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Nikoloz "Nika" Kacharava (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ "ნიკა" კაჭარავა, romanized: nik'oloz "nik'a" k'ach'arava, pronounced [nikʼɔlɔz nikʼɑ kʼɑtʃʼɑɾɑvɑ]; born 13 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for South Korean club Jeonnam Dragons. Born in Cyprus, he plays for the Georgia national team.

Nika Kacharava

Personal information
Full name	Nikoloz Kacharava
Date of birth	(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Nicosia, Cyprus
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Jeonnam Dragons
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)
2018–2022	Anorthosis Famagusta	51	(11)
2020–2021	→ Lech Poznań (loan)	7	(1)
2022–	Jeonnam Dragons	9	(2)
National team‡
2012–2013	Georgia U19	8	(2)
2013–2016	Georgia U21	10	(6)
2016–	Georgia	19	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2020

Club career

Kacharava started his career in the second team of 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, Kacharava signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.[7] On 24 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract extension, with a buy-out clause of €500,000.

On 8 February 2022, Kacharava joined South Korean K League 2 club Jeonnam Dragons.[8]

International career

Kacharava was born in Cyprus to parents of Georgian descent – his father Kakhaber Kacharava was a member of the Georgia national team and his mother Lia Mikadze was a basketball player.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2022[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[lower-alpha 1]	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
	2020–21		2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	Total		43	10	6	2	1	0	0	0	50	12
Lech Poznań (loan)	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	7	1	1	0	6	0	—		14	1
	Total		7	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	14	1
Jeonnam Dragons	2022	K League 2	9	2	0	0	5[lower-alpha 2]	1	—		14	3
	Total		9	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	14	3
Career total			153	61	20	10	14	2	—		187	73

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kacharava goal.[12]

List of international goals scored by Nika Kacharava

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
2	5 September 2020	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	1–0	2020–21 UEFA Nations League C

References

External links

• Nika Kacharava at Soccerway
• Nika Kacharava – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Rostov Profile
• Nika Kacharava at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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- [en] Nika Kacharava

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[es] Nika Kacharava

Nika Kacharava (Chipre, 13 de enero de 1994) es un futbolista chipriota, nacionalizado georgiano, que juega como delantero y que milita en el Jeonnam Dragons F. C. de la K League 2.[1]

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[it] Nik'a K'ach'arava

Nik'a K'ach'arava (in georgiano: ნიკა კაჭარავა?; Nicosia, 13 gennaio 1994) è un calciatore georgiano, attaccante del Jeonnam Dragons e della nazionale georgiana.

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[ru] Качарава, Ника

Ни́ка Качара́ва (груз. ნიკა კაჭარავა; 13 января, 1994, Никосия, Кипр) — грузинский футболист, нападающий клуба «Анортосис» и национальной сборной Грузии, выступающий на правах аренды за «Лех». Сын грузинского футболиста и футбольного тренера Кахабера Качаравы, известного по работе в тбилисском «Динамо».

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