Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ilya Sosoyevich Vakhaniya | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 2001 | ||
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 | |||
–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 | 28 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Russia U-17 | 1 | (0) |
2019 | Russia U-18 | 12 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Russia U-19 | 8 | (1) |
2024– | Russia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 |
Ilya Sosoyevich Vakhaniya ( Russian: Илья Сосоевич Вахания; born 14 January 2001) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back for Rostov and the Russia national team. He is also sometimes deployed as a left-back.
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]
Vakhaniya was first called up to the Russia national football team for a training camp in September 2023. [4] He made his debut on 7 June 2024 in a friendly against Belarus. [5]
On his father's side, he is of Georgian descent.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||
Career total | 88 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 4 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Russia | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |