Nikita Khaykin
Nikita Ilyich Khaykin (or Haikin, , ; born 11 July 1995) is an Israeli-born Russian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eliteserien club Bodø/Glimt. Early life. Khaykin was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family of who immigrated to Israel from Russia. His father is businessman Ilya Khaykin. In 1997, as a two year old baby, his family immigrated back with him to Moscow, Russia. Club career. At age of 7 Khaykin began his youth career at FSHM Torpedo-Moscow. Nikita was also a part of Dinamo Moscow academy before moving to England. In September 2013 , Khaykin went on trial with Reading following his release from Chelsea. Khaykin 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. 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 the championship in the following one. Khaykin also debuted in Europa League qualification in 2020 where Bodø/Glimt got eliminated by Milan at  San Siro. 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. He was included in the final squad list for these games and was on the bench in both, backing up Matvei Safonov. Honours. Bnei Yehuda Bodø/Glimt