Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია
Kvaratskhelia with Rubin Kazan in 2019
Personal information
Full name Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Date of birth (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 77
Youth career
2012–2017 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 (1)
2018–2019 Rustavi 18 (3)
2019 → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 7 (1)
2019–2022 Rubin Kazan 69 (9)
2022 Dinamo Batumi 11 (8)
2022– Napoli 43 (15)
National team‡
2016–2018 Georgia U17 21 (15)
2017–2019 Georgia U19 7 (15)
2019 Georgia U21 2 (1)
2019– Georgia 26 (12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:26, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:51, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია, translit.: khvicha k'varatskhelia; born 12 February 2001), also known as Kvara,[2] is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Serie A club Napoli and the Georgia national team.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 29 October 2023[1]
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
Rustavi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 18 3 0 0 — — 18 3
Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 2018–19 Russian Premier League 7 1 3 0 — — 10 1
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 Russian Premier League 27 3 1 0 — — 28 3
2020–21 Russian Premier League 23 4 0 0 — — 23 4
2021–22 Russian Premier League 19 2 1 0 2[a] 0 — 22 2
Total 69 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 73 9
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 11 8 — — — 11 8
Napoli 2022–23 Serie A 34 12 0 0 9[b] 2 — 43 14
2023–24 Serie A 9 3 0 0 3[b] 0 0 0 12 3
Total 43 15 0 0 12 2 0 0 55 17
Career total 152 37 6 0 14 2 0 0 172 39
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[change | change source]

As of match played 15 October 2023[3][4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Georgia 2019 1 0
2020 4 1
2021 7 4
2022 7 5
2023 7 2
Total 26 12
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 Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 October 2020 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  Macedonia 1–0 1–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
2 28 March 2021 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Spain 1–0 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 31 March 2021 Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece  Greece 1–1 1–1
4 11 November 2021 Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia  Sweden 1–0 2–0
5 2–0
6 2 June 2022 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Gibraltar 1–0 4–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
7 5 June 2022 Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 4–1 5–2
8 9 June 2022 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  Macedonia 2–0 3–0
9 23 September 2022 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Macedonia 2–0 2–0
10 26 September 2022 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar  Gibraltar 1–0 2–1
11 12 October 2023 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tblisi, Georgia  Thailand 8–0 8–0 Friendly
12 15 October 2023 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tblisi, Georgia  Cyprus 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours[change | change source]

Lokomotiv Moscow

Napoli

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Morse, Ben (1 November 2022). "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Napoli's Georgian sensation billed 'Kvaradona'". CNN. Retrieved 19 August 2023. 'Kvara changed life in Georgia' ... .
  3. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ↑ ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Итоги Исполкома РФС". Российский футбольный союз (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  9. ↑ "საქართველოს საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია გახდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "წლის ხვიჩა - ფეხბურთელი საუკეთესო 2021 კვარაცხელია". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "GFF-მა წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელები დაასახელა". forbes.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia named 2022/23 UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for August". Serie A. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for February". Serie A. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for March". Serie A. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Wins March's Goal of the Month Presented by Crypto.com". Serie A. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "The MVP – Best Overall of Serie A 2022/2023". Serie A. 2 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "EA Sports™ FIFA 23 Serie A Team of the Season". Serie A. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Most Assists Serie A". Serie A. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  20. ↑ "The Goal of the Season by Crypto.com". Serie A. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  21. ↑ "Ballon d'Or 2023 : la liste complète des nommés". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-07.

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