Roland Teymurazovich Gigolayev (russian: Роланд Теймуразович Гиголаев; born 4 January 1990) is a Russian
football
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left
midfielder or
defender of
Ossetian origin. He plays for
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (russian: ФК «Текстильщик» Иваново) is a Russian association football club based in the city of Ivanovo, playing in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2. It enjoyed Soviet and Russia ...
.
Club career
He made his professional debut for
FC Alania Vladikavkaz on 4 April 2011, in a
Russian First Division
The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн ...
game against
FC Torpedo Vladimir and scored 2 goals on his debut.
In the 2014–2015 season he played with
Ruch Chorzów
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in elimination from
UEFA Europa League. His team was out this elimination after matches with
Metalist Kharkiv
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(0:0 in Gliwice and 0:1 in Kiev).
On 17 February 2016, he returned to Russia, signing with
FC Amkar Perm.
On 31 August 2017, he signed a three-year contract with
FC Akhmat Grozny
Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...
. After appearing only once for Akhmat in the 2017–18 season, on 23 July 2018 he joined
FC Anzhi Makhachkala
Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...
on a season-long loan.
Club
References
1990 births
Footballers from Tbilisi
Living people
Ossetian people
Ossetian footballers
Russian footballers
Association football midfielders
Russia youth international footballers
Russia under-21 international footballers
Russian Premier League players
Ekstraklasa players
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
FC Petrotrest players
FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players
Ruch Chorzów players
FC Amkar Perm players
FC Akhmat Grozny players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Urozhay Krasnodar players
FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players
Russian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Poland
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
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