Levan Ghvaberidze
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Levan Ghvaberidze (born January 1, 1982) is a
Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player. He arrived to France from Georgia as an under-21 international player and joined the
Fédérale 3 Fédérale 3 is the seventh division of rugby union in France. The competition involves 226 clubs in 21 pools of 8, and winners can progress up into higher division of competition. The competition above Fédérale 3 is Fédérale 2 and above that, ...
club SO Voiron in 2001. After two impressive seasons, he was signed by elite neighbouring club
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. During his first season there, he received his first cap for Georgia on February 14, 2004 against
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and scored a try in the 14–19 loss. It is so far his only cap.


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1982 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Tbilisi Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) Expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in France Georgia international rugby union players FC Grenoble Rugby players {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub