Jevgeni Novikov (born 28 June 1980) is an

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n former professional international

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. He played the position of central and defensive

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Club career

Novikov started his career in

Narva Trans Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or simply Trans, is an Estonian professional football club based in Narva that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. Although the club's traditional home gro ...

. In 2001, he joined

FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian footb ...

. He had spells in

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and

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, playing for Tom Tomsk, in the

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. He rejoined

in 2006, but moved to the

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, after just one season with the club. Again after just a season he moved to the

Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Footbal ...

FK Rīga FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitātes Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the La ...

, from where he was loaned to Dynamo Barnaul. His last club was

FF Jaro Fotbollsföreningen Jaro (''Jakobstads Rostfria''), commonly known simply as Jaro, is a Finnish professional football club based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in Veikkausliiga, the top tier in Finland. History Ja ...

Nõmme Kalju

On 23 February 2009, it was announced that Novikov had signed a one-year contract with Nõmme Kalju.

Bradford City A.F.C.

In July 2009, he was given a trial with

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FC Okzhetpes

In 2010, he played for

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FF Jaro

On 31 August 2010, he signed a contract with

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club

FC Levadia Tallinn

In March 2011 he signed with Estonian

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...

club

FC Levadia Tallinn Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lill ...

.Levadia täienes Jevgeni Novikovi ja Leedu ründajaga , Õhtuleht
Ohtuleht.ee. Retrieved 2012-09-10.

References

External links

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Nõmme Kalju profile

Jevgeni Novikov: tahan kanda Eesti sinist särki!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Jevgeni 1980 births Living people Footballers from Narva FC Flora players FC Valga players FC Kuressaare players Nõmme Kalju FC players Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian people of Russian descent FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine FC Tom Tomsk players Russian Premier League players FC Dynamo Barnaul players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Latvian Higher League players FK Rīga players Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Okzhetpes players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan FF Jaro players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland JK Narva Trans players FC Sodovik Sterlitamak players Ukrainian Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders 21st-century Estonian sportsmen