Georgi Tamazovich Dzhikiya (Russian: Георгий Тамазович Джикия, Georgian: გიორგი თამაზის ძე ჯიქია; 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.

Georgi Dzhikiya

Dzhikiya playing for Russia in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Georgi Tamazovich Dzhikiya
Date of birth	(1993-11-21) 21 November 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Club 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	150	(5)
National team‡
2017–	Russia	42	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Early life

Dzhikiya was born on 21 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia. Ethnic Georgians, his family had previously moved from Sukhumi, Abkhazia^α.[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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

He missed the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which Russia hosted, due to injury.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 November 2019 he scored his first goal for the national team in the Euro 2020 qualifier against Belgium.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022[10]

International

As of match played 24 September 2022[11]

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.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2019	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Belgium	1–4	1–4	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.	11 October 2021	Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	2–0	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2016–17
• Russian Cup: 2021–22[12]
• Russian Super Cup: 2017

Individual

• Spartak Moscow Supporters' Golden Boar Award: 2019[13]

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

На других языках

[de] Georgi Tamasowitsch Dschikija

[es] Gueorgui Dzhikia

[fr] Gueorgui Djikiya

[it] Georgij Džikija

[ru] Джикия, Георгий Тамазович