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Andrey Nikitin (footballer, born 2000)

Andrey Nikitin
Personal information
Full name Andrey Vadimovich Nikitin
Date of birth (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Orel, Russia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Youth career
Salyut Belgorod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Salyut Belgorod 21 (3)
2019–2020 Ryazan 13 (3)
2020 Fakel Voronezh 24 (2)
2021– Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0)
2021Fakel Voronezh (loan) 11 (1)
2021Kazanka Moscow 1 (0)
2021–2022Fakel Voronezh (loan) 24 (1)
2022–2023Ufa (loan) 28 (0)
2023–2024SKA-Khabarovsk (loan) 32 (2)
2024–2025Arsenal Tula (loan) 3 (0)
2025–Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2024

Andrey Vadimovich Nikitin (Russian: Андрей Вадимович Никитин; born 26 October 2000) is a Russian football player who plays as a left winger for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow.

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Fakel Voronezh on 1 August 2020 in a game against Akron Tolyatti, as a starter.[1]

On 11 February 2021, Lokomotiv Moscow purchased his rights and loaned him back to Fakel until the end of the 2020–21 season.[2] On 6 September 2021, he returned to Fakel on a new loan for the 2021–22 season.[3]

On 19 August 2022, Nikitin joined Ufa on loan with an option to buy.[4] On 21 June 2023, Nikitin moved on a new loan to SKA-Khabarovsk.[5] On 8 July 2024, Nikitin joined Arsenal Tula on loan.[6] On 16 January 2025, he moved on a new loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk.[7]

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