Tishkov made his professional debut in the
Soviet Top League in 1988 for
Torpedo Moscow. He retired relatively young after he was unable to fully recover from a serious injury he suffered in a
Russian Cup 1993–94 game against
FC Viktor-Avangard Kolomna. The injury was inflicted by
Sergei Bodak (Bodak was originally banned from football for life for that foul, but the ban was lifted after one year). ==Death==