Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tochilin (; born 27 April 1974) is a Russian

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coach and a former player who played the most of his career for

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

and once represented

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International career

He played his only game for

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on 29 March 2003 in the

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qualifier against

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which Russia disappointingly lost 1–3. Tochilin was substituted at halftime.

European club competitions

With

. *

UEFA Cup 1996–97 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan ...

: 2 games. *

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: 6 games. *

UEFA Cup 1998–99 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#A ...

: 2 games. *

UEFA Cup 2000–01 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

: 2 games. *

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: 3 games.

Coaching career

He led

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to the

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for the first time ever for the 2019–20 season, but was dismissed on 20 November 2019 with 1 point in last 5 league games and the team in last place in the table. In January 2021, he was hired by third-tier

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club Olimp-Dolgoprudny and led them to promotion to the second tier at the end of the 2020–21 season. He left Olimp-Dolgoprudny after the conclusion of the season. On 19 August 2021, he joined second-tier club Kuban Krasnodar. On 12 October 2021, he left Kuban by mutual consent as the team lost 9 out of 11 games under his helm. On 8 February 2022, Tochilin returned to Olimp-Dolgoprudny. On 17 September 2023, Tochilin was appointed manager of

once again. He was dismissed by Sochi on 3 December 2023, with the club in last place in the standings.

Honours

Player

bronze: 1997, 2008. * Russian Cup winner: 1995. * Russian Cup finalist: 1997, 1999.

Coach

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Zone West best coach: 2016–17. *

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division () and Russian Football National League (FNL) () is the second level of the Russian football league system. The Russian Professional Football League (PFL) used t ...

runner-up with

PFC Sochi Football Club Sochi (), is a Russian professional football club based in Sochi. The club is playing its home matches at the 47,000-capacity Fisht Stadium. History FC Sochi was founded on 4 July 2018 after the relocation of FC Dynamo Saint Pete ...

: 2018–19 (Sochi promoted to the

for the first time ever).

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References

1974 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian men's footballers Russia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Presnya Moscow players FC Dynamo Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players Russian football managers FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg managers PFC Sochi managers Russian First League managers Russian Premier League managers 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-defender-1970s-stub