Nika Ninua
{{short description|Georgian association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nika Ninua
| image =
| fullname = Nikoloz Ninua
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|6|22}}
| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia
| height = 1.86 m
| position = Central midfielder
| currentclub = Dinamo Tbilisi
| clubnumber = 22
| youthyears1 = 2013–2016
| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| years1 = 2016–2020
| clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps1 = 96
| goals1 = 14
| years2 = 2020–2024
| clubs2 = PAOK
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Anorthosis (loan)
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022
| clubs4 = → Lamia (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = PAOK B
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2024–
| clubs6 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps6 = 24
| goals6 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U19
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam3 = Georgia U21
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 15 April 2025
| ntupdate = 21 July 2021
}}
Nika Ninua ({{lang-ka|ნიკა ნინუა|tr}}; born 22 June 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi.{{Soccerway|nika-ninua/387751}}
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 included in the first-team squad and began to find a role for himself. He made his debut soon afterwards, and by the end of that season he made 18 appearances, while on June 17, 2017, he scored his debut professional goal.
He gradually became integral in the squad and, despite his young age, he was selected the captain’s armband. His big breakthrough season came in the 2019 Erovnuli Liga, when he scored eight goals and provided 11 assists in 37 matches.
His overall record at 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 U21 team.
=PAOK=
On 14 August 2020, PAOK announced the signing of Ninua, until summer 2024.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/superleague/article/1503979/paok-episimo-toy-ninoya-vid|title=ΠΑΟΚ: Επίσημο του Νινούα (vid)|access-date=14 August 2020|language=el}} According to Georgian sources, the transfer fee paid to Dinamo Tbilisi was €850,000.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/superleague/article/1504387/paok-plirose-850000-eyro-gia-ninoya|title=ΠΑΟΚ: "Πλήρωσε 850.000 ευρώ για Νινούα"|access-date=16 August 2020|language=el}}
==Anorthosis loan==
==Lamia loan==
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|29 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/nika-ninua/387751/|title=Nika Ninua|website=Soccerway|accessdate=15 March 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="6"|Dinamo Tbilisi
|2016 |rowspan="5"|Erovnuli Liga |3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2017
|14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2018
|29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 35 | 3 | |
| 2019
|31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 39 | 9 | |
| 2020
|2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!79 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 |
| PAOK
|9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 2 | ||
| Anorthosis (loan)
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3 | 0 | |||
| Lamia (loan)
|Superleague Greece |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 2 | 0 | ||
| PAOK B
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!111 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 16 |
;Notes
{{Notelist}}
Honours
=Club=
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|nika-ninua}}
- {{Soccerway|nika-ninua/387751}}
{{FC Dinamo Tbilisi squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninua, Nika}}
Category:Footballers from Tbilisi
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Erovnuli Liga players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Super League Greece 2 players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece