Giorgi Kvilitaia

Giorgi Kvilitaia (Georgian: გიორგი ქვილითაია, romanized: giorgi kvilitaia, pronounced [ɡioɾɡi kʰʷilitʰaia], born 1 October 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and the Georgia national team.

Giorgi Kvilitaia
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Kvilitaia
Date of birth (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993
Place of birth Abasha, Georgia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 APOEL
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Sasco Tbilisi 16 (22)
2013–2015 Győr 13 (1)
2013–2014 → Dila Gori (loan) 18 (6)
2015–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 29 (24)
2016–2018 Rapid Wien 55 (17)
2018–2021 Gent 34 (5)
2020−2021 → Anorthosis (loan) 31 (14)
2021− APOEL 56 (19)
International career‡
2013–2014 Georgia U21 6 (1)
2016– Georgia 35 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:17, 4 April 2023 (UTC).

Career

Kvilitaia was born in Abasha, Georgia. At age 14 he moved to Tbilisi, first to Norchi Dinamo and later to Division 2 side Sasco, where he was one of the best scorers in 2012–13.[1]

After an unsuccessful spell at Győr, Kvilitaia played one season for Dila Gori on loan. In June 2015 he joined Dinamo Tbilisi.[2] With 24 goals scored in 29 matches this season, Kvilitaia became a top scorer and won the special prize at a GFF award ceremony.[3]

In 2016 Kvilitaia signed for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien.[4]

After two seasons he signed a four-year deal with Belgian side Gent.[5]

Since 2020 Kvilitaia has been playing in the Cypriot First Division. Initially, on 17 September 2020 he joined Anorthosis[6]on loan from Gent and a year later he moved to APOEL on 3 June 2021.[7] In August 2021 he was selected as a team captain.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 August 2023[9]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Győr 2012–13 200011——31
2014–15 1111049——160
Total 13110510——1911
Dila Gori (loan) 2013–14 18630———216
Dinamo Tbilisi 2015–16 292475—20103929
2016–17 0000—21—21
Total 292475—41104130
Rapid Wien 2016–17 26741—51—359
2017–18 291033———3213
Total 551774—51—6722
Gent 2018–19 11410—10—134
2019–20 23122—80—333
Total 34532—90—467
Anorthosis (loan) 2020–21 311450—11—3715
APOEL 2021–22 231033———2613
2022–23 29833———3211
2023–24 0000—31—31
Total 521866—31—6125
Career total 23285321751022410292116

International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[10]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 March 2017Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia Latvia2–05–0Friendly
2.3–0
3.24 March 2018Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Lithuania2–04–0Friendly
4.10 November 2017Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia Cyprus1–01–0Friendly
5.5 September 2019Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey South Korea2–22–2Friendly
6.15 October 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar3–23–2UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Team

Individual

References
  1. "გიორგი ქვილითაიას გზა აბაშიდან" (in Georgian). 25 December 2013.
  2. "ქვილითაიაც დინამოშია" (in Georgian). 5 June 2015.
  3. "GFF AWARDS 2016: საქართველოში საუკეთესოები აღიარეს" (in Georgian). 29 December 2016.
  4. Transfer perfekt: Giorgi Kvilitaia ist Rapidler (Perfect Transfer: Rapid Sign Giorgi Kvilitaia) (in German)
  5. "ოფიციალურად: გიორგი ქვილითაია "გენტის" ფეხბურთელია". 18 July 2018.
  6. "Με το Φοίνικα στο στήθος ο Γκιόργκι Κβιλιτάια (δηλώσεις)". 17 September 2020.
  7. "Με τη γαλαζοκίτρινη ασπίδα στο στήθος, ο Giorgi Kvilitaia" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 3 June 2021.
  8. "ქვილითაია "აპოელის" კაპიტანი გახდა - ვგრძნობ, ამ ამოცანის შესასრულებლად მზად ვარ" (in Georgian). 21 August 2021.
  9. Giorgi Kvilitaia at Soccerway
  10. "Kvilitaia, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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