Georgi Dzhikiya

Dzhikiya was born on 21 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia. Ethnic Mingrelians, his family had previously moved from Sukhumi, Abkhazia^α.^[2]

He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow on 24 May 2011 in a game against FC Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok.^[3]

On 26 December 2016, he signed a contract with FC Spartak Moscow.^[4]

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.^[5]

On 15 August 2021, he extended his contract with Spartak until 31 May 2024, with an additional one-year extension option.^[6]

On 18 May 2024, Spartak announced that Dzhikiya would leave the club at the end of the season as his contract won't be extended.^[7]

On 24 June 2026, Dzhikiya returned to his youth club Lokomotiv Moscow on a one-season contract.^[8]

In November 2016, he was called up to the Russia national football team for the first time for the friendly games against Qatar on 10 November 2016 and Romania on 15 November 2016.^[9] He made his debut on 5 June 2017 in a friendly against Hungary.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 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.^{[citation needed]}

He missed the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which Russia hosted, due to injury.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 November 2019 he scored his first goal for the national team in the Euro 2020 qualifier against Belgium.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.^[10] On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad.^[11] He played the full match in all three of Russia's games as Russia was eliminated at group stage.

Dzhikiya is a left-footed defender, playing primarily as a centre-back, who can also play as a left-back. Comfortable on the ball with his slightly weaker right foot, at times he had played as a right-sided central defender as well, in a center-back partnership with another left-footed defender or even as part of the back-three on the right.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Club

As of match played 22 August 2026^[16]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Russian Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lokomotiv-2 Moscow	2011–12	Russian Second League	22	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2012–13	Russian Second League	21	1	2	0	—		—		23	1
	2013–14	Russian Second League	21	1	0	0	—		—		21	1
	Total		64	2	4	0	—		—		68	2
Spartak Nalchik	2013–14	Russian First League	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
Khimik Dzerzhinsk	2014–15	Russian First League	31	2	2	0	—		—		33	2
Amkar Perm	2015–16	Russian Premier League	22	2	3	1	—		—		25	3
	2016–17	Russian Premier League	16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
	Total		38	3	4	1	—		—		42	4
Spartak Moscow	2016–17	Russian Premier League	8	0	—		—		—		8	0
	2017–18	Russian Premier League	17	1	2	0	5[a]	0	1[b]	0	25	1
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	26	2	3	0	6[c]	0	—		35	2
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	27	1	4	0	4[d]	0	—		35	1
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	28	0	2	0	—		—		30	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	28	1	4	0	8[e]	0	—		40	1
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	22	0	6	0	—		1[b]	0	29	0
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	8	0	4	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		164	5	25	0	23	0	2	0	214	5
Khimki	2024–25	Russian Premier League	17	0	2	0	—		—		19	0
Antalyaspor	2025–26	Süper Lig	15	2	2	0	—		—		17	2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2026–27	Russian Premier League	3	0	2	0	—		—		5	0
Career total			340	14	41	1	23	0	2	0	406	15

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1. [a]

   Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. [b]

   Appearance in Russian Super Cup
3. [c]

   One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. [d]

   Appearances in EFA Europa League
5. [e]

   Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 16 October 2023^[17]

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Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Russia	2017	8	0
	2018	5	0
	2019	10	1
	2020	5	0
	2021	13	1
	2022	1	0
	2023	2	0
Total		44	2

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Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dzhikiya goal.^[17]

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List of international goals scored by Georgi Dzhikiya

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2019	Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Belgium	1–4	1–4	UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.	11 October 2021	Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia	Slovenia	2–0	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Club

Spartak Moscow

• Russian Premier League: 2016–17
• Russian Cup: 2021–22^[18]
• Russian Super Cup: 2017

Individual

• Spartak Moscow Supporters' Golden Boar Award: 2019^[19]
• Russian Premier League Centre-back of the Season: 2018–19^[20]
• Russian Premier League Team of the Season: 2022–23^[21]

^α Abkhazia, whilst de facto independent, was at the time recognised as part of Georgia by the United Nations and all of its members (Its independence was later recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria).