Jambul "Jaba" Jighauri ( ka, ჯამბულ "ჯაბა" ჯიღაური, tr, ; born 8 July 1992) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club Qizilqum.

Club career

Jigauri started his career with

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia (country), Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its Association football, football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating ...

, making his professional debut for the team on 22 May 2011 against

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ტორპედო ქუთაისი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. The team competes in the Erovnuli ...

, and scoring a 55th-minute equaliser in a 1–2 loss at the

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena The Boris Paitchadze Dinamo Arena ( ''Boris P’aich’adzis erovnuli st’adioni''), formerly known as Boris Paitchadze National Stadium, is a stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the home stadium of FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi, Georgia natio ...

. On 14 January 2017, Jighauri signed for

FK Vardar FK Vardar () is a professional Association football, football club based in Skopje, North Macedonia, which competes in the Macedonian First Football League, Macedonian First League. They are the most successful football club in Football in Maced ...

. On 27 February 2018, Jighauri joined

FC Aktobe Football Club Aktobe (), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional association football, football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Ka ...

in the

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. The following week Jighauri moved to

FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy () is a professional association football, football club from Kazakhstan based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent), Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in 1949, following the merger of two exi ...

on loan until the summer transfer window, with Aleksandar Simčević going the opposite way. On 18 July 2018, Jighauri signed a two-year contract with French

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club

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. On 20 July 2019, Jighauri signed a 1.5 year contract with Georgian

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top Division (sport), division of professional top tier Association football, football in Georgia (Country), Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional ...

club

Dinamo Batumi FC Dinamo Batumi ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი დინამო ბათუმი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Batumi, Adjara that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top division of the national f ...

International career

Jigauri played his first international match at the under-21 level on 3 June 2011 in 0–1 win against Croatia national under-21 football team, Croatia. In May 2016, he was called up to Georgia national football team, Georgia's senior team for the first time. He earned his first cap on the 27 May in a 3–1 loss to Slovakia national football team, Slovakia, replacing Valeri Qazaishvili for the final 12 minutes in Wels, Austria.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi * Umaglesi Liga: 2012–13 Umaglesi Liga, 2012–13, 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga, 2015–16 * Georgian Cup: 2012–13 Georgian Cup, 2012–13, 2014–15 Georgian Cup, 2014–15, 2015–16 Georgian Cup, 2015–16 * Georgian Super Cup: 2015 Chikhura * Georgian Super Cup: 2013

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jighauri, Jambul 1992 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Men's association football midfielders FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Chikhura Sachkhere players FK Vardar players FC Aktobe players FC Ordabasy players Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Nasaf players Georgia (country) men's international footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Super League players Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Uzbekistan