About Nayair Tiknizyan

Nair Oganesovich Tiknizyan (Russian: Наир Оганесович Тикнизян; born 12 May 1999) is a Russian football player of Armenian descent. He plays as a left midfielder for PFC CSKA Moscow. He also plays at left-back.

Official sources such as UEFA or Russian Premier League list his first name as Nayair (Russian: Наяир). The clerk who issued his birth certificate made a mistake which perpetuated in all official documents since. Tiknizyan himself said he can not find the time to officially petition for a change of name.