Georgi Tamazovich Dzhikiya (russian: Георгий Тамазович Джикия, ka, გიორგი თამაზის ძე ჯიქია; born 21 November 1993) is a Russian professional

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, who plays as a centre-back for

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in the

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and the Russia national team.

Early life

Dzhikiya was born on 21 November 1993 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

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. Ethnic Georgians, his family had previously moved from

Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...

, Abkhazia.

Club career

He made his debut in the

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for

FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow FC Kazanka Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб "Казанка" Москва, ''FK Kazanka Moskva'') is a Russian association football club based in Moscow. Kazanka participated in the FNL 2 and acts as the farm club of Lokomotiv Mosco ...

on 24 May 2011 in a game against FC Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok. On 26 December 2016, he signed a contract with

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyn ...

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

International career

In November 2016, he was called up to the

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for the first time for the friendly games against

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on 10 November 2016 and

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on 15 November 2016. He made his debut on 5 June 2017 in a friendly against

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. In the

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, 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

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. On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad. He played the full match in all three of Russia's games as Russia was eliminated at group stage. 2017 FRIENDLY MATCH RUSSIA v ARGENTINA - Georgi Dzhikiya

2017 FRIENDLY MATCH RUSSIA v ARGENTINA - Georgi Dzhikiya

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dzhikiya goal.''

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow *

: 2016–17 * Russian Cup: 2021–22 *

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Individual

*Spartak Moscow Supporters' Golden Boar Award: 2019

Notes

: Abkhazia, whilst

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independent, was at the time recognised as part of

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by the

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and all of its members (Its independence was later recognised by

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, Nauru and Syria).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dzhikiya, Georgi 1993 births Footballers from Moscow Russian people of Georgian descent Living people Russian footballers Russia international footballers Association football defenders FC Lokomotiv Moscow players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk players FC Amkar Perm players FC Spartak Moscow players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Russian Second League players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players