Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია; born 12 February 2001), also known as Kvara,[2] is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the Georgia national team.
 Kvaratskhelia with Rubin Kazan in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 2001 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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 | 85 | (28) |
| 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) | |||
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 October 2023[1]
| 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 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 October 2020 | Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia |  FYR 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 | FYR Macedonia |
2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 9 | 23 September 2022 | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia | FYR Macedonia |
2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 10 | 26 September 2022 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | Gibraltar |
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 11 | 12 October 2023 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Thailand |
8–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 15 October 2023 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Cyprus |
2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours
Lokomotiv Moscow
Napoli
Individual
- Russian Premier League Young Player of the Season: 2019–20, 2020–21[7]
- Russian Premier League Left Winger of the Season: 2020–21[8]
- Georgian Footballer of the Year: 2020,[9] 2021,[10] 2022[11]
- UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season: 2022–23[12]
- Serie A Player of the Month: August 2022,[13] February 2023,[14] March 2023[15]
- Serie A Goal of the Month: March 2023[16]
- Serie A Most Valuable Player: 2022–23[17]
- Serie A Team of the Season: 2022–23[18]
- Serie A top assist provider: 2022–23[19]
- Serie A Goal of the Season: 2022–23[20]
- Ballon d'or nominee 2023[21]
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Media
Kvaratskhelia playing for Napoli in 2023
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Morse, Ben (1 November 2022). Khvicha Kvaratskhelia: Napoli’s Georgian sensation billed 'Kvaradona'. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/01/football/khvicha-kvaratskhelia-napoli-georgia-spt-intl/index.html. Retrieved 19 August 2023. "'Kvara changed life in Georgia' ... .".
- ↑ "Khvicha Kvaratskhelia". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "Kvaratskhelia, Khvicha". National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ ""Локомотив" – обладатель Олимп-Кубка России по футболу" [Lokomotiv is the winner of the Olimp-Russian Cup] (in русский). Russian Football Union. 22 May 2019.
- ↑ "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ↑ "All individual award winners for RPL 2020/21 season". Russian Premier League. 26 May 2021.
- ↑ "Итоги Исполкома РФС". Российский футбольный союз (in русский). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ↑ "საქართველოს საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია გახდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2020.
- ↑ "წლის ხვიჩა - ფეხბურთელი საუკეთესო 2021 კვარაცხელია". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2021.
- ↑ "GFF-მა წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელები დაასახელა". forbes.ge (in Georgian). 27 December 2022.
- ↑ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia named 2022/23 UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2023. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0282-183b47355fb9-5778e4a7c37f-1000--young-player-of-the-season-kvaratskhelia/. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for August. Serie A. 9 September 2022. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/press/news/info/khvicha-kvaratskhelia-ea-sports-player-of-the-month-for-august-1. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ↑ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for February. Serie A. 10 March 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/the-ea-sports-player-of-the-month-feb. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ↑ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia EA Sports Player of the Month for March. Serie A. 30 March 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/the-ea-sports-player-of-the-month-mar. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ↑ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Wins March's Goal of the Month Presented by Crypto.com. Serie A. 27 March 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/the-goal-of-the-month-by-crypto-com-march. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ↑ The MVP – Best Overall of Serie A 2022/2023. Serie A. 2 June 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/the-mvp-best-overall-of-serie-a-2022-2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ↑ EA Sports™ FIFA 23 Serie A Team of the Season. Serie A. 7 June 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/ea-sports-tm-fifa-23-serie-a-team-of-the-season-3. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ Most Assists Serie A. Serie A. 7 June 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a/statistiche. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ The Goal of the Season by Crypto.com. Serie A. 23 June 2023. https://www.legaseriea.it/en/media/serie-a/the-goal-of-the-season-by-crypto-com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ↑ "Ballon d'Or 2023 : la liste complète des nommés". L'Équipe (in français). Retrieved 2023-09-07.
Other websites
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia profile Archived 2020-10-19 at the Wayback Machine at the FC Rubin Kazan website (in Russian)
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia at Soccerway
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Facebook