Jaba Jighauri

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jaba Jighauri

| fullname = Jambul Jighauri

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|7|8}}

| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Qizilqum

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 =2005–2010 | youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi

| years1 = 2011–2016 | clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps1 = 81 | goals1 = 21

| years2 = 2012–2013 | clubs2 = → Dinamo Tbilisi II | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = → Chikhura (loan) | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Vardar | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Aktobe | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = → Ordabasy (loan) | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Grenoble | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2019–2022 | clubs8 = Dinamo Batumi | caps8 = 97 | goals8 = 35

| years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = FC Caspiy | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2023–2024 | clubs10 = Nasaf | caps10 = 32 | goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2025–

| clubs11 = Qizilqum

| caps11 = 2

| goals11 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2013

| nationalteam1 = Georgia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| nationalyears2 = 2016–2023

| nationalteam2 = Georgia

| nationalcaps2 = 23

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 28 July 2024

| ntupdate = 20 March 2023

}}

Jambul "Jaba" Jighauri ({{lang-ka|ჯამბულ "ჯაბა" ჯიღაური|tr}}, {{IPA|ka|dʒambul dʒaba dʒiɣauɾi|pron}}; born 8 July 1992) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Qizilqum.

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.{{cite web|publisher=soccerway.com|title=DINAMO TBILISI VS. TORPEDO KUTAISI 1 - 2

|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/05/22/georgia/umaglesi-liga/fc-dinamo-tbilisi/fc-torpedo-kutaisi/1062741/|date= 22 May 2011}}

On 14 January 2017, Jighauri signed for FK Vardar.[http://fkvardar.mk/vesti/vardar-se-zasili-so-gruziecot-dzhambul-dzhigauri Vardar sign Georgian midfielder Jambul Jighauri!] {{in lang|mk}}

On 27 February 2018, Jighauri joined FC Aktobe in the Kazakhstan Premier League.{{cite web|title=ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ДЖАМБУЛ ДЖИГАУРИ - ИГРОК ФК АКТОБЕ|url=http://www.fc-aktobe.kz/index.php/ru/novosti-2/3410-ofitsialno-dzhambul-dzhigauri-igrok-fk-aktobe|website=fc-aktobe.kz|publisher=FC Aktobe|accessdate=27 February 2018|language=Russian|date=27 February 2018}} The following week Jighauri moved to FC Ordabasy on loan until the summer transfer window, with Aleksandar Simčević going the opposite way.{{cite web|title=ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АЛЕКСАНДР СИМЧЕВИЧ – ИГРОК ФК АКТОБЕ|url=http://www.fc-aktobe.kz/index.php/ru/novosti-2/3461-ofitsialno-aleksandr-simchevich-igrok-fk-aktobe|website=fc-aktobe.kz|publisher=FC Aktobe|accessdate=10 March 2018|language=Russian|date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074434/http://www.fc-aktobe.kz/index.php/ru/novosti-2/3461-ofitsialno-aleksandr-simchevich-igrok-fk-aktobe|archive-date=10 March 2018|url-status=dead}}

On 18 July 2018, Jighauri signed a two-year contract with French Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot 38.{{cite web |title="Jiga" Jigauri s’engage au GF38 ! Plus d'infos ici : www.gf38.fr/jiga-jigauri-sengage-au-gf38/ © gf38.fr, le site officiel du Grenoble Foot 38 |url=https://www.gf38.fr/jiga-jigauri-sengage-au-gf38/ |website=gf38.fr |publisher=Grenoble Foot 38 |accessdate=8 August 2018 |language=French |date=18 July 2018}}

On 20 July 2019, Jighauri signed a 1.5 year contract with Georgian Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

International career

Jigauri played his first international match at the under-21 level on 3 June 2011 in 0–1 win against Croatia.{{cite web|publisher=soccerway.com|title=CROATIA U21 VS. GEORGIA U21 0 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/06/03/europe/uefa-u21-championship/croatia-under-21/georgia-under-21/1094023/|date= 3 June 2011}} In May 2016, he was called up to Georgia's senior team for the first time.{{cite web|publisher=worldsport.ge|title=Three Debutants in the National Team - Vladimir Weiss Named the Composition|url=http://www.worldsport.ge/en/page/139348_three-debutants-in-the-national-team-vladimir-weiss-named-the-composition|date= 20 May 2016}} He earned his first cap on the 27 May in a 3–1 loss to Slovakia, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili for the final 12 minutes in Wels, Austria.{{cite web|publisher=Uefa|title=Nemec double steers Slovakia to Georgia win|url=http://www.uefa.com/friendlies/season=2016/matches/round=2000582/match=2019925/postmatch/report/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530164703/http://www.uefa.com/friendlies/season=2016/matches/round=2000582/match=2019925/postmatch/report/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 May 2016|date= 27 May 2016}}

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi{{cite web|title=J. Jighauri|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jambul-jighauri/191216/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=8 June 2016}}