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.Oferta Ferencvarosu była atrakcyjna, ale bardziej kręci mnie wyzwanie w Legii weszlo.com
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
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMetalurh Zaporizhya2014–15Ukrainian Premier League12020——1402015–16Ukrainian Premier League14110——151Total26131——291Minsk2015Belarusian Premier League15440——184BATE Borisov2016Belarusian Premier League144———1442017Belarusian Premier League915120101722018Belarusian Premier League—1010—20Total235613010336Luzern2016–17Swiss Super League121———1212018–19Swiss Super League1112120—152Total2322120—273Górnik Zabrze (loan)2018–19Ekstraklasa17110——181Legia Warsaw2019–20Ekstraklasa3584281—47112020–21Ekstraklasa190103000230Total54852111007011Raków Częstochowa2021–22Ekstraklasa21031——2412022–23Ekstraklasa1000300040Total220313000281Piast Gliwice2023–24Ekstraklasa20———20Dinamo Tbilisi2025Erovnuli Liga9200——92Career total191232451911023529
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
References
External links Profile at FFU Official Site (Ukr)