Andrei Vladimirovich Nikitenko
 Andrei Nikitenko 
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| Date of birth | January 13, 1979 |
| place of birth | Tyumen , Russian SFSR |
| size | 182 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| position | center |
| number | # 15 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| until 1999 | Gazovik Tyumen |
| 1999-2002 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 2002-2004 | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 2004 | HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 2004-2007 | HK CSKA Moscow |
| 2007-2008 | HK Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 2008–2012 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2012-2013 | HK Sibir Novosibirsk |
| 2013-2014 | Admiral Vladivostok |
| 2014-2016 | HK Lada Tolyatti |
Andrei Wladimirowitsch Nikitenko ( Russian Андрей Владимирович Никитенко ; born January 13, 1979 in Tyumen , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with HK Lada Tolyatti in the Continental Hockey League .
Career
Andrei Nikitenko began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior division of Gasowik Tyumen , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Super League in the 1997/98 season . In the following season , the center rose with his team in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. However, he himself remained in the super league and played in the following three years for Ak Bars Kazan , with whom he was runner-up in 2000 and 2002 respectively. In his first year in Kazan he also came to two missions for the second division Neftjanik Leninogorsk .
From 2002 to 2004 Nikitenko was under contract with Severstal Tscherepowez , with whom he failed in the 2002/03 season as in the previous year with Kazan in the playoff final at Lokomotive Yaroslavl . The 2004/05 season he started with last year's runner-up HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , but left it after only twelve games and ran for the capital club HK CSKA Moscow in the following two and a half seasons . In the 2007/08 season , the junior world champion played for HK Sibir Novosibirsk . He then received a contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod from the newly formed Continental Hockey League , for which he was on the ice until 2012. In May 2012 he received a two-year contract from Sibir Novosibirsk.
During the Expansion Draft on June 17, 2013, Nikitenko was selected by Admiral Vladivostok .
In May 2014 he was signed by KHL returnees HK Lada Tolyatti for two years before ending his career in April 2016.
International
For Russia , Nikitenko took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 1999 , where he and his team became world champions. He contributed to this success with five assists in seven games.
Achievements and Awards
- 1999 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
- 2000 Russian runner-up with Ak Bars Kazan
- 2002 Russian runner-up with Ak Bars Kazan
- 2003 Russian runner-up with Severstal Tscherepowez
KHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Plus minus | Penalty minutes | |
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| Main round | 6th | 269 | 38 | 54 | 92 | −15 | 70 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 8th | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 2 |
(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)
Web links
- Andrei Nikitenko at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Список Йортикки. "Адмирал" выбрал игроков на Драфте расширения. khl.ru, June 17, 2013, accessed June 18, 2013 (Russian).
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| SURNAME | Nikitenko, Andrei Vladimirovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikitenko, Andrei (English spelling); Никитенко, Андрей Владимирович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tyumen , Russian SFSR |