Nika Ninua
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikoloz Ninua | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2016 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 79 | (13) |
| 2020– | PAOK | 9 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | Georgia U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2017 | Georgia U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Georgia U21 | 12 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 July 2021 | |||
Nika Ninua (Georgian: ნიკა ნინუა, romanized: nik'a ninua; born 22 June 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek club PAOK.[1]
Career[]
Ninua was born in Tbilisi on June 22, 1999. His talent stood out from an early age and he soon joined the youth academy at FC Dinamo Tbilisi, while at the same time from 2014 he became a Georgian international with his country’s youth teams.
Dinamo Tbilisi[]
In November 2016 he was elevated to the first team squad and gradually began to find a role for himself. He made his debut soon afterwards, and by the end of that season he had already made 18 appearances, while on June 17, 2017 he scored his first professional goal.
He gradually became an integral part of the squad and, despite his young age, he was even given the captain’s armband. His big breakthrough season came in the 2019 Erovnuli Liga campaign, during which he scored eight goals and provided 11 assists in 37 games.
His overall record at FC Dinamo Tbilisi reads: 95 games, 14 goals, and 15 assists, while he also celebrated two Erovnuli Liga titles, and became a key member of the Georgia national under-21 football team squad.
PAOK[]
On 14 August 2020, PAOK announced the signing of Ninua, until the summer of 2024.[2] According to georgian sources, the transfer fee paid to Dinamo Tbilisi was €850,000.[3]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 21 July 2021[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2016 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 79 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 | ||
| PAOK | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| Career total | 88 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 16 | ||
- Notes
Honours[]
Club[]
Dinamo Tbilisi
PAOK
References[]
- ^ Nika Ninua at Soccerway
- ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: Επίσημο του Νινούα (vid)" (in Greek). Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "ΠΑΟΚ: «Πλήρωσε 850.000 ευρώ για Νινούα»" (in Greek). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Nika Ninua". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Paok win Greek cup final over Olympiakos". Greek City Times. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
External links[]
- Profile at worldfootball.net
- Nika Ninua at Soccerway
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- Living people
- 1999 births
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Association football midfielders
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) under-21 international footballers
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Super League Greece players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- PAOK FC players
- Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
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