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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yegor Titov 
| image = SM-Kras15 (1).jpg
| caption =  Coaching [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] in 2015
| fullname = Yegor Ilyich Titov 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1976|05|29}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], Soviet Union 
| height = {{height|m=1.86}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Player Profile|url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.egor.titov.3071.en.html|publisher=FootballDatabase.eu|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref>  
| position = [[Playmaker]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1983–1992 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]]
| years1 = 1995–2008 | clubs1 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]]         | caps1 = 324 | goals1 =  87
| years2 = 2008–2009 | clubs2 = [[FC Khimki]]                 | caps2 =  12 | goals2 =   1
| years3 = 2009–2010 | clubs3 = [[Lokomotiv Astana]]          | caps3 =  24 | goals3 =   6
| years4 = 2011–2012 | clubs4 = [[FC Arsenal Tula]] (amateur) | caps4 =     | goals4 = 
| totalcaps = 464 | totalgoals = 107
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2007 | nationalteam1 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]] | nationalcaps1 = 41 | nationalgoals1 = 7 
| manageryears1 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs1 = [[FC Spartak Moscow]] (assistant)
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Yegor Ilyich Titov''' ({{lang|ru|''Егор Ильич Титов''}}; born 29 May 1976 in Moscow) is an association football coach and a former player who played [[midfielder]]. He was a goal scoring midfielder playing in "the hole" between the midfield and attack. He was well known for his vision, close control and accurate passing. Other than that he was a renowned set-piece taker and is well known for his temperament.

==Career==
Titov spent the majority of his club career at [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], starting in 1995, helping them to six consecutive league titles, and winning Russian Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. He played for [[Russia national football team|Russia]] at the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] and has amassed over 30 caps for his country. After a [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] playoff against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] he was tested positive for the banned substance [[bromantan]] and received a 12-month suspension.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/wales/3426043.stm|title=Uefa to hear Wales appeal|author=[[BBC]]|date=January 27, 2004|accessdate=April 15, 2007|work=BBC News  }}</ref> Later, former Spartak players [[Maksim Demenko]] and [[Vladyslav Vashchuk]] along with physio Artyom Katulin blamed Katulin's assistant Anatoly Schukin, who allegedly acted on behalf of manager [[Andrey Chernyshov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?102819|title=Bromantaned Spartak|author=[[Igor Rabiner]]|publisher=[[Sport-Express]]|date=April 29, 2005|accessdate=April 15, 2007|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/sport/2004/04/16/titov/|title=Titov was drugged by Spartak assistant physio|author=[[Lenta.ru]]|date=April 16, 2004|accessdate=April 15, 2007|language=ru}}</ref> In 2008, Titov had made similar statements in his interview to [[Sovetsky Sport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/313052|title=Interview with Yegor Titov|publisher=[[Soviet Sports]]|date=November 28, 2008|accessdate=November 28, 2008|language=Russian}}</ref> After the ban, he has continued playing for Spartak and has been a major figure for the club when Spartak managed to finish 2nd in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons, thus qualifying for the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]. 

In 2002, Titov was reportedly close to a move to [[La Liga]] side [[Atlético Madrid]], but eventually decided against joining the Spanish outfit.

Titov, who was just several years ago was considered one of Russia's key players stopped playing for the team when he refused to be called up for a [[Euro 2008]] qualifying match against Estonia, saying the reason was because his wife was pregnant and he wants to spend more time with her.

Due to several factors, including a recent severe loss of form and conflicts with Spartak Moscow's manager, Titov became unsettled and, in August 2008, left to join [[FC Khimki]].

In the beginning of 2009, Yegor signed with the newly formed club [[Lokomotiv Astana]]. He joined the Kazakh side with his former teammate [[Andrey Tikhonov]].<ref>[http://sport.gazeta.kz/art/?aid=36096 Lokomotiv signed Titov and Tikhonov] Sport.gazeta.kz Feb 15, 2009</ref>

He retired from professional football in early 2010. In early 2012, he played several games for [[FC Arsenal Tula]] which played in the fourth-tier [[Russian Amateur Football League]] at the time and was managed by his former Spartak and Russia teammate [[Dmitri Alenichev]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Footballfacts|url=http://footballfacts.ru/clubs/49061-arsenal-tula|title=Arsenal Tula 2011/12 season summary|language=Russian|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> Alenichev hired him as his assistant when he was hired as the manager of [[FC Spartak Moscow]] in the summer of 2015.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://titov.fcspartak.ru Egor Titov's unofficial website] {{ru icon}}
* [http://rus.spartak.com/usr/club/player.asp?id=165&mid=1394 Club profile] {{ru icon}}
* [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/titov.html Profile and interview] {{ru icon}}
* [http://www.vz.ru/sport/2008/7/30/191441.html – Yegor leaves Spartak]

{{Russian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Russia Squad 2002 World Cup}}


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