Ilya Vakhaniya

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Ilya Vakhaniya
Personal information
Full name Ilya Sosoyevich Vakhaniya
Date of birth (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back/Left-back
Team information
Current team
Rostov
Number 40
Youth career
0000–2021 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 60 (2)
2022 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 (0)
2023– Rostov 24 (1)
International career
2017 Russia U-17 1 (0)
2019 Russia U-18 12 (0)
2019–2020 Russia U-19 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2020

Ilya Sosoyevich Vakhaniya (Russian: Илья Сосоевич Вахания; born 14 January 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back for Rostov. He is also sometimes deployed as a left-back.

Club career[edit]

Vakhaniya was raised in the youth system of Zenit Saint Petersburg. He was called up to Zenit's senior squad only once, on 21 May 2022 for a game against Nizhny Novgorod, but remained on the bench.[1]

On 17 July 2023, Vakhaniya signed a contract with Rostov.[2]

Vakhaniya made his Russian Premier League debut for Rostov on 5 August 2023 in a game against Krylia Sovetov Samara.[3]

International career[edit]

Vakhaniya was first called up to the Russia national football team for a training camp in September 2023.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 21 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg 2018–19 Russian First League 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Russian Second League 18 0 18 0
2021–22 Russian Second League 16 1 16 1
2023–24 Russian Second League 26 1 26 1
Total 60 2 60 2
Rostov 2023–24 Russian Premier League 22 1 4 1 26 2
Career total 82 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 86 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit game report". Russian Premier League. 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ "ИЛЬЯ ВАХАНИЯ – ИГРОК «РОСТОВА»!" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 17 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Krylia Sovetov v Rostov game report". Russian Premier League. 5 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Тренерский штаб сборной России вызвал 49 футболистов на сентябрьский сбор" [Coaching staff of the Russia national team called up 49 players to September camp] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 August 2023.

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