Andrei Grigoryevich Chickin (; born 12 October 1977) is a Russian

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coach and a former player. He played as a

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. He works as

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with

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International career

Chichkin made his debut for

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on 18 November 1998 in a friendly against

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. He was called up to the team again a few years later but never came off the bench backing up Sergei Ovchinnikov and

Ruslan Nigmatullin Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin ( rus, Русла́н Кари́мович Нигмату́ллин, p=rʊˈslan kɐˈrʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪɡmɐˈtulʲɪn, ; born 7 October 1974 in Kazan, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) i ...

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