Mykyta Teplyakov

Mykyta Teplyakov or Nikita Teplyakov (Микита Олександрович Тепляков; born 18 November 2000) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nyva Buzova.

Native of Korosten, Teplyakov started to play football at local sports school (DYuSSh Korosten). His first coaches were Anatoliy Zhuravskyi and Oleksandr Vyhovskyi.

In 2013-2018 he enrolled into Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 where he played for the college team UFK Olimpik. In 2018 Teplyakov joined his first club Kvadro out of Pervomaiskyi that plays at Kharkiv Oblast Championship. In 2019 he went abroad joining PFC Sochi where he played half of season for the club's youth (U-19) team.

In 2020 Teplyakov returned to Ukraine joined the revived FC Metalist Kharkiv that played at the third tier as Metal. After playing only one game Teplyakov was loaned out to FC Vovchansk which cooperated with Metalist. Following the Russian military aggression, he was without club for short while before joining FSC Mariupol in 2023.