Luka Zarandia
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Shevardeni Tbilisi | ||
2008–2010 | School No. 35 Tbilisi | ||
2010–2012 | Locomotive Tbilisi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 21 | (10) |
2014–2016 | Genk | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Arka Gdynia | 50 | (6) |
2019–2022 | Zulte Waregem | 18 | (0) |
2020 | → FC Tobol (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2022 | Korona Kielce | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–201 | Georgia U17 | 6 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Georgia U19 | 14 | (3) |
2016–2018 | Georgia U21 | 11 | (4) |
2018 | Georgia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2019 |
Luka Zarandia (Georgian: ლუკა ზარანდია; born 17 February 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Early life
As a child, Zarandia played tennis.[1]
Club career
After starting career in hometown club Locomotive Tbilisi, Zarandia moved to Poland in 2017 and joined Arka Gdynia.[2] He made his debut for the club in April 2017 in the Polish Cup game against Wigry Suwałki.[3]
In July 2019, Zulte Waregem announced the signing of the Zarandia on a three-year agreement.[4]
On 29 March 2022, he joined Polish I liga side Korona Kielce, led by Leszek Ojrzyński with whom he previously worked with at Arka, until the end of the season.[5] He stayed with the team following their promotion to Ekstraklasa before terminating his contract by mutual consent on 2 November 2022, shortly after Ojrzyński's dismissal.[6]
International
He made his debut for Georgia national football team on 16 October 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D game against Latvia.[7]
Honours
Club
- Arka Gdynia
References
- ^ Niedaleko zabijano moich rodaków. Jak można mówić, że wojna mnie nie dotknęła? weszlo.com
- ^ Luka Zarandia w Arce! (Arka sign Luka Zarandia); Arka's official website, 14 January 2017 (in Polish)
- ^ "23. urodziny Luki Zarandii". www.arkowcy.pl. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ Essevee stelt met Luka Zarandia derde aanwinst voor (Zulte signed Luka Zarandia); Zulte Waregem's official website, 2 July 2019 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Luka Zarandia piłkarzem Korony Kielce" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Luka Zarandia odchodzi z Korony!" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Latvia v Georgia game report". UEFA. 16 October 2018.
- ^ Luka Zarandia at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links
- UEFA Profile
- Luka Zarandia at Soccerway
- Luka Zarandia at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Arka Gdynia Player Profile
- 1996 births
- Footballers from Tbilisi
- Living people
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Arka Gdynia players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- FC Tobol players
- Korona Kielce players
- Ekstraklasa players
- I liga players
- III liga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Kazakhstan
- Georgia (country) football biography stubs