Andrei Zhdanov (footballer)

Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андрей Александрович Жданов; born 21 April 1980) is a former Russian football player.

Zhdanov began playing football with FC Lokomotiv Liski before joining FC Spartak Moscow. After failing to appear for the senior side, he had brief spells with FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don and FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk in 2001, making a single appearance in the Russian Premier League.

He played for the main squad of FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don in the Russian Cup.