Badri Kvaratskhelia

Badri Kvaratskhelia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-02-15) 15 February 1965
Place of birth	Nakipu, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Skuri	75	(47)
1992–1993	Dinamo Tbilisi	18	(5)
1993–1994	Kakheti Telavi	12	(4)
1994–1995	Metalurgi Rustavi	15	(1)
1995–1996	SSS Academy	10	(5)
1996–1997	Merani Tbilisi	34	(12)
1997–1998	Kapaz	22	(20)
1998–2005	Shamkir	110	(51)
Total		296	(145)
International career
2000	Azerbaijan	3	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2007	Sioni (assistant)
2008–2009	Standard Sumgayit (assistant)
2009	Standard Sumgayit
2011–2012	Spartaki Tskhinvali (assistant)
2012–2013	Gabala (assistant)
2014	Turan
2015	Guria Lanchkhuti
2015–2016	Merani Martvili
2018	Samtredia
2019	Rustavi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Badri Kvaratskhelia (Georgian: ბადრი კვარაცხელია, romanized: badri k'varatskhelia; born 15 February 1965) is a Georgian Azerbaijani former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the father of current Napoli player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Playing career

In early 1990s, Kvaratskhelia spent three seasons at this hometown team Skuri in the second tier of the Georgian football league system before he joined reigning top-tier champions Dinamo Tbilisi for one year. In 1997, he moved to Azerbaijani club Kapaz Ganja, who claimed both the league title and the national cup that season.

The next year Kvaratskhelia signed for Shamkir and became the league top scorer in the 1999–2000 season. On 19 July 2000, he scored a hat-trick in a Champions Cup qualifier against Skonto Riga.

In 2000, he received an Azerbaijani citizenship and made his debut for the Azerbaijan national team in a 0–0 draw against Georgia. Later he played two more international matches.

Kvaratskhelia ended his playing career in 2005 and returned to Georgia.

Coaching career

After completing coaching courses, Kvaratskhelia initially worked as assistant manager at Sioni Bolnisi, who won the league title in 2006. In early 2009, he took over the managerial position at now-defunct Azerbaijani side Standard Sumgayit.

On 22 September 2015, Kvaratskhelia was appointed as the manager of Guria Lanchkhuti. It didn't last for long, because on 6 October 2015, he was then appointed as the manager of Merani Martvili.

In April 2018, Kvaratskhelia became the manager of Samtredia. He resigned at the end of the season. From February until 22 April 2019, he was the manager of Rustavi.

Shortly, due to a heart surgery, Kvaratskhelia had to prematurely retire.

Career statistics

Club

Season	Club	League
			Matches	Goals
1990	Skuri	Pirveli Liga	33	17
1991	Skuri	Pirveli Liga	14	5
1991–92	Skuri	Pirveli Liga	28	25
1992–93	Dinamo Tbilisi	Umaglesi Liga	18	5
1993–94	Kakheti	Umaglesi Liga	12	4
1994–95	Metalurgi Rustavi	Umaglesi Liga	15	1
1995–96	SSS-Akademia	Pirveli Liga	10	5
1996–97	Merani Tbilisi	Umaglesi Liga	28	11
1997–98	Merani Tbilisi	Umaglesi Liga	6	1
1997–98	Kapaz Ganja	Top League	22	20
1998–99	Shamkir	Top League	31	14
1999–2000	Shamkir	Top League	21	16
2000–01	Shamkir	Top League	15	7
2001–02	Shamkir	Top League	21	7
2003–04	Shamkir	Top League	11	5
2004–05	Shamkir	Top League	11	2

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Azerbaijan	2000	3	0
Total		3	0

Personal life

Badri is the father of Georgia national team player Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

• Umaglesi Liga: 1992–93

Kapaz

• Azerbaijan Top League: 1997–98
• Azerbaijan Cup: 1997–98

Shamkir

• Azerbaijan Top League: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Azerbaijan Cup runner-up: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04

Individual

• Azerbaijan Top League top scorer: 1999–2000

External links

• Badri Kvaratskhelia – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Badri Kvaratskhelia at WorldFootball.net