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Nikita Haikin
Haikin in 2021
Personal information
Full name Nikita Ilyich Haikin
Date of birth (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 29)
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 54 (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 7 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2017

Nikita Ilyich Haikin (Russian: Никита Ильич Хайкин, Hebrew: ניקיטה איליץ' חייקין; born 11 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bodø/Glimt. Born in Israel, he represented Russia at youth level.

Early life

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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

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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

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Haikin has been an international youth, including Russia U-21, for Russia since 2010.

He was called up to the Russia senior national 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. On 31 October 2024 Haikin revealed he intends to apply for Norwegian citizenship due to his engagement to a Norwegian and desire to settle down there. Norway manager Ståle Solbakken commented that Haikin would be considered for a call-up should he become eligible.[10]

Career statistics

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As of match played 7 November 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals 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 0 0
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 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 27 0 5 0 – 19 0 50 0
Total 77 0 8 0 0 0 36 0 121 0
Bristol City 2022–23 EFL Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Bodø/Glimt 2023 Eliteserien 27 0 4 0 – 9 0 40 0
2024 27 0 0 0 – 9 0 36 0
Total 54 0 4 0 0 0 18 0 76 0
Career total 146 0 17 0 0 0 54 0 217 0

Honours

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Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bodø/Glimt

References

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  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. ^ "Glimt-keeperen vil bli norsk: –⁠ Jeg elsker dette landet". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Nikita Haikin". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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