Gennady Aleksandrovich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Геннадий Александрович Нижегородов, Ukrainian: Генна́дій Олекса́ндрович Ніжеґоро́дов; born 7 June 1977) is a Russian football manager and a former player who is best known for his time at Lokomotiv Moscow, with whom he spent four seasons and won a number of trophies, including the Russian Premier League in 2002 and 2004.
Under manager Yuri Syomin, he usually played as both right and left center back in formations with three central defenders.
Nizhegorodov began his career at FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan in Russia in 1993.
Although born in Odesa (today Ukraine), Nizhegorodov preferred to play for the Russia national football team, capping nine games.
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