Andrei Talalaev
# Andrei Talalaev

Andrei Viktorovich Talalaev (Russian: Андрей Викторович Талалаев; born 5 October 1972) is a Russian professional football coach, television commentator and a former player. He is the manager of Khimki.

## Club career

Talalaev made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1991 for FC Torpedo Moscow.

## Managerial career

On 12 June 2018, Talalaev signed a two-year contract with the Armenian club FC Pyunik.

On 2 December 2018, during Pyunik's match against Gandzasar Kapan, Talalaev was sent off for insulting the fourth official. Talalaev was subsequently banned from football until the end of the season, 31 May 2019, on 6 December 2018.

On 10 April 2019, he returned to Russia, signing with FC Khimki. He resigned from Khimki on 23 January 2020 with the club in third place after the club announced their budget will be reduced.

On 28 June 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, with the club in the last position in the standings. At the end of the 2019–20 season, Krylia Sovetov was relegated and Talalaev resigned on 25 July 2020.

On 26 July 2020, he joined Russian Premier League club FC Akhmat Grozny. That was the second time in 15 months that he replaced Igor Shalimov as a manager (Shalimov was the manager of FC Khimki before Talalaev was hired there). Talalaev was dismissed by Akhmat on 11 September 2022.

On 13 October 2022, Talalaev was hired by FC Torpedo Moscow. He left Torpedo by mutual consent on 22 March 2023, with the team still in last place.

On 11 April 2023, Talalayev returned to FC Khimki on a five-year contract, with the club in relegation zone. Khimki became the third team Talalayev managed in the 2022–23 RPL season (and he became the fifth coach to lead Khimki in the season). On 22 May 2023, Khimki lost their chances of avoiding relegation. Torpedo was also relegated nine days prior, giving Talalayev a distinction of coaching two separate clubs that were relegated from the RPL in the same season.

## Honours

* Soviet Top League bronze: 1991.
* Russian Cup winner: 1993.

## European club competitions

With FC Torpedo Moscow.

* UEFA Cup 1991–92: 3 games.
* UEFA Cup 1992–93: 3 games, 1 goal.
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94: 2 games.
