Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 February 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Rubin Kazan | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2017 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Rustavi | 18 | (3) |
2019 | → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2019– | Rubin Kazan | 65 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Georgia U17 | 21 | (15) |
2017–2019 | Georgia U19 | 7 | (3) |
2019 | Georgia U21 | 2 | (1) |
2019– | Georgia | 11 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC) |
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია, romanized: khvicha k'varatskhelia; born 12 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan and the Georgia national team.
Club career[]
Early career[]
Kvaratskhelia began his career at Dinamo Tbilisi in 2017 after coming through the youth ranks before joining Rustavi one year later.
Lokomotiv Moscow[]
On 15 February 2019, Kvaratskhelia joined Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on loan.[1] He made his Russian Premier League debut on 10 March 2019 in a game against Anzhi Makhachkala as an 86th-minute substitute for Jefferson Farfán.[2]
On 1 July 2019, Lokomotiv announced that Kvaratskhelia had left the club after his loan expired.[3] Following that, Lokomotiv Moscow manager Yuri Semin said he was very disappointed after failing to agree on a permanent transfer with Kvaratskhelia as Semin considered him extremely talented.[4]
Rubin Kazan[]
On 6 July 2019, Kvaratskhelia signed a five-year deal with Rubin Kazan.[5] In his first game on 15 July 2019, which happened to be over his previous club Lokomotiv, he came on as a substitute in the second half and scored an equaliser, with the final score being 1–1. Kvaratskhelia then netted his second for Rubin on 30 November 2019, another late equaliser in added time to Akhmat Grozny.
International career[]
Kvaratskhelia made his debut for Georgia national team on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar, as a starter.[6]
On 14 October 2020, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 UEFA Nations League draw with North Macedonia.
On 28 March 2021, he scored against Spain. On 31 March 2021 he scored against Greece.
On 11 November 2021, Kvaratskhelia scored 2 goals in the Georgian victory against Sweden.
Personal life[]
Khvicha is the son of Azerbaijan national football team former player Badri Kvaratskhelia.[7]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2017 | Erovnuli Liga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Rustavi | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 3 | ||
Total | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
Lokomotiv Moscow | 2018–19 | RPL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | ||
Total | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2019–20 | RPL | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||
2020–21 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 4 | ||||
2021–22 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | |||
Total | 65 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8 | ||
Career total | 94 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 13 |
- ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Georgia | |||
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 4 | 1 | |
2021 | 6 | 4 | |
Total | 11 | 5 |
International goals[]
- As of match played 11 November 2021. Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kvaratskhelia goal.[10][11]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 October 2020 | Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia | 5 | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C |
2 | 28 March 2021 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | 7 | Spain | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 31 March 2021 | Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | 8 | Greece | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
4 | 11 November 2021 | Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia | 11 | Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
5 | 2–0 |
Honours[]
Lokomotiv Moscow
Individual
- Russian Premier League Best Young Player: 2019–20, 2020–21[13]
- Georgian Footballer of the Year: 2020, 2021
References[]
- ^ "Хвича Кварацхелия – в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Anzhi v Lokomotiv game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Кварацхелия покинул "Локомотив"" [Kvaratskhelia left Lokomotiv] (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Сёмин: из-за ухода Кварацхелии из "Локомотива" у меня потекли слёзы" [Semin: I cried because Kvaratskhelia left Lokomotiv] (in Russian). Championat. 1 July 2019.
- ^ "ХВИЧА КВАРАЦХЕЛИЯ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ "РУБИНА"" [Khvicha Kvaratskhelia became a Rubin player] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Georgia v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Meet Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Who is Rubin's dazzling tiny dancer?". Russian Premier League. 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
- ^ "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.
External links[]
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Instagram
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Facebook
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia profile at the FC Rubin Kazan website (in Russian)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) youth international footballers
- Georgia (country) under-21 international footballers
- Georgia (country) international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Russian Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Russia
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- FC Rubin Kazan players
- Mingrelians