Why Lokomotiv Moscow Defender Nair Tiknizyan Chose to Play for the Armenian National Team – Exclusive Interview

2023-12-18 18:25:17

Lokomotiv Moscow defender Nair Tiknizyan explained why he decided to play for the Armenian national team and not the Russian national team.

Tiknizyan was born in St. Petersburg, but has Armenian roots.

— How did you decide to play for the Armenian national team? Because changing sports citizenship is not an easy story.

— It came smoothly, but I took it literally in one day. I waited until the last minute for a call to the Russian national team, or at least to get into the extended list. Again, I’m not talking regarding whether I deserved it or not, but there was an episode when I might have been added to those 30-40 people.

When I didn’t see myself there, I realized that they weren’t counting on me, that’s normal. There are no hard feelings. If I have the opportunity to play on the international stage for the Armenian national team, then why not take advantage of it? – Tiknizyan said on the Match TV channel.

24-year-old Nair Tiknizyan played 10 matches for the Armenian national team and scored 1 goal.

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