Roland Teymurazovich Gigolayev (; born 4 January 1990) is a Russian football left midfielder or defender of Ossetian origin. He plays for FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo.

Club career

He made his professional debut for FC Alania Vladikavkaz on 4 April 2011, in a Russian First Division game against FC Torpedo Vladimir and scored 2 goals on his debut.

Roland Gigolayev

In the 2014–2015 season he played with Ruch Chorzów in elimination from UEFA Europa League. His team was out this elimination after matches with Metalist Kharkiv (0:0 in Gliwice and 0:1 in Kiev).

Roland Gigolayev

On 17 February 2016, he returned to Russia, signing with FC Amkar Perm.

Roland Gigolayev

On 31 August 2017, he signed a three-year contract with FC Akhmat Grozny. After appearing only once for Akhmat in the 2017–18 season, on 23 July 2018 he joined FC Anzhi Makhachkala on a season-long loan.

Club

References

1990 births

Footballers from Tbilisi

Living people

Ossetian people

Ossetian footballers

Russian men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Russia men's youth international footballers

Russia men's under-21 international footballers

Russian Premier League players

Ekstraklasa players

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players

FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players

FC Petrotrest players

FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players

Ruch Chorzów players

FC Amkar Perm players

FC Akhmat Grozny players

FC Anzhi Makhachkala players

FC Kuban Krasnodar (2018) players

FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo players

Russian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Poland

Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland