Nika Sichinava ( ka, ნიკა სიჭინავა; born 17 August 1994) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Sichinava is product of a youth club

Yunist Chernihiv Yunist Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Юність» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian amateur football team based on Yunist sports school in Chernihiv. The sports school is known for its talent players like Andriy Yarmolenko, Pavlo Polehenko, Serhiy K ...

from

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

, Ukraine. Sichinava made his debut at senior level for FC Retro Vatutine at the regional competitions in 2011, later in 2012 he played for

FC Volgar Astrakhan Volgar FC (russian: Футбольный Клуб "Волгарь") is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. They play in the Russian First League. History The club has been known under following names: *''Pishchevik'' (food in ...

. Sichinava left the Astrakhan club halfway into the 2013 season.

WIT Georgia

From 2013 to 2015 Sichinava returned to Georgia, signing with

WIT Georgia FC WIT Georgia is a Georgian football team from Tbilisi. The team is sponsored by WIT Georgia Ltd (a subsidiary of the United States WIT, Inc.), a pet food, accessories, and human and veterinary pharmaceuticals import company. WIT stands for Worl ...

, where he played 31 games and scored 3 goals.

Kolkheti-1913 Poti

In 2014 he moved to Kolkheti-1913 Poti in the

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

for two season, playing 38 goals and scoring 5 goals.

Inhulets Petrove

In 2016 Sichinava joined

FC Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukrai ...

. With the club he made it to the final of the

2018–19 Ukrainian Cup The 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup was the 28th annual season of Ukraine's Association football, football knockout competition. The competition started on 18 July 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019.2019–20 Ukrainian First League The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League is the 29th since its establishment. The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November 2 ...

. On 19 September 2020, he scored his first goal in

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

against

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

Kolos Kovalivka

In June 2021 he signed a three-year contract with Kolos Kovalivka in the Ukrainian Premier League and qualified for the 2021–22 Europa Conference League third qualifying round. On 24 July, he made his league debut with the team against

Veres Rivne Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne ( uk, РНК «Верес») is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Rivne. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, after winning the 2020–21 Ukrainian First Le ...

. On 5 August, he made his European debut against Shakhter Karagandy in the Europa Conference League third qualifying round, replacing

Volodymyr Lysenko Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Lysenko ( uk, Володимир Володимирович Лисенко; born 20 April 1988) is a Ukrainian retired professional football forward. Career Club career Lysenko started to play football for FC CSKA Kyiv, ...

in the 54th minute. On 21 November he scored his first goal with the new club in Ukrainian Premier League against

at the

Chernihiv Stadium Olympic sports training center "Chernihiv" (formerly Yuri Gagarin Stadium) ( uk, Олімпійський навчально-спортивний центр «Чернігів») is a multi-purpose stadium in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The stadium was ...

giving the victory.

Loan to KuPS

On 22 March 2022, Sichinava joined

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

in Finland on loan until 30 June 2022, with an option to extend the loan until the end of 2022. On 2 April, he made his debut for the club in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Inhulets Petrove *

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

: 2019–20 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

runner-up: 2018–19 KuPS *

: Runner-Up

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Individual * Best Player of Round 12 of

: 2019–20 * Best Player of

: 2019–20 * Best Player of round 12

: 2019–20 * Top Scorer of

: Runner-up 2019–20

References

External links

Profile on Official website of Kuopion Palloseura
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sichinava, Nika 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Kutaisi Ukrainian footballers Footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia Expatriate footballers in Finland Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Finland Association football forwards FC Retro Vatutine players FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players FC WIT Georgia players FC Volgar Astrakhan players FC Inhulets Petrove players FC Inhulets-2 Petrove players FC Yunist Chernihiv players FC Kolos Kovalivka players Kuopion Palloseura players Erovnuli Liga players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Russian Premier League players Veikkausliiga players