Nikita Ivanov

Nikita Ivanov's best month in senior football came in April 2025, when he scored five goals and set up three more in six matches for Nõmme Kalju. It earned him the Premium Liiga Player of the Month award.

He grew up in the Narva area and began at Narva JK, then passed through Alko in Kohtla-Järve and Puma in Tallinn before joining the Legion youth setup, where he stayed from 2011 to 2018. He won Estonian youth titles four times. Legion gave him his senior debut in the Meistriliiga in 2020, and he played 18 league matches the following year, scoring three goals. He also scored for the club's reserve sides, with 32 goals in 42 appearances for Legion-2.

In 2022 he became a regular starter, with 12 goals in 35 league matches, and finished as Legion's top scorer. In February 2023 he went on loan to Slovenia's NK Rogaška. He arrived after the season had started, played 11 matches in the second division and the cup, and was in the squad that won the 2. SNL and promotion to the top flight.

He came back to Estonia in July 2023, on loan to Kalju. He scored twice in 13 league games, and the move was made permanent on 6 January 2024. He played 26 league matches that year. This season he has 27 league appearances, nine goals and four assists, along with games in Conference League qualifying and the cup.

Ivanov has played for Estonia at U16, U17, U19 and U21 level, including 12 caps and one goal for the U17s and seven caps and one goal for the U21s. He has not yet played for the senior national team.