Nikita Ilyich Haikin (Russian: Никита Ильич Хайкин, Hebrew: ניקיטה איליץ' חייקין; born 11 July 1995) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt.
![]() Haikin in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikita Ilyich Haikin | ||
Date of birth | (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Netanya, Israel | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bodø/Glimt | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2008 | FShM Moscow | ||
2009 | Dynamo Moscow | ||
2009–2010 | Chelsea | ||
2010–2012 | Portsmouth | ||
2012–2013 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | C.D. Nacional | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Marbella | 0 | (0) |
2015 | Mordovia Saransk | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Kuban Krasnodar | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Bnei Yehuda | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 13 | (0) |
2019– | Bodø/Glimt | 77 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | Russia U16 | 1 | (0) |
2012 | Russia U17 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Russia U18 | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Russia U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2017 |
Haikin was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family of who immigrated to Israel from Russia. His father is businessman Ilya Haikin. In 1997, as a two year old baby, his family immigrated back with him to Moscow, Russia.
At age of 7 Haikin began his youth career at FSHM Torpedo-Moscow. Nikita was also a part of Dinamo Moscow academy before moving to England.[citation needed]
In September 2013, Haikin went on trial with Reading following his release from Chelsea.[1] Haikin made his professional debut in the Israeli Premier League for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv on 25 February 2017 in a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv.[2]
He then ran out of the contract and joined Hapoel Kfar Saba for one season.
In March 2019 he signed a contract with Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt with whom Nikita became a silver medalist in his first season and won the championship in the two consecutive seasons (2020 and 2021).
Haikin also debuted in Europa League qualification in 2020 where Bodø/Glimt got eliminated by Milan at San Siro.
He has been an international youth, including Russia U-21, for Russia since 2010.
He was called up to the senior Russia national football team for the first time in October 2021, as part of their World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Croatia. He was included in the extended 41-players list of candidates.[3] He was included in the final squad list for these games and was on the bench in both, backing up Matvei Safonov.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mordovia Saransk | 2014–15 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Kuban Krasnodar | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
2016–17 | FNL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bnei Yehuda | 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
Hapoel Kfar Saba | 2017–18 | Liga Leumit | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
Bodø/Glimt | 2019 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
2020 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
2021 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
2022 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
Total | 77 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 121 | 0 | ||
Career total | 92 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 141 | 0 |
Bnei Yehuda
Bodø/Glimt
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