Nika Kacharava

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Nika Kacharava
Personal information
Full name Nikoloz Kacharava
Date of birth (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Nicosia, Cyprus
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Anorthosis Famagusta
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2012 Dinamo Tbilisi
2012–2013 Gagra
2013–2014 Rubin Kazan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Tskhinvali 41 (25)
2016–2018 Rostov 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Ethnikos Achna (loan) 27 (16)
2017–2018 → Korona Kielce (loan) 26 (7)
2018– Anorthosis Famagusta 41 (10)
International career‡
2012–2013 Georgia U19 8 (2)
2013–2016 Georgia U21 10 (6)
2016– Georgia 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2020

Nikoloz "Nika" Kacharava (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ "ნიკა" კაჭარავა, romanized: nik'oloz "nik'a" k'ach'arava, pronounced [nikʼɔlɔz nikʼɔ kʼɑt͡ʃʼɑrɑvɑ]; born 13 January 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta. He also played in Georgia national football team.

Career

Kacharava started his career in the second team of FC Dinamo Tbilisi. A promising youth, he found it hard finding opportunities to break into the Tbilisi first team and signed a contract with Rubin Kazan.[1] Kacharava played several matches with the Rubin Kazan youth squads, but found it hard to break into the first team squad.[2] Kacharava got his first official contract with Rubin Kazan, but became frustrated with the lack of first team opportunities.

Kacharava moved back to Georgia and signed a contract with FC Tskhinvali. In his first season, Kacharava scored only one goal - however, in the following seasons Kacharava cemented his spot in the first team, becoming a prolific scorer and one of the top forwards in the league.[3] He attracted attention throughout Europe, eventually transferring to Rostov during one of their most successful seasons.[4]

He spend the 2016–17 season on loan in Cyprus at Ethnikos Achna, scoring 16 goals and becoming the third-best scorer of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division.[5]

On 18 June 2017, he signed another year-long loan deal, joining the Polish club Korona Kielce.[6]

On 6 June 2018, he signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.[7]

International career

Kacharava was born in Cyprus to parents of Georgian descent - his father Kakhaber Kacharava was a member of the Georgia national football team and mother Lia Mikadze was a basketball player.[8] Kacharava had successful stints with the Georgian youth national teams, and made his debut for the senior Georgian national team in a friendly 0-0 tie with Kazakhstan.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[10]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Serbia 1–0 1–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

As of match played 9 March 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tskhinvali 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2014–15 25 12 6 5 — — 31 17
2015–16 15 13 2 1 2[a] 1 — 19 15
Total 41 25 8 6 2 1 — 51 32
Rostov 2015–16 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Ethnikos Achna (loan) 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 27 16 2 0 — — 29 16
Korona Kielce (loan) 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 26 7 3 2 — — 29 9
Anorthosis Famagusta 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 23 4 3 2 1 0 — 27 6
2019–20 18 6 3 0 — — 21 6
Total 41 10 6 2 1 0 0 0 48 12
Career total 131 56 19 10 3 1 0 0 153 67
  1. ^ Appearances in the Europa League

References

  1. ^ "სპორტული პორტალი - ნიკა კაჭარავა ყაზანის "რუბინის" 72-ე ნომერია". sportall.ge. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  2. ^ "Качарава Ника - Нападающий - Ростов - Kacharava Nika". news.sportbox.ru. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. ^ "სპორტული პორტალი - ნიკა კაჭარავა რუსულ, ბელგიურ და ჰოლანდიურ კლუბებს სურთ". sportall.ge. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. ^ "სპორტული პორტალი - რუსული მედია: "როსტოვმა" ნიკა კაჭარავაში 300 ათას ევრომდე გადაიხადა". sportall.ge. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. ^ "2016-17 Cypriot First Division Topscorers". cfa.com.cy. Cyprus Football Association. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Kaczarawa piłkarzem Korony!" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Στα κυανόλευκα ο Νίκα Κατσαράβα!" (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta FC. 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Nika Kacharava: "I Leave for Austria with "Rubin" and also Prepare for Euro 2013"".
  9. ^ "Georgia 1 - 1 Kazakhstan - Match Report & Highlights". skysports.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  10. ^ "Kacharava, Nika". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  11. ^ Nika Kacharava at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

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