How he played in Russia Khvicha came to Russia when he was just 18 years old. The legendary coach Yuri Semin highly appreciated him in Lokomotiv, but carefully brought him to the main team. Semin really wanted to keep the Georgian talent. According to the mentor, Kvaratskhelia was also interested in staying in the Moscow club, but the management decided differently. The young football player went to Rubin, where at times he gave out phenomenal matches.
Only a blind person could fail to notice that a real diamond appeared in our championship. Khvicha beat several rivals in almost every attack, fans went to him, he was loved even despite the fact that the productivity of the Georgian’s actions was very lame. After a series of tricks, he could lose the ball, or break past the gate. In four years in Russia, he scored ten goals, and in his last season for Rubin, he even fought for survival in the RPL.
And then the NWO of Russia began in Ukraine, which changed everything in Kvaratskhelia's career. Khvicha decided to suspend the contract with Rubin and went on a business trip to his homeland, where he played for Dynamo Batumi until the summer. On March 30, Kazan finally terminated the agreement with the Georgian striker, who officially became a player of the Italian Napoli on July 1, 2022.
Champion of Italy and heir to Maradona Who knows, if not for February last year, the whole football world would have been talking about a 22-year-old new star. And then there was a fairy tale. Khvicha has already scored 12 goals for Napoli, more than in four seasons in Russia. Add ten assists to that and you have the best player in Serie A, who is now hunted by Real Madrid and other European superclubs. No one doubted that the Georgian had a fantastic talent, but hardly anyone could have imagined that Kvaratskhelia would open up in Italy so quickly and brightly.
He began to be called Quaradona during the pre-season matches. And then it looked like a giant advance. To dare to compare a young rookie to the great Diego Maradona was powerful and presumptuous. Nevertheless, Khvicha began to light up not only in friendly, but also in official matches. He made fools of the best defenders of the Italian championship, he gave cool passes right and left. Napoli fans idolized him, and Neapolitan head coach Luciano Spalletti did not skimp on praise and was not afraid to jinx his new star.
Yesterday they all became Italian champions for the first time in 33 years. Naples walked all night and will walk for a long time. Possibly until the start of next season.
Let them not succeed in the Champions League, but there was an unclosed gestalt for the future. What about Hvicha? He cost Napoli 11.5 million euros, and now his transfer fee starts at 80 million and is sure to rise. The number of subscribers in social networks has increased tenfold.
Kvaratskhelia matured, got stronger, became the leader and superstar of world football. Before the events of February 2022, the Georgian was simply one of the young and very promising players in the Russian Championship. Life sometimes takes very interesting turns.