Defender Nair Tiknizyan has been recognized as the best player of FC Lokomotiv in December based on voting from fans – a recodnition that the Russian-Armenian fottball player has now received five times throughout the year – according to the club’s website.

Forward Maxim Glushenkov and defender Mario Mitai came in second and third, respectively, followed by midfielder Anton Miranchuk and forward Artem Dzyuba.

In December, Tiknizyan took part in the Russian Championship matches with Zenit St. Petersburg (3:1) and Ural Yekaterinburg (2:0) and scored one goal in both meetings.