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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Georgian footballer (born 2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია pronounced ['χʷitʃʰa kʼʷara'tsʰχelia]; born 12 February 2001)[4] is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Napoli and the Georgia national team.
![]() Kvaratskhelia in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | ||
Date of birth | (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team 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 | 68 | (23) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Georgia U17 | 28 | (15) |
2018 | Georgia U18 | 1 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Georgia U19 | 9 | (3) |
2019 | Georgia U21 | 2 | (1) |
2019– | Georgia | 34 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:49, 3 July 2024 (UTC) |
Kvaratskhelia started his senior career playing for Dinamo Tbilisi at age 16, before departing to Rustavi where he spent half a season. During his combined three-year tenure at Lokomotiv Moscow and Rubin Kazan, Kvaratskhelia won two consecutive Russian Premier League Best Young Player awards. Following a short spell at Dinamo Batumi, Kvaratskhelia signed for Napoli in 2022, and in his debut season helped the club to reach the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, and win a first Serie A title in 33 years, finishing as the league's top assist provider. This saw him named Serie A Most Valuable Player and the Champions League's Young Player of the Season.[5]