He played for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership and is also a regular player for the Russian National Rugby Team.

Ostrikov was a volleyball player until 15 years old at the Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of the Olympic Reserve N111 in Zelenograd, Russia.

A couple of months later, in 2006, he signed his first professional contract with the Top14 side SUA (Agen) for three-years.

Later, Clermont-Auvergne, the French giant of European rugby became interested in Andrey but in 2011, the sports director of an English club Sale Sharks Steve Diamond (a former coach of the Russian National Rugby Team), poached Ostrikov to Northern Powerhouse team, Sale Sharks.

Since that time Andrey has played 40 games for Russia, with 5 tries scored, 25 points on aggregate, and is considered one of the irreplaceable players of the team.