Yegor Titov

Yegor Ilyich Titov (Егор Ильич Титов; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. As a playmaker, he was well known for his vision, close control and accurate passing. Other than that he was a renowned set-piece taker and is well known for his temperament.

This name uses 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
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1992	FC Spartak Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2008	FC Spartak Moscow	324	(87)
2008–2009	FC Khimki	12	(1)
2009–2010	Lokomotiv Astana	24	(6)
2011–2012	FC Arsenal Tula (amateur)
Total		464	(107)
National team
1998–2007	Russia	41	(7)
Teams managed
2015–2016	FC Spartak Moscow (assistant)
2017–2019	FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 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 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2015.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 November 2009[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	12	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	8	8	0	8	0	1	1	42	9
	2007		27	7	5	1	9	4	1	0	42	12
	2008		9	0	0	0	2	0	—		11	0
	Total		324	88	42	3	77	15	2	1	445	106
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	95	47	4	77	15	0	0	484	113

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

International goals

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	Moldova	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]

• Russian Premier League (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Russian Cup (2): 1997–98, 2002–03

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. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
6. Lokomotiv signed Titov and Tikhonov Sport.gazeta.kz 15 February 2009
7. "Arsenal Tula 2011/12 season summary" (in Russian). Footballfacts. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
8. "Yegor Titov". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

External links

• Egor Titov's unofficial website (in Russian)
• Club profile (in Russian)
• Profile and interview (in Russian)
• – Yegor leaves Spartak