Roin Kvaskhvadze ( ka, როინ კვასხვაძე, tr, ; born 31 May 1989) is a

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professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for

Dinamo Batumi FC Dinamo Batumi is a Georgian football club based in Batumi, Adjara, and current vice-champion of Erovnuli Liga, the top division of Georgian football system. The club has won the league (2021), the Georgian Cup ( 1997-98) and Super Cup (1997 ...

. Kvaskhvadze has achieved winning at least one trophy in eight consecutive years starting from 2016. Being the winner of 14 trophies, including five league titles with four different clubs, Kvaskhvadze has become one of the most decorated Georgian goalkeepers. Twice he was recognized as the Erovnuli Liga Goalkeeper of the Year. He has featured for the

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and also earned call-ups to the Georgia national football team.

Playing career

Club

First decade

Kvaskhvadze grew up in the family of footballers, where both his father and grandfather played for

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torp ...

as goalkeepers. Roin took first steps at the ''Memoriali'' football school formed by his own father. His professional career began at the ascending club

Zestafoni Zestafoni or Zestaponi ( ka, ზესტაფონი, tr, ) is the administrative center of Zestafoni District in Western Georgia. Zestafoni is the center of an ancient, historical part of Georgia – Margveti, which is a part of Imereti ...

, which achieved a remarkable domestic success in the late 2000s and early 2010s. As a main shot-stopper, he was regarded as a key contributor to the progress that this team achieved during these several seasons. Kvaskhvadze bade farewell to Zestafoni in early 2014.

Torpedo Kutaisi

After a half season spent at

, he left for

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only to come back to his home club a year later. Twice in a row, in 2017 and 2018, Kvaskhvadze was named the best goalkeeper of

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

. Especially noteworthy was an injury-time penalty kick saved by Kvaskhadze in a crucial clash with

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...

on 27 November 2017. As a result, Torpedo dramatically snatched the title, becoming the champions for the first time in fifteen years. Kvaskhvadze revealed that this circumstance made him feel the happiest man. Shortly afterwards, the team secured the

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and

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titles as well. Being the team captain now, Kvaskhvadze signed another two-year contract with the club in early 2019. But the entire year turned out turbulent for Torpedo with new financial woes, management crisis and mass exodus of players permanently rocking the club.

Dinamo and back to Torpedo

At the end of 2019 Kvaskhvadze joined Torpedo's bitter rivals

on a two-year deal. He played in all eighteen league matches next year, keeping eleven clean sheets. After Dinamo's another disastrous European campaign, on 21 July 2021 Kvaskhvadze left the club with 21 clean sheets in all competitions combined. A few days later he returned to Torpedo once again. In 2022, the club clinched the national cup with Kvaskhvadze in goal for the final game. In April 2023, he was named the best goalkeeper of the initial nine rounds of the new season. The next month, head coach Kakha Chkhetiani, who likewise was on the 3rd spell with Torpedo, was sacked, followed by the departure of three key players, including Roin Kvaskhavdze.

Dinamo Batumi

Kvaskhvadze moved to

in early July 2023, a week before the latter joined a new European season. Although he did not take part in any of those two matches, Kvaskhvadze soon became a first-choice goalkeeper. As his new club secured the champion's title in late autumn, Kvaskhvadze claimed the national golden medals with the fourth Georgian team now.

International

Roin Kvaskhvadze has participated in qualifying rounds of the 2011 European U21 championship for a team which also featured Nika Kvekveskiri,

Jano Ananidze Jano Ananidze ( ka, ჯანო ანანიძე, ; ; born 10 October 1992) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Spartak Moscow Ananidze appeared in Spartak Moscow colours in spring of 200 ...

and

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. Kvaskhvadze made his debut at the national team in an opening match of the

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campaign against

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as a substitute in September 2012. He also took part in a friendly 1–0 winning game against the same opponents four years later. Overall, as No 2 choice behind

Giorgi Loria Giorgi Loria ( ka, გიორგი ლორია, ; born 27 January 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta FC. Club career During the 2014–15 season, Lor ...

, he played in eight matches for the team.

Statistics

Notes

Honours

Club

; FC Zestafoni *

: 2 **

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, 2011–12 *

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: 1 ** 2007–08 *

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: 2 **

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; FC Torpedo Kutaisi *

: 1 **

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: 3 **

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: 2 **

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; FC Dinamo Tbilisi *

: 1 **

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: 1 **

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; FC Dinamo Batumi *

: 1 **

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Individual

* Best Georgian goalkeeper: 2 **

References

External links

Profile on FC Zestafoni Official Site
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