Aleksandr Andreyevich Melikhov (; born 23 March 1998) is a Russian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player who plays for

Arsenal Tula FC Arsenal Tula () is a Russian professional football club from Tula playing in the second-tier Russian First League. Originally founded in 1923, FC Arsenal Tula was promoted to the Russian Premier League in 2014 for the first time in its histo ...

Club career

He made his debut in the

Russian Professional Football League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the Professional Football Lea ...

for

FC Novokuznetsk FC Novokuznetsk (Russian: ФК Новокузнецк) is a Russian football club from Novokuznetsk. Recent history MKN were relegated to the Russian Second Division after an 18th-place finish in 2005, and only finished 2nd in the "East" region, ...

on 13 October 2015 in a game against

FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk FC Sibir-2 Novosibirsk () was a Russian football club, based in Novosibirsk. The club plays at the Spartak Stadium. It competed professionally in the Russian Second Division (East Zone) for a single season in 2008, taking 4th place. It previousl ...

. He made his

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

debut for

FC Tom Tomsk FC Tom Tomsk () was a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team played in Trud Stadium (Tomsk) before being dissolved in 2022. History The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' (1957), ''Tomich'' (19 ...

on 3 March 2017 in a game against

FC Rostov FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena. History Soviet era (1930-199 ...

in a 0–6 loss. On 12 June 2019, he signed a 5-year contract with

club

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat (; ), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional Association football, football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. His ...

. On 3 August 2022, Melikhov joined

Urartu Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.Kleiss, Wo ...

. On 11 June 2025, Urartu announced that Melikhov had left the club after his contract had expired. On 25 June 2025,

officially announced the signing of a contract with Melikhov.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

Notes

References

1998 births Sportspeople from Novokuznetsk Footballers from Kemerovo Oblast Living people Russian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Russia men's under-21 international footballers FC Novokuznetsk players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Urartu players FC Arsenal Tula players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Armenian Premier League players Russian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub