Nikita Khaykin

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Nikita Khaykin
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Khaykin in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nikita Ilyich Khaykin
Date of birth (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Bodø/Glimt
Number 12
Youth career
2002–2008 FShM Moscow
2009 Dynamo Moscow
2009–2010 Chelsea
2010–2012 Portsmouth
2012–2013 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 C.D. Nacional 0 (0)
2014–2015 Marbella 0 (0)
2015 Mordovia Saransk 0 (0)
2015–2016 Kuban Krasnodar 0 (0)
2016–2017 Bnei Yehuda 2 (0)
2017–2018 Hapoel Kfar Saba 13 (0)
2019– Bodø/Glimt 50 (0)
National team
2010 Russia U16 1 (0)
2012 Russia U17 1 (0)
2013 Russia U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Russia U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 November 2017

Nikita Ilyich Khaykin (or Haikin, Russian: Никита Ильич Хайкин, Hebrew: ניקיטה איליץ' חייקין; born 11 July 1995) is an Israeli-born Russian association footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bodø/Glimt.

Early life[]

Khaykin was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family of Russian-Jewish descent. His father is businessman Ilya Khaykin. In 1997, as a two year old baby, he immigrated with his family back to Moscow, Russia.

Club career[]

At age of 7 Khaykin began his youth career at FSHM Torpedo-Moscow. Nikita was also a part of Dinamo Moscow academy before moving to England.

In September 2013, Khaykin went on trial with Reading following his release from Chelsea.[1]

Khaykin made his professional debut in the Israeli Premier League for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv on 25 February 2017 in a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv.[2]

He then ran out of the contract and joined Hapoel Kfar Saba for one season.

In March 2019 he signed a contract with Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt with whom Nikita became a silver medalist in his first season and won the championship in the following one.

Khaykin also debuted in Europa League qualification in 2020 where Bodø/Glimt got eliminated by Milan at San Siro.

International career[]

He has been an international youth (including U-21) for Russia since 2010.

He was called up to the senior Russia national football team for the first time in October 2021, as part of their World Cup qualifiers against Cyprus and Croatia. He was included in the extended 41-players list of candidates.[3] He was included in the final squad list for these games and was on the bench in both, backing up Matvei Safonov.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 10 March 2022[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mordovia Saransk 2014–15 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kuban Krasnodar 2015–16 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 FNL 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bnei Yehuda 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 2 0 3 0 5 0
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2017–18 Liga Leumit 13 0 2 0 15 0
Bodø/Glimt 2019 Eliteserien 1 0 2 0 3 0
2020 20 0 0 0 3 0 23 0
2021 29 0 1 0 14 0 44 0
2022 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Total 50 0 3 0 20 0 73 0
Career total 65 0 8 0 20 0 93 0

Honours[]

Bnei Yehuda

Bodø/Glimt

References[]

  1. ^ "Reading trials for Russian pair Sergey Kundik and Nikita Khaykin". tribal football. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 25 February 2017.
  3. ^ Расширенный состав на Кипр и Хорватию [Expanded squad for Cyprus and Croatia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Nikita Haikin". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

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