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 2019
Personal information
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	43	(5)
National team^‡
2016–2018	Georgia U17	21	(15)
2017–	Georgia U19	7	(3)
2019–	Georgia U21	2	(1)
2019–	Georgia	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2020

Club career

Kvaratskhelia began his career at Dinamo Tbilisi in 2017 after coming through the youth ranks before joining Rustavi one year later.

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]

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 to North Macedonia.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 December 2020[7][8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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	Russian Premier League	7	1	3	0	–		–		10	1
	Total		7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Rubin Kazan	2019–20	Russian Premier League	27	3	1	0	–		–		28	3
	2020–21		16	2	0	0	–		–		16	2
	Total		43	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	44	5
Career total			72	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	78	10

International

As of match played 14 October 2020[9][10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Georgia
	2019	1	0
	2020	4	1
Total		5	1

International goal

As of match played 14 October 2020. Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kvaratskhelia goal.[9][10]

List of international goals scored by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 2020	Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia	5	North Macedonia	1–0	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Lokomotiv Moscow

• Russian Cup: 2018–19[11]

Individual

• Russian Premier League Best Young Player: 2019–20
• Georgian Footballer of the Year: 2020

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. "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
8. "K.Kvaratskhelia". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
9. "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". European Football. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
10. "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
11. ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.

External links

• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia profile at the FC Rubin Kazan website (in Russian)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at Soccerway