Valerian Gvilia
Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (, ; ; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Georgia national team. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, and Poland. Club career Gvilia is product of youth team system FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. He made his debut for FC Metalurh entering as a second time playing against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 15 August 2014 in the Ukrainian Premier League. Gvilia signed a contract with Belarusian club BATE Borisov in early July 2016. In January 2018, Gvilia signed a three-year deal with Swiss Super League side Luzern. From 2019 untl 2021, he played for Polish side Legia Warsaw, with whom he won two national championships. On 31 August 2021, he was announced as a player of the Polish vice-champion, Raków Częstochowa. On 30 January 2023, having not made an appearance for the club since late August 2022, he terminated his contract by mutual consent. International career Gvilia was named in Georgia's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Wales in October 2016. Career statistics Club International goals Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first. |- !scope=row| | 5 September 2017 || Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria || || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–1 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- !scope=row| | 16 October 2018 || Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia || || align=center | 2–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |- !scope=row| | 7 June 2019 || Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia || || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 3–0 || UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |} Honours BATE Borisov Belarusian Premier League: 2016 Belarusian Super Cup: 2017 Legia Warsaw Ekstraklasa: 2019–20, 2020–21 Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa: 2022–23 Polish Cup: 2021–22 References External links Profile at FFU Official Site (Ukr) 1994 births Living people Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Ukraine Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Switzerland Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Ukrainian Premier League players Swiss Super League players Ekstraklasa players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Minsk players FC BATE Borisov players FC Luzern players Górnik Zabrze players Legia Warsaw players Raków Częstochowa players Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers People from Zugdidi Sportspeople from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus