 Kvekveskiri Lech Poznań in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikoloz Kvekveskiri | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zugdidi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartacus | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Baia Zugdidi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Baia Zugdidi | 36 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 58 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi II | 28 | (13) |
| 2013 | → Tskhinvali (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Dila Gori | 27 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Inter Baku | 29 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Gabala | 14 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Tobol | 75 | (5) |
| 2021–2024 | Lech Poznań | 91 | (5) |
| 2024– | Spartacus | 3 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Georgia U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Georgia U21 | 20 | (2) |
| 2015– | Georgia | 61 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 2 November 2024 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC). | |||
Nikoloz "Nika" Kvekveskiri (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ "ნიკა" კვეკვესკირი, romanized: nik'oloz "nik'a" k'vek'vesk'iri, pronounced [nikʼoloz nikʼa kʼʷekʼʷeskʼiɾi], Polish: Nikoloz „Nika” Kwekweskiri; born 29 May 1992), nicknamed Kvekve,[1] is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Spartacus and the Georgia national team.
The family of Kvekveskiri comes from the Gali district of Abkhazia. They had to flee the 1992–93 war and move to a refugee settlement in Zugdidi, where Nika grew up under tough living conditions.[2]
He has played in four countries and won champion's titles three times.
Kvekvesriki was regularly called up to national youth teams. Currently he is the vice-captain of Georgia national team.[3]
- ^ "Kvekveskiri na dłużej w Kolejorzu" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ ""თუ კარგად ვითამაშე, ვარიანტი არ არის, ჩემს გულში ჩუმად არ ვთქვა, - შენთვის, ჩემო აფხაზეთო - მეთქი" - გზა დევნილობიდან დიდ სპორტამდე, ანუ კვეკვესკირის "ხმაურიანი სიჩუმე"". ambebi.ge (in Georgian). 27 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "ნიკა კვეკვესკირი - 30 წლის ვარ, მაგრამ უკეთ თამაშიც შემიძლია" (in Georgian). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.