Nika Kvekveskiri

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Nika Kvekveskiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Zugdidi, Georgia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lech Poznań
Number 30
Youth career
Baia Zugdidi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Baia Zugdidi 36 (1)
2011–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 58 (2)
2012–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi II 28 (13)
2013 → Tskhinvali (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2015 Dila Gori 27 (7)
2015–2016 Inter Baku 29 (4)
2016–2017 Gabala 14 (0)
2017–2020 Tobol 75 (5)
2021– Lech Poznań 16 (1)
National team‡
2008–2009 Georgia U17 5 (0)
2009–2011 Georgia U19 6 (0)
2009–2014 Georgia U21 20 (2)
2015– Georgia 38 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:52, 21 August 2021 (UTC).

Nika Kvekveskiri (Georgian: ნიკა კვეკვესკირი, romanized: nik'a k'vek'vesk'iri, pronounced [nikʼɑ kʼvɛkʼvɛskʼiri]; born 29 May 1992) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lech Poznań.

Club career[]

Kvekveskiri started his career in the local club Baia Zugdidi. He made his debut for the first team on 18 August 2009 in a match against FC Locomotive Tbilisi. In 2011, he joined Georgian champion Dinamo Tbilisi. In 2013, he was on loan to Tskhinvali for a half season and in June 2014 he was sold to Dila Gori.

In 2015, he moved to Azerbaijani Inter Baku.

In June 2016, Kvekveskiri moved from Inter Baku to Gabala.[1]

In May 2017, Kvekvesikiri signed a two-year deal with Tobol.[2] On 20 January 2021, Tobol announced that he had left the club.[3]

In January 2021, he moved to Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznań till the end of the 2020-21 season.[4] He signed a two-year extension on 29 April 2021.[5]

International career[]

Kvekveskiri made his international debut for Georgia on 8 October 2015 in a 4–0 win against Gibraltar for the Euro 2016 qualifiers.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 23 August 2021[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Baia Zugdidi 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga 22 0 4 3 — 26 3
2010–11 14 1 1 0 — 15 1
Total 36 1 5 3 — 41 4
Dinamo Tbilisi 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2011–12 33 2 2 0 7 1 42 3
2012–13 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 58 2 3 0 7 1 68 3
Tskhinvali (loan) 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 11 1 3 0 — 14 1
Dila Gori 2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 27 7 5 0 — 32 7
Inter Baku 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 29 4 3 1 6 2 38 7
Gabala 2016–17 Azerbaijan Premier League 14 0 4 0 11 1 29 1
Tobol 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
2018 23 2 1 0 4 0 28 2
2019 22 2 2 0 2 0 26 2
2020 16 0 0 0 — 16 0
Total 75 5 3 0 6 0 84 5
Lech Poznań 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 12 0 1 0 — 13 0
2021–22 4 1 0 0 — 4 1
Total 16 1 1 0 0 0 17 1
Career total 266 21 27 4 30 4 323 29

International[]

As of match played 21 August 2021[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 2015 1 0
2016 3 0
2017 8 0
2018 8 0
2019 4 0
2020 8 0
2021 5 0
Total 38 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Квеквескири выбрал Габалу". azerifootball.com (in Russian). Azeri Football. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ "კვეკვესკირმა "ტობოლთან" კონტრაქტი გააფორმა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). World Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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