Russian goalkeeper Nikita Khaikin became the champion of Norway with Bude-Glimt
Russian goalkeeper Nikita Khaikin became the Norwegian football champion with Bude-Glimt. This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
In the last round of the championship, Bodø-Glimt beat Lilleström with a score of 5:2. Khaikin spent the entire match in goal for the team.
Bodø-Glimt scored 62 points and was three points ahead of second-placed Brann. This season of the Norwegian Championship, Khaikin played 30 matches, in which he conceded 31 goals.
The 29-year-old goalkeeper has been playing for Bodo-Glimt since 2019. Together with the club, he became the champion of Norway four times. The transfer cost of the Russian is estimated at 1.7 million euros.
In November, Haykin announced his desire to obtain Norwegian citizenship. The football player has three passports: Great Britain, Russia and Israel. He played five friendly matches in the youth and youth national teams of Russia. The goalkeeper was also called up to the main national team twice, but did not take the field in official matches.
