Valeriane Gvilia

Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (, ; ; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, Poland and Georgia.

Club career Gvilia is product of youth team system Metalurh Zaporizhya. He made his Ukrainian Premier League debut for Metalurh entering as a second time playing against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on 15 August 2014. Gvilia signed a contract with Belarusian club BATE Borisov in early July 2016.

In January 2018, Gvilia signed a three-year deal with Swiss Super League side Luzern.

From 2019 untl 2021, he played for Polish side Legia Warsaw, with whom he won two national championships.

On 31 August 2021, he was announced as a player of the Polish vice-champion, Raków Częstochowa. On 30 January 2023, having not made an appearance for the club since late August 2022, he terminated his contract by mutual consent.

He remained without a club until 7 March 2024, when he joined Piast Gliwice on a deal until the end of the season, reuniting with his former Legia manager Aleksandar Vuković. He made his debut as a late substitute in a 3–1 away loss against Legia on 17 March. He made one more appearance before leaving the club on 31 May upon the expiration of his contract.

International career Gvilia was named in Georgia's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Wales in October 2016.

Career statistics Club

International goals Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gvilia goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Valerian Gvilia No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 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

Honours BATE Borisov Belarusian Premier League: 2016 Belarusian Super Cup: 2017

Legia Warsaw Ekstraklasa: 2019–20, 2020–21

Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa: 2022–23 Polish Cup: 2021–22