Davit Kvirkvelia

Davit Kvirkvelia (Georgian: დავით კვირკველია; born 27 June 1980), nicknamed Dato, is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He is the head coach of Kolkheti-1913 Poti.

Dato Kvirkvelia
Personal information
Full name Davit Kvirkvelia
Date of birth (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980
Place of birth Lanchkhuti, Georgia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Kolkheti-1913 Poti (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Kolkheti-1913 Poti 61 (7)
2002–2004 Dinamo Tbilisi 63 (7)
2005 Alania Vladikavkaz 14 (0)
2006–2007 Metalurh Zaporizhya 53 (6)
2008–2010 Rubin Kazan 31 (3)
2010–2011 → Anzhi Makhachkala (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2012 Panionios 19 (0)
2012 Anorthosis Famagusta 11 (2)
2012–2013 Dila Gori 29 (2)
2013–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 27 (2)
2014–2015 Samtredia 25 (3)
2015–2016 Dila Gori 19 (0)
2016–2017 Dinamo Batumi 35 (0)
2018 Rustavi 6 (2)
International career
2001 Georgia U21 1 (0)
2003–2014 Georgia 59 (0)
Managerial career
2022 Kolkheti-1913 Poti (assistant)
2022– Kolkheti-1913 Poti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Kvirkvelia started his professional career at Kolkheti Poti in 1999. Three years later he moved to Dinamo Tbilisi, where head coach Ivo Šušak had already begun his successful period, and won his first title in 2003. The next year he took part in UEFA Cup group stage matches with Dinamo and scored a vital goal in a 3rd round qualifying game against Wisła Kraków.[1]

Kvirkvelia left for FC Alania Vladikavkaz in February 2005 and moved to FC Metalurh Zaporizhya in March 2006.

His next club was Rubin Kazan where Kvirkvelia won the Russian Premier League in 2008, followed by another league and Supercup titles. After several more years spent abroad, he returned to Georgia. Initially, Kvirkvelia played for Dila Gori, who secured their first top-flight medals in 2013. A year later he rejoined Dinamo Tbilisi[2] and added more league and Cup trophies to his tally this season.

Following a one-year spell at Samtredia, Kvirkvelia signed a contract with the recently crowned champions Dila Gori. He played in a UEFA Champions League qualifying round against FK Partizan[3] and helped Dila to seal the third place in the domestic league.

In 2016, Kvirkvelia joined Dinamo Batumi.[4] In this transitional season to the Spring-Autumn system, his team prevailed over Dinamo Tbilisi in a tight contest for bronze medals.[5] But the next season Batumi suffered a dramatic loss in a relegation play-off tie against Sioni Bolnisi, which led to Kvirkvelia's departure for Rustavi.[6] In this club he ended his career as a player at age 38.

International career

Kvirkvelia made his debut with the Georgia national team in a 0–0 draw to Switzerland on 2 April 2003 in UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[7]

He played 10 games in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

Managerial career

Kvirkvelia was appointed as assistant head coach at his boyhood team Kolkheti-1913 in February 2022.[8] Four months later he took over as a manager with the aim of securing promotion to the second division.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

Metalurh Zaporizhya

Rubin Kazan

Dila Gori

Samtredia

Kolkheti 1913

References
  1. "Wisła Kraków vs Dinamo Tbilisi". UEFA. 16 September 2004.
  2. "დავით კვირკველია დინამოში დაბრუნდა". goal.ge (in Georgian). 17 June 2013.
  3. "Partizan vs Dila Gori". eurosport.com. 14 July 2015.
  4. "ოფიციალურად კვირკველია დინამოს ფეხბურთელია". mysports.ge (in Georgian). 12 July 2016.
  5. "უმაღლესი ლიგა - ბათუმის "დინამო" ბრინჯაოს პრიზიორია". mysports.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2016.
  6. "რუსთავი მომავალ სეზონს ამბიციური გეგმებით ეგებება". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 29 January 2018.
  7. "Georgia vs Switzerland". espn.com.
  8. "„კოლხეთი 1913" გაძლიერდა - ფოთელთა სამწვრთნელო შტაბში ნაკრების ყოფილი მცველი იმუშავებს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian), 3 February 2022.
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