Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

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.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Kvaratskhelia with Rubin Kazan in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-12) 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)

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
As of match played 28 March 2021[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 4110––51
Total 4110000051
Rustavi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 18300––183
Total 183000000183
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 7130––101
Total 71300000101
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 Russian Premier League 27310––283
2020–21 22400––224
Total 497100000497
Career total 78126000008412

International
As of match played 11 November 2021[10][11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia
201910
202041
202164
Total115

International goals
As of match played 11 November 2021. Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kvaratskhelia goal.[10][11]
List of international goals scored by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
114 October 2020Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia5 North Macedonia1–01–12020–21 UEFA Nations League C
228 March 2021Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia7 Spain1–01–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
331 March 2021Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece8 Greece1–11–1
411 November 2021Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia11 Sweden1–02–0
52–0

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow

Individual

References
  1. "Хвича Кварацхелия – в "Локомотиве"" (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 15 February 2019.
  2. "Anzhi v Lokomotiv game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 10 March 2019.
  3. "Кварацхелия покинул "Локомотив"" [Kvaratskhelia left Lokomotiv] (in Russian). FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 1 July 2019.
  4. "Сёмин: из-за ухода Кварацхелии из "Локомотива" у меня потекли слёзы" [Semin: I cried because Kvaratskhelia left Lokomotiv] (in Russian). Championat. 1 July 2019.
  5. "ХВИЧА КВАРАЦХЕЛИЯ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ "РУБИНА"" [Khvicha Kvaratskhelia became a Rubin player] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 6 July 2019.
  6. "Georgia v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
  7. "Meet Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Who is Rubin's dazzling tiny dancer?". Russian Premier League. 24 October 2020.
  8. "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at Soccerway
  10. "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  12. ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
  13. "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.
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