Yegor Titov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ilyich and the family name is Titov.

Yegor Titov
Titov coaching Yenisey in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yegor Ilyich Titov
Date of birth (1976-05-29) 29 May 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1992 Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2008 Spartak Moscow 324 (86)
2008 Khimki 12 (1)
2009 Lokomotiv Astana 24 (6)
2011–2012 Arsenal Tula (amateur)
Total 360 (93)
International career
1995–1998 Russia U21 18 (3)
1998–2007 Russia 41 (7)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2017–2019 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yegor Ilyich Titov (Егор Ильич Титов; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He was known for his playmaking abilities, vision, ball control and accurate passing.

Career

Born in Moscow, Titov spent the majority of his club career at Spartak Moscow, 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 FIFA World Cup and has amassed over 30 caps for his country. After a Euro 2004 playoff against Wales he was tested positive for the banned substance bromantan and received a 12-month suspension.[2] Later, former Spartak players Maksim Demenko and Vladyslav Vashchuk along with physio Artyom Katulin blamed Katulin's assistant Anatoly Schukin, who allegedly acted on behalf of manager Andrey Chernyshov.[3][4] In 2008, Titov had made similar statements in his interview to Sovetsky Sport.[5] 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 UEFA Champions League.

In 2002, Titov was reportedly close to a move to La Liga side Atlético Madrid, but eventually decided against joining the Spanish outfit.

Titov, who was just several 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.

Due to several factors, including a recent severe loss of form and conflicts with Spartak Moscow's manager, Titov became unsettled and, in August 2008, left to join Khimki.

In the beginning of 2009, Yegor signed with the newly formed club Lokomotiv Astana. He joined the Kazakh side with his former teammate Andrey Tikhonov.[6]

He retired from professional football in early 2010. In early 2012, he played several games for Arsenal Tula which played in the fourth-tier Russian Amateur Football League at the time and was managed by his former Spartak and Russia teammate Dmitri Alenichev.[7] Alenichev hired him as his assistant when he was hired as the manager of Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2015.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spartak Moscow 1995 Russian Premier League 12 1 2 0 1 0 — 15 1
1996 31 5 2 0 6 0 — 39 5
1997 31 8 4 0 8 2 — 43 10
1998 29 6 5 0 11 4 — 45 10
1999 29 11 1 0 10 1 — 40 12
2000 24 13 5 1 8 4 — 37 18
2001 30 11 2 0 10 0 — 42 11
2002 20 4 1 0 — 21 4
2003 29 9 6 1 4 0 — 39 7
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2005 28 4 1 0 — 29 4
2006 25 7 8 0 8 0 1 1 42 8
2007 27 7 5 1 9 4 1 0 42 12
2008 9 0 0 0 2 0 — 11 0
Total 324 86 42 3 77 15 2 1 445 105
Khimki 2008 Russian Premier League 12 1 0 0 — 12 1
Lokomotiv Astana 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League 24 6 3 0 — 27 6
Career total 360 93 47 4 77 15 0 0 484 112

International

As of match played 7 February 2007[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Russia
1998 2 0
1999 8 1
2000 6 2
2001 10 2
2002 7 1
2003 3 1
2004 0 0
2005 1 0
2006 3 0
2007 1 0
Total 41 7
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 March 1999 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Andorra 1–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2. 26 April 2000 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia  United States 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3. 11 October 2000  Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 1 September 2001 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–1 1–2
5. 6 October 2001 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia   Switzerland 4–0 4–0
6. 5 June 2002 Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan  Tunisia 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
7. 11 October 2003 RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia  Georgia 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Honours

Spartak Moscow[8]

Individual

  • CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2000 (shared)

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ BBC (27 January 2004). "Uefa to hear Wales appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  3. ^ Igor Rabiner (29 April 2005). "Bromantaned Spartak" (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  4. ^ Lenta.ru (16 April 2004). "Titov was drugged by Spartak assistant physio" (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  5. ^ "Interview with Yegor Titov" (in Russian). Soviet Sports. 28 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  6. ^ Lokomotiv signed Titov and Tikhonov Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Sport.gazeta.kz 15 February 2009
  7. ^ "Arsenal Tula 2011/12 season summary" (in Russian). Footballfacts. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "Yegor Titov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 April 2020.