Georgiy Tamazovich Dzhikiya (born November 21, 1993) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender. He has played for a number of Premier League clubs, including Nizhny Novgorod's Khimik, Spartak (Moscow), and Lokomotiv (Moscow), as well as for the Russia national team.

Career

Dzhikiya began his professional career in the system of Moscow's Lokomotiv: in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons he played for Lokomotiv-2 in Russian Cup matches.[1] He then moved to Khimik (Nizhny Novgorod Region), for which he played two cup matches in the 2014/15 season.[1] In 2015–2016 he played for Amkar (Perm), after which he moved to Moscow's Spartak in 2016.[2]

Dzhikiya spent several seasons at Spartak, becoming one of the club's main center-backs. In the Russian championship he played more than 130 matches for Spartak and scored several goals; with the team he took part in the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League and repeatedly played in the Europa League.[2] In the 2021/22 season he was recognized as the author of the best goal as voted by the club's fans.[1] In 2022 he won the Russian Super Cup with Spartak.[2] In the 2023/24 season, already near the end of his time at Spartak, he played in a cup match against Nizhny Novgorod (a 3–0 win for Spartak).[1]

In the 2024/25 season he played for Khimki, from the Moscow suburbs, in the Premier League (17 matches).[2] In the 2025/26 season he moved to the Turkish club Antalyaspor, where he played 15 matches in the Turkish championship and scored 2 goals.[2] Beginning with the 2026/27 season he plays for Lokomotiv (Moscow).[1]

With the Russia national team

Dzhikiya has been called up to the Russia national team many times. He took part in the finals of the 2020 European Championship (3 matches), in World Cup qualifiers, in the UEFA Nations League, and in the 2017 Confederations Cup.[2] In total he has played more than 20 games for the national team in official and friendly matches.[2]

Nizhny Novgorod page

In the 2014/15 season, Dzhikiya played for Khimik, a team representing Nizhny Novgorod Region, and made two appearances in the Russian Cup: on August 31, 2014, against Metallurg (1–1), and on September 24, 2014, against CSKA (1–2).[1]

Sources

  1. rfs.ru — Dzhikiya Georgiy Tamazovich — FONBET Russian Football Cup
  2. news.sportbox.ru — Dzhikiya Georgiy Tamazovich — Defender — Lokomotiv — Dzhikiya Georgiy
  3. rusfootball.info — Georgiy Dzhikiya, defender of the football club Khimki (Khimki)