Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია, translit.: khvicha k'varatskhelia; born 12 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger in Russia for Rubin Kazan.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Kvaratskhelia with Rubin Kazan in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing 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 29 (3)
National team‡
2016–2018 Georgia U-17 21 (15)
2017– Georgia U-19 7 (3)
2019– Georgia U21 2 (1)
2019– Georgia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

He joined Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow on loan on 15 February 2019.[1]

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Lokomotiv Moscow on 10 March 2019 in a game against FC Anzhi Makhachkala as an 86th-minute substitute for Jefferson Farfán.[2]

On 1 July 2019, Lokomotiv announced that he left the club after his loan expired.[3] Following that, Lokomotiv manager Yuri Semin said he was very disappointed after they couldn't agree on a permanent transfer with Kvaratskhelia as Semin considered him extremely talented.[4]

On 6 July 2019, he signed a 5-year contract with the Russian club Rubin Kazan.[5] In his first game for Rubin on 15 July 2019, which happened to be scheduled against his previous club Lokomotiv, he came on as a substitute in the second half and scored an equalizer that established the game's final score of 1–1. His second goal for Rubin was a late equalizer again to establish 1–1 score, this time in added time on 30 November 2019 against FC Akhmat Grozny.

International

He made his debut for Georgia national football team on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar, as a starter.[6]

Honours

Club
Lokomotiv Moscow
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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. ""Локомотив" - обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.


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