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Yegor Ilyich Titov ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; 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.

CareerEdit

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2008, Titov had made similar statements in his interview to Sovetsky Sport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Lokomotiv signed Titov and Tikhonov Template:Webarchive Sport.gazeta.kz 15 February 2009</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alenichev hired him as his assistant when he was hired as the manager of Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2015.

Career statisticsEdit

ClubEdit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="NFT"/>
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

InternationalEdit

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="NFT">Template:NFT player</ref>
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, score column indicates score after each Titov goal.
List of international goals scored by Yegor Titov<ref name="NFT"/>
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 March 1999 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Template:Fb 1–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2 26 April 2000 Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3 11 October 2000 Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia Template:Fb 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 1 September 2001 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Template:Fb 1–1 1–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 6 October 2001 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia Template:Fb 4–0 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 5 June 2002 Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan Template:Fb 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
7 11 October 2003 RZD Arena, Moscow, Russia Template:Fb 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

HonoursEdit

Spartak Moscow<ref name="NFT"/>

Individual

  • CIS Cup top goalscorer: 2000 (shared)

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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