Luka Lakvekheliani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Batumi | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Saburtalo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Saburtalo | 81 | (2) |
| 2020–2023 | Mezőkövesd | 21 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 17 | (1) |
| 2024 | Kolkheti 1913 | 17 | (0) |
| 2024 | Gagra | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | Dinamo Batumi | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Georgia U-19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Georgia U-21 | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025 | |||
Luka Lakvekheliani (born 20 October 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.
Lakvekheliani is the league champion and cup winner with Saburtalo. Individually, he has received the Aleksandre Chivadze golden medal as U19 Player of the Year.
Career
A product of Saburtalo's academy, Lakvekheliani spent five league seasons in Georgia's top division. Apart from becoming a champion and cup winner with Saburtalo, he was named as U19 Player of the Year by the Georgian Football Federation.[1]
In August 2020, Lakvekheliani signed a three-year deal with Hungarian side Mezőkövesd.[2] He returned to Georgia to join champions Dinamo Tbilisi in March 2023[3] and added two more trophies to his tally during this season.[4]
The player spent half of the 2024 season at Kolkheti 1913[5] before moving to Gagra.
In January 2025, Lakvekheliani signed for Dinamo Batumi.[6]
International
Lakvekheliani was a member of the national youth teams. In July 2017, he played all three matches of 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification round with U19s. A year later, he was called up by coach Giorgi Tsetsadze to the U21 team.[7] He featured in three official games of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying round.
Career statistics
- As of 29 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saburtalo | 2015–16 | Erovnuli Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 81 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 2 | ||
| Mezőkövesd | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kolkheti 1913 | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Gagra | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Batumi | 2025 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 150 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 169 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
- Saburtalo
- Erovnuli Liga winner: 2018
- David Kipiani Cup winner: 2019
- Super Cup winner: 2020
- Super Cup runner-up: 2019
- Dinamo Tbilisi
- Erovnuli Liga runner-up: 2023
- Super Cup winner: 2023
- Individual
- U19 Player of the Year: 2017
References
- ^ "წლის რჩეულები: 2017" [The best of 2017 season]. mygoal.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "ლაკვეხელიანი:"საბურთალომ ყველაფერი მომცა, მჯერა გამოწვევას თავს გავართმევ"". crystalsport.ge. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "თბილისის "დინამომ" ლუკა ლაკვეხელიანი დაიმატა" [Dinamo Tbilisi set to add Luka Lakvekheliani to its squad] (in Georgian). 11 March 2023.
- ^ "დინამომ სუპერთასი მეცხრედ მოიგო" [Dinamo wins the Super Cup for the ninth time] (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ ""კოლხეთში" საკადრო სიახლეებია" (in Georgian). 20 July 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "ბათუმის "დინამო" თურქეთშია - გუნდმა წულუკიძე და ლაკვეხელიანი დაიმატა" [Dinamo Batumi signes Tsulukidze and Lakvekheliani, heads to Turkey]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 16 January 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "ლუკა ლაკვეხელიანი: ახალგაზრდულში მიწვევა ჩემთვის მნიშვნელოვანია". Lelo (in Georgian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- Luka Lakvekheliani at the Hungarian Football Federation (in Hungarian)
- Luka Lakvekheliani at Soccerway