Kvaratskhelia Khvicha
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a Georgian professional footballer who plays and captains the Georgia national team. Regarded as one of the best players in the world and as the greatest Georgian player of all time, he is known for his dribbling, agility, and playmaking. 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 Italian side Napoli in 2022, and in his debut season, he helped the club win their first Serie A title since 1990, being named Serie A’s Most Valuable Player and the Champions League’s Young Player of the Season. He joined French side Paris Saint-Germain for €70 million in January 2025. He immediately became a focal player, as the club won a continental treble in his first season there, scoring in the Champions League final. He won a second Champions League title the following season and was named the tournament’s best player. Kvaratskhelia established himself for Georgia in all national youth teams, becoming a key player under different managers. He then became an integral part of the senior team after making his debut in 2019, and helped Georgia qualify for UEFA Euro 2024, the country’s first ever major international tournament.
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This shirt was issued for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for the friendly game between Napoli and Villarreal which took place in Napoli, “Stadio Diego Armando Maradona”, on December 17th 2022. Villarreal defeated Napoli 3-2. This is a limited edition shirt released by team’s supplier EA7 to celebrate Christmas. Napoli debuted their EA7 2022-2023 Christmas kit in a friendly against Turkish side Antalyaspor and they then used in other two games against Villarreal and Lille. The shirt has a design that is sure to stir controversy. It combines Napoli’s famous sky blue with red applications, but that is not what makes it bizarre. The EA7 SSC Napoli 22-23 Christmas jersey boasts a reindeer with a Christmas hat on the bottom front. It has been not anyhow altered to fit a football kit. Indeed this Christmas kit was voted the worst football kit of November 2022, ahead of the Cameroon 2022 third, and the Malaysia 2022-23 home. The Napoli jersey has won with the biggest gap there ever has been. It got 60,6% of the votes.
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Khvicha is the son of former footballer Badri Kvaratskhelia, He has two brothers, and his younger brother Tornike (b. 2010) also plays football. He has been nicknamed “Kvaradona” after the Napoli legend Diego Maradona, with both of them having very similar dribbling styles. At the beginning of his career, in total, Kvaratskhelia made five appearances in all competitions for Dinamo Tbilisi, scoring his first goal in a 1–0 win away to Shukura Kobuleti on 18 November 201. Due to his performances for Georgia’s under-17 team, Kvaratskhelia became the first winner of the newly introduced Aleksandre Chivadze golden medal in 2017, awarded annually by Georgian Football Federation to talented young players. The following year he received a silver medal for his displays for Georgia’s under-19’s. In March 2018, Kvaratskhelia left Dinamo Tbilisi as a result of a contract dispute and subsequently signed for Rustavi on a free transfer. In April 2018, Kvaratskhelia was the subject of interest from German champions Bayern Munich and was in attendance for Bayern’s 0–0 draw against Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final. During the 2018 Erovnuli Liga season, Kvaratskhelia scored three goals across 18 appearances for Rustavi. In 2018, The Guardian named Kvaratskhelia among 60 best young players worldwide. Kvaratskhelia playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 2019. On 15 February 2019, Kvaratskhelia joined Russian Premier League (RPL) club Lokomotiv Moscow on loan. He made his league debut on 10 March as an 86th-minute substitute for Jefferson Farfán against Anzhi Makhachkala. On 1 July, Lokomotiv announced that Kvaratskhelia had left the club after his loan expired. Following the loss of Kvaratskhelia, Lokomotiv Moscow manager Yuri Semin said he was very disappointed after failing to agree on a permanent transfer with Kvaratskhelia as Semin considered him extremely talented.
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These boots were worn by Kvaratskhelia during the Fifa Intercontinental Cup game between PSG and Flamengo which took place in Al-Rayyan, “Ahmad Bin Ali” Stadium, on December 17th 2025. Kvaratskhelia scored PSG’s goal in normal time before Flamengo equalised, sending the match into extra time and then a penalty shootout, where PSG ultimately secured the title. On 17 January 2025, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Kvaratskhelia on a contract until June 2029. With this move, he became the first Georgian player in the club’s history. A transfer fee of €80 million (70 million plus 10 million in attainable bonuses) was reported. On 25 January, Kvaratskhelia made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Reims, providing an assist to Ousmane Dembélé for the game’s opening goal. On 7 February, he scored his first goal for PSG in a 4–1 win over Monaco. On 19 February, Kvaratskhelia scored his first goal for PSG in the Champions League in a 7–0 win over fellow Ligue 1 side Brest. On 5 April, following a 1–0 win against Angers, PSG won their 13th Ligue 1 title, and Kvaratskhelia became the first Georgian to win Ligue 1. On 24 May, PSG won their 16th Coupe de France, and though Kvaratskhelia didn’t play the final due to headache, he won the Coupe de France and became the first ever Georgian to do so. A week later, on 31 May, Kvaratskhelia scored PSG’s fourth goal in their 5–0 victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League final, securing the club’s first-ever title in the competition. He also became the first Georgian to score in a UEFA club competition final and only the second Georgian to win the Champions League, following Kakha Kaladze. On 23 June, he scored the opening goal against the Seattle Sounders in the third group stage game of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, becoming the first Georgian ever to score in the FIFA Club World Cup. Later that year, on 13 August, he played and won the 2025 UEFA Super Cup against Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the second Georgian to do so after Kakha Kaladze, who played in and won the 2007 UEFA Super Cup.
