{{Short description|Georgian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{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= 15 | goals11= 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011–2013 | nationalteam1 = Georgia U21 | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2016–2023 | nationalteam2 = Georgia | nationalcaps2 = 23 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | pcupdate = 11 August 2025 | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
On 14 January 2017, Jighauri signed for FK Vardar.<ref>[https://fkvardar.mk/vesti/vardar-se-zasili-so-gruziecot-dzhambul-dzhigauri Vardar sign Georgian midfielder Jambul Jighauri!] {{in lang|mk}}</ref>
On 27 February 2018, Jighauri joined FC Aktobe in the Kazakhstan Premier League.<ref>{{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|archive-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161658/http://www.fc-aktobe.kz/index.php/ru/novosti-2/3410-ofitsialno-dzhambul-dzhigauri-igrok-fk-aktobe|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following week Jighauri moved to FC Ordabasy on loan until the summer transfer window, with Aleksandar Simčević going the opposite way.<ref name="Simčević & Jighauri Loans">{{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}}</ref>
On 18 July 2018, Jighauri signed a two-year contract with French Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot 38.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In May 2016, he was called up to Georgia's senior team for the first time.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Dinamo Tbilisi'''<ref name=sway>{{cite web|title=J. Jighauri|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jambul-jighauri/191216/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=8 June 2016}}</ref> * Umaglesi Liga: 2012–13, 2015–16 * Georgian Cup: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Georgian Super Cup: 2015
'''Chikhura'''<ref name=sway/> * Georgian Super Cup: 2013
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|jambul-jighauri/191216}} * {{EU-Football.info|29398}} * {{UEFA|250028694}} {{FC Nasaf squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jighauri, Jambul}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Tbilisi Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Category:FC Chikhura Sachkhere players Category:FK Vardar players Category:FC Aktobe players Category:FC Ordabasy players Category:Grenoble Foot 38 players Category:FC Nasaf players Category:Georgia (country) men's international footballers Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Category:Uzbekistan Super League players Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Uzbekistan Category:FC Dinamo Batumi players Category:FC Caspiy players Category:Qizilqum FC players