Nikita Haikin

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

Nikita Haikin
Haikin in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nikita Ilyich Haikin
Date of birth (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team 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 Tel Aviv 2 (0)
2017–2018 Hapoel Kfar Saba 13 (0)
2019–2022 Bodø/Glimt 77 (0)
2023 Bristol City 0 (0)
2023– Bodø/Glimt 25 (0)
International career
2010 Russia U16 1 (0)
2012 Russia U17 1 (0)
2013 Russia U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 Russia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2017

Early life

Haikin was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family who emigrated from Russia to Israel. His father is businessman Ilya Haikin. In 1997, as a two year old baby, his family moved back with him to Moscow, Russia.

Aside from having Israeli and Russian citizenships, Haikin is also a British national.[1]

Club career

Aged 7 Haikin began his youth career at FSHM Torpedo-Moscow. Nikita was also a part of Dinamo Moscow academy before moving to England.[2]

In September 2013, Haikin went on trial with Reading following his release from Chelsea.[3] Haikin 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.[4]

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, in two consecutive seasons, the Norwegian League championship in 2020 and 2021. Haikin played in the UEFA Europa League where Bodø/Glimt played the likes of Milan at San Siro, AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, and Celtic F.C. at Celtic Park.[5]

On 25 January 2023, after being released by Bodø/Glimt, Haikin signed a short-term contract with English Championship club Bristol City until the end of the season.[6] Haikin was released by Bristol City on 21 March 2023, re-signing with Bodø/Glimt the same day, on a contract until the summer of 2026.[7][8]

International career

He has been an international youth, including Russia 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.[9] He was included in the final squad list for these games and was on the bench in both, backing up Matvei Safonov.

Career statistics

As of match played 21 October 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mordovia Saransk 2014–15 Russian Premier League 000000
Kuban Krasnodar 2015–16 Russian Premier League 000000
2016–17 FNL 000000
Total 0000000000
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 203050
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2017–18 Liga Leumit 13020150
Bodø/Glimt 2019 Eliteserien 102030
2020 2000030230
2021 29010140440
2022 27050190500
Total 77080003601210
Bristol City 2022–23 EFL Championship 00000000
Bodø/Glimt 2023 Eliteserien 2504080370
Career total 1170170004401780

Honours

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. Fifield, Dominic. "'I cannot just close my eyes' - Bodo/Glimt's Russian keeper Haikin, an advocate for peace". The Athletic. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. "Who is Nikita Haikin? Former Chelsea & Portsmouth youth goalkeeper linked with Blackburn Rovers". Lancs.live. 20 January 2023.
  3. "Reading trials for Russian pair Sergey Kundik and Nikita Haikin". tribal football. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 25 February 2017.
  5. "Bodo/Glimt goalkeeper Nikita Haikin aiming to make Celtic his next big scalp, and earn a move back to British football". uk.sports.yahoo.com.
  6. "Bristol City sign goalkeeper Haikin". BBC Sport. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. "HAIKIN LEAVES CITY". bcfc.co.uk. Bristol City. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. "HAIKIN HENTES HJEM: – JEG ELSKER GLIMT OG BODØ". glimt.no (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. Расширенный состав на Кипр и Хорватию [Expanded squad for Cyprus and Croatia] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 25 October 2021.
  10. "Nikita Haikin". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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