Aleksei Zhitnikov

{{Short description|Russian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Aleksei Zhitnikov

| fullname = Aleksei Anatolyevich Zhitnikov

| image = Aleksei Zhitnikov 2012.jpg

| caption = Zhitnikov with Fakel in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rybolovo, Russian SFSR

| height = 1.76 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder/Right back{{WorldFootball.net|aleksey-zhitnikov}}

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = FC Saturn Ramenskoye

| years1 = 2001–2006 | clubs1 = FC Saturn Ramenskoye | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2007 | clubs2 = FC Khimki | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = → FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008–2010 | clubs4 = FC Sibir Novosibirsk | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = → FC Vityaz Podolsk (loan) | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = FC Rotor Volgograd | caps6 = 38 | goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2011 | clubs7 = FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2011–2013 | clubs8 = FC Fakel Voronezh | caps8 = 53 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2013 | clubs9 = FC Avangard Kursk | caps9 = 14 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2014–2017 | clubs10 = FC Dolgoprudny | caps10 = 91 | goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2017–2018 | clubs11 = FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg | caps11 = 29 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2018 | clubs12 = FC Zorky Krasnogorsk | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2019 | clubs13 = FC Saturn Ramenskoye | caps13 = 4 | goals13 = 1

| years14 = 2019–2020 | clubs14 = FC Ryazan | caps14 = 17 | goals14 = 2

| years15 = 2020–2021 | clubs15 = FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | caps15 = 23 | goals15 = 2

| years16 = 2021 | clubs16 = FC Znamya Noginsk | caps16 = 19 | goals16 = 0

| years17 = 2022 | clubs17 = FC Saturn Ramenskoye | caps17 = 9 | goals17 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 | nationalteam1 = Russia U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Aleksei Anatolyevich Zhitnikov ({{langx|ru|Алексей Анатольевич Житников}}; born 7 December 1984) is a Russian former professional footballer.