Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (Georgian: ვალერიან "ვაკო" გვილია, pronounced [vɑlɛɾiɑn vɑkʼɔ ɡviliɑ]; Ukrainian: Валеріане Ярославович Гвілія; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Raków Częstochowa and the Georgia national team. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, and Poland.[2]
![]() Gvilia with Ukraine U21 in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valerian Yaroslavovych Gvilia | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Zugdidi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Raków Częstochowa | ||
Number | 88 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2014 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 26 | (1) |
2016 | Minsk | 15 | (4) |
2016–2017 | BATE Borisov | 23 | (5) |
2018–2019 | Luzern | 23 | (2) |
2019 | → Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Legia Warsaw | 54 | (8) |
2021– | Raków Częstochowa | 21 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Ukraine U21 | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Georgia U21 | 4 | (0) |
2016– | Georgia | 46 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC) |
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.[3] Gvilia signed a contract with Belarusian club BATE Borisov in early July 2016.[4]
In January 2018, Gvilia signed a three-year deal with Swiss Super League side Luzern.[5] In 2019-2021, he played for the Polish Legia Warsaw, with which he won two national championships.[6] On 31 August 2021, he was announced as a player of the Polish vice-champion, Raków Częstochowa.[7]
Gvilia was named in Georgia's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Wales in October 2016.[8]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||||
Minsk | 2015 | Premier League | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||
BATE Borisov | 2016 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||||
2017 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
2018 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
Total | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
Luzern | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
2018–19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
Total | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | |||
Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
Legia Warsaw | 2019–20 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 47 | 11 | ||
2020–21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 | ||
Career total | 158 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 26 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 |
5 September 2017 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 |
16 October 2018 | Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
3 |
7 June 2019 | Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
BATE Borisov
Legia Warsaw
Raków Częstochowa
Raków Częstochowa – current squad | |
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