Nikolai Tolstykh

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tolstykh (Russian: Николай Александрович Толстых; born 30 January 1956) is a Russian football administrator and a former player.

Nikolai Tolstykh
Personal information
Full name Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tolstykh
Date of birth (1956-01-30) 30 January 1956
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
FC Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1983 FC Dynamo Moscow 125 (6)
Teams managed
1987–1989 FC Dynamo Moscow (director)
1993–1997 FC Dynamo Moscow (president)
1998 FC Dynamo Moscow (general director)
1999 FC Dynamo Moscow (president)
2000–2001 FC Dynamo Moscow (general director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1977 for FC Dynamo Moscow.[1]

Later career

He has been the president of the Russian Professional Football League since its founding in 1992. Until 2001 that organization conducted the Russian Top Division competition, and since that year it is limited to Russian First Division and Russian Second Division.

From 2012 to 2015 he served as the president of Russian Football Union.

European club competitions

With FC Dynamo Moscow.

  • European Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80: 1 game.
  • UEFA Cup 1980–81: 2 games.
  • UEFA Cup 1982–83: 2 games.

References

  1. Nikolai Tolstykh at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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