Nika Kvekveskiri
Georgian professional footballer (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikoloz "Nika" Kvekveskiri (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 Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Georgia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikoloz Kvekveskiri | ||
Date of birth | (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Zugdidi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lech Poznań | ||
Number | 30 | ||
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– | Lech Poznań | 83 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Georgia U17 | 5 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (0) |
2009–2014 | Georgia U21 | 20 | (2) |
2015– | Georgia | 59 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:03, 27 March 2024 (UTC). |
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]