Jaba Jighauri
Personal information
Full name Jambul Jighauri
Date of birth (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nasaf
Number 70
Youth career
2005–2010 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 81 (21)
2012–2013 → Dinamo Tbilisi II 10 (4)
2013–2014 → Chikhura (loan) 36 (9)
2017–2018 Vardar 28 (4)
2018 Aktobe 0 (0)
2018 → Ordabasy (loan) 13 (3)
2018–2019 Grenoble 13 (0)
2019–2022 Dinamo Batumi 97 (35)
2023 FC Caspiy 10 (0)
2023– Nasaf 1 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Georgia U21 12 (3)
2016– Georgia 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2023

Jambul "Jaba" Jighauri (Georgian: ჯამბულ "ჯაბა" ჯიღაური, romanized: jambul "jaba" jighauri, pronounced [dʒambul dʒaba dʒiɣauɾi]; born 8 July 1992) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Nasaf.

Club career

Jigauri started his career with Dinamo Tbilisi, making his professional debut for the team on 22 May 2011 against Torpedo Kutaisi, and scoring a 55th-minute equaliser in a 1–2 loss at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.[1]

On 14 January 2017, Jighauri signed for FK Vardar.[2]

On 27 February 2018, Jighauri joined FC Aktobe in the Kazakhstan Premier League.[3] The following week Jighauri moved to FC Ordabasy on loan until the summer transfer window, with Aleksandar Simčević going the opposite way.[4]

On 18 July 2018, Jighauri signed a two-year contract with French Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot 38.[5]

On 20 July 2019, Jighauri signed a 1.5 year contract with Georgian Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

International career

Jigauri played his first international match at the under-21 level on 3 June 2011 in 0–1 win against Croatia.[6] In May 2016, he was called up to Georgia's senior team for the first time.[7] He earned his first cap on the 27 May in a 3–1 loss to Slovakia, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili for the final 12 minutes in Wels, Austria.[8]

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi[9]

Chikhura[9]

References

  1. ↑ "DINAMO TBILISI VS. TORPEDO KUTAISI 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 22 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Vardar sign Georgian midfielder Jambul Jighauri! (in Macedonian)
  3. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ДЖАМБУЛ ДЖИГАУРИ - ИГРОК ФК АКТОБЕ". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АЛЕКСАНДР СИМЧЕВИЧ – ИГРОК ФК АКТОБЕ". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 3 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ↑ ""Jiga" Jigauri s'engage au GF38 ! Plus d'infos ici : https://www.gf38.fr/jiga-jigauri-sengage-au-gf38/ © gf38.fr, le site officiel du Grenoble Foot 38". gf38.fr (in French). Grenoble Foot 38. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "CROATIA U21 VS. GEORGIA U21 0 - 1". soccerway.com. 3 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Three Debutants in the National Team - Vladimir Weiss Named the Composition". worldsport.ge. 20 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nemec double steers Slovakia to Georgia win". Uefa. 27 May 2016.
  9. 1 2 "J. Jighauri". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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