Jaba Jighauri

Jambul Jighauri
Personal information
Full name Jambul Jighauri
Date of birth (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vardar
Number 17
Youth career
2005–2010 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 81 (21)
2012–2013 → Dinamo Tbilisi II 10 (4)
2013–2014 → Chikhura (loan) 36 (9)
2017– Vardar 15 (3)
National team‡
2011–2013 Georgia U21 12 (3)
2016– Georgia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2016

Jambul "Jaba" Jighauri (Georgian: ჯამბულ "ჯაბა" ჯიღაური; born 8 July 1992) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Vardar.[1]

Career

Club career

Jigauri started his career with Dinamo Tbilisi, making his professional debut for the team on 22 May 2011 against Torpedo Kutaisi, and scoring a 55th-minute equaliser in a 1–2 loss at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.[2]

International career

Jigauri played his first international match at the under-21 level on 3 June 2011 in 0–1 win against Croatia.[3] In May 2016, he was called up to Georgia's senior team for the first time.[4] He earned his first cap on the 27th in a 3–1 loss to Slovakia, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili for the final 12 minutes in Wels, Austria.[5]

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi[6]
Chikhura[6]

References

  1. ↑ Vardar sign Georgian midfielder Jambul Jighauri! (in Macedonian)
  2. ↑ "DINAMO TBILISI VS. TORPEDO KUTAISI 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 22 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "CROATIA U21 VS. GEORGIA U21 0 - 1". soccerway.com. 3 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Three Debutants in the National Team - Vladimir Weiss Named the Composition". worldsport.ge. 20 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nemec double steers Slovakia to Georgia win". Uefa. 27 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 "J. Jighauri". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2016.


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