotiv Astana | 2009 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 12 |
| Khimki | 2010 | Russian First League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 2 |
| Spartak Moscow | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 615 | 268 | 59 | 14 | 52 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 727 | 302 |
* 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, four appearances, four goals in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances, two goals in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Three appearances, one goal in the UEFA Cup, eight appearances, one goal in the UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Eight appearances, five goals in the UEFA Champions League, one game in the UEFA Cup
* ↑ Appearance in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
* ↑ Appearance in the Russian Premier League Cup

### International goal

    Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 10 November 1996 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1998 World Cup qualifier |