George Dzhikia - the leading defender of the Moscow “Spartak”. Georgian by nationality, but defends the colors of the Russian national team.
Biography
The future defender was born in November 1993, in Moscow. George's parents fled from the war from their native Sukhumi to Moscow. At that time, George's mother was pregnant, the future defender was born already in Moscow. According to some reports, the parents' housing was destroyed during a military clash in Sukhumi.
At the age of 6, Jikia got into the children's team "Victoria". At 10, he replaced Victoria with the team of the Moscow branch of Lokomotiv in Perovo. In a word, in spite of difficult conditions, parents tried to maintain their son’s talent and provide him with the opportunity to play football. The defender signed his first contract at the age of 18 precisely with the Moscow "railway workers". For two years he played in the backup team of “Locomotive”, held 64 meetings and scored two accurate hits.
Career
In the winter of 2014, George went to gain experience at one of the FNL clubs, to Spartak from the city of Nalchik. In the spring, the defender made his debut in the FNL championship. In Nalchik, he played only 8 matches, was not marked by anything noticeable. In the summer of 2014, the defender went on loan to the city of Dzerzhinsk, the local Chemist sheltered Dzhikiya for a while. In “Chemist”, the central defender played the season in the FNL championship and scored twice at the opponent’s goal.
In 2015, it was time for Jikia to try his hand at the Russian Premier League, the defender signed a contract with Perm Amkar. In the summer, Jikia made his debut in the elite championship, in a match with Samara “Wings”. With his game in Amkar, the defender drew the attention of the top clubs of the Russian championship, the most persistent was Moscow Spartak. In the winter of 2016, Jikia signed a contract with Muscovites. In just six months, Dzhikia became the main defender of the team and the champion of Russia in football.
The beginning of the next season for the defender was fruitful. The team won the Russian Super Cup, and Jikia himself scored a debut goal for Spartak, and in the fall extended his contract with the team. In the winter of 2018, the unexpected happened, in a control match at the training camp, the defender was injured, tore the cruciate ligaments of the knee. At the moment, the player has fully recovered from the injury and is already playing in the starting lineup of Muscovites.
In official meetings for the national team, George made his debut in the Confederations Cup match against New Zealand, spent all matches at the tournament. Due to an injury in the winter of 2018, Jikia missed the home World Cup.
