Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Kvaratskhelia in 2022
Personal information
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)

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 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]