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 Georgian Erovnuli Liga side Dinamo Batumi and the Georgia national team.

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)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 20
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)
2019–2022 Rubin Kazan 69 (9)
2022– Dinamo Batumi 4 (3)
National team‡
2016–2018 Georgia U17 21 (15)
2017–2019 Georgia U19 7 (3)
2019 Georgia U21 2 (1)
2019– Georgia 13 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:42, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:42, 12 April 2022 (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.

Dinamo Batumi

On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, foreign players in Russia can unilaterally suspend their contracts until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside of Russia until 30 June 2022.[6] On 24 March 2022, Rubin Kazan announced that Khvaratskhelia's contract has been suspended.[7] On the same day, he joined Dinamo Batumi.[8]

International career

Kvaratskhelia made his debut for Georgia national team on 7 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Gibraltar, as a starter.[9]

On 14 October 2020, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 UEFA Nations League draw with North Macedonia.[10] On 28 March 2021, he scored against Spain. On 31 March 2021, he scored against Greece. On 11 November 2021, Kvaratskhelia scored two goals in the Georgian victory against Sweden.

Personal life

Khvicha is the son of former player Badri Kvaratskhelia.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 December 2021[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 4110——51
Rustavi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 18300——183
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 RPL 7130——101
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 RPL 27310——283
2020–21 23400——234
2021–22 192102[lower-alpha 1]0—222
Total 699202000739
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Career total 1021760200011017
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 11 November 2021[14][15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 201910
202041
202164
Total115
As of match played 11 November 2021[14][15]
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kvaratskhelia goal.
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 Greece1–11–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
411 November 2021Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia11 Sweden1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  7. ""РУБИН" И ХВИЧА ДОГОВОРИЛИСЬ О ПРИОСТАНОВКЕ КОНТРАКТА" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. "Say what?". Dinamo Batumi. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  9. "Georgia v Gibraltar game report". UEFA. 7 June 2019.
  10. "Macedonia - Georgia match report". MacedonianFootball. 14 October 2020.
  11. "Meet Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Who is Rubin's dazzling tiny dancer?". Russian Premier League. 24 October 2020.
  12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at WorldFootball.net
  13. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at Soccerway
  14. "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  15. "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  16. ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
  17. "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.
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