Georgi Dzhikiya
Dzhikiya playing for Russia in 2021
Personal information
Full name Georgi Tamazovich Dzhikiya
Date of birth (1993-11-21) 21 November 1993
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 14
Youth career
2003–2010 Lokomotiv Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 64 (2)
2014 Spartak Nalchik 8 (0)
2014–2015 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 31 (2)
2015–2016 Amkar Perm 38 (3)
2017– Spartak Moscow 162 (5)
International career‡
2017– Russia 45 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023

Georgi Tamazovich Dzhikiya (Russian: Георгий Тамазович Джикия born 21 November 1993) is a Russian professional footballer, who plays as a centre-back for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national team.

Early life

Dzhikiya was born on 21 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia. Ethnic Georgians, his family had previously moved from Sukhumi, Abkhaziaα.[2]

Club career

He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow on 24 May 2011 in a game against FC Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok.[3]

On 26 December 2016, he signed a contract with FC Spartak Moscow.[4]

On 18 January 2018, he suffered an ACL tear that kept him from playing until August 2018, he was forced to miss the 2018 FIFA World Cup that was held in Russia.[5]

On 15 August 2021, he extended his contract with Spartak until 31 May 2024, with an additional one-year extension option.[6]

International career

In November 2016, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the friendly games against Qatar on 10 November 2016 and Romania on 15 November 2016.[7] He made his debut on 5 June 2017 in a friendly against Hungary.

In the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, he spent all three matches without substitutions - against New Zealand (2–0), Portugal (0–1) and Mexico (1–2). In the game with the Portuguese, he received a yellow card.

He missed the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which Russia hosted, due to injury.

On 16 November 2019 he scored his first goal for the national team in the Euro 2020 qualifier against Belgium.

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[8] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.[9] He played the full match in all three of Russia's games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.

Friendly match against Argentina in 2017

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 October 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokomotiv-2 Moscow 2011–12 Russian Second League 22020———240
2012–13 Russian Second League 21120———231
2013–14 Russian Second League 21100———211
Total 64240—0000682
Spartak Nalchik 2013–14 Russian First League 80————80
Khimik Dzerzhinsk 2014–15 Russian First League 31220———332
Amkar Perm 2015–16 Russian Premier League 22231———253
2016–17 Russian Premier League 16110———171
Total 38341—0000424
Spartak Moscow 2016–17 Russian Premier League 80————80
2017–18 Russian Premier League 17120—5[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0251
2018–19 Russian Premier League 26230—6[lower-alpha 3]0—352
2019–20 Russian Premier League 27140—4[lower-alpha 4]0—351
2020–21 Russian Premier League 28020———300
2021–22 Russian Premier League 28140—8[lower-alpha 5]0—401
2022–23 Russian Premier League 22060——1[lower-alpha 6]0290
2023–24 Russian Premier League 6030———90
Total 1625240—230202105
Career total 30312341002302036113
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Russian Super Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, five appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ appearances in the Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 16 October 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Russia 201780
201850
2019101
202050
2021131
202220
202320
Total452
Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dzhikiya goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Georgi Dzhikiya
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 November 2019Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia Belgium1–41–4UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.11 October 2021Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia2–02–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow

Individual

Notes

^α Abkhazia, whilst de facto independent, was at the time recognised as part of Georgia by the United Nations and all of its members (Its independence was later recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria).

References

  1. ↑ "Georgi Dzhikiya". FC Spartak Moscow. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Георгий Джикия: Наши главные конкуренты - "Зенит" и ЦСКА".
  3. ↑ "Career Summary". Russian Football Union. 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
  4. ↑ ГЕОРГИЙ ДЖИКИЯ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ «СПАРТАКА» (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 26 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Джикии предстоит операция (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 18 January 2018.
  6. ↑ ""Спартак" и Джикия подписали новый контракт" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 15 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Состав на Катар и Румынию" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 1 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Расширенный состав сборной России для подготовки к ЕВРО [Extended national team line-up for Euro preparations] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Состав сборной России на ЕВРО-2020" [Russia national team line-up for EURO-2020] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Georgi Dzhikiya at Soccerway
  11. 1 2 Dzhikia, Georgi at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ↑ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Джикии вручили "Золотого кабана"". 29 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Лауреаты сезона и список "33-х лучших игроков"". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  15. ↑ "Все лауреаты первой ежегодной премии Winline Герои РПЛ" [All winners of the first Winline Heroes of the RPL award] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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