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Roin Kvaskhvadze (, ; born 31 May 1989) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Dinamo Batumi.

Being the winner of 13 trophies, including four league titles, Kvaskhvadze has become one of the most decorated Georgian goalkeepers. Twice he was recognized the Erovnuli Liga Goalkeeper of the Year.

He has featured for the Georgia national under-21 football team and also earned call-ups to the Georgia national football team.

Playing career

Club

First decade
Kvaskhvadze grew up in the family of footballers, where both his father and grandfather played for Torpedo Kutaisi as goalkeepers. Roin took first steps at the Memoriali football school formed by his own father.

His professional career began at the ascending club Zestafoni, which achieved a remarkable domestic success in the late 2000s and early 2010s. As a main shot-stopper, he was regarded as a key contributor to the progress that this team achieved during these several seasons. Kvaskhvadze bade farewell to Zestafoni in early 2014.

Torpedo Kutaisi
After a half season spent at Torpedo Kutaisi, he left for Cyprus only to come back to his home club a year later.

Twice in a row, in 2017 and 2018, Kvaskhvadze was named the best goalkeeper of Erovnuli Liga. Especially noteworthy was an injury-time penalty kick saved by Kvaskhadze in a crucial clash with Dinamo Tbilisi on 27 November 2017. As a result, Torpedo dramatically snatched the title, becoming the champions for the first time in fifteen years. Kvaskhvadze revealed that this circumstance made him feel the happiest man. Shortly afterwards, the team secured the Cup and Super cup titles as well.

Being the team captain now, Kvaskhvadze signed another two-year contract with the club in early 2019. But the entire year turned out turbulent for Torpedo with new financial woes, management crisis and mass exodus of players permanently rocking the club.

Dinamo and back to Torpedo
At the end of 2019 Kvaskhvadze joined Torpedo's bitter rivals Dinamo Tbilisi on a two-year deal. He played in all eighteen league matches next year, keeping eleven clean sheets. After Dinamo's another disastrous European campaign, on 21 July 2021 Kvaskhvadze left the club with 21 clean sheets in all competitions combined.

A few days later he returned to Torpedo once again. In 2022, the club clinched the national cup with Kvaskhvadze in goal for the final game. Kvaskhvadze has achieved winning at least one trophy in seven consecutive years starting from 2016.

In May 2023, head coach Kakha Chkhetiani, who likewise was on the 3rd spell with Torpedo, was sacked, followed by the departure of three key players, including Roin Kvaskhavdze.

International
Roin Kvaskhvadze has participated in qualifying rounds of the 2011 European U21 championship for a team which also featured Nika Kvekveskiri, Jano Ananidze and Tornike Okriashvili.

Kvaskhvadze made his debut at the national team in an opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign against Spain as a substitute in September 2012. He also took part in a friendly 1–0 winning game against the same opponents four years later. Overall, as No 2 choice behind Giorgi Loria, he played in eight matches for the team.

Statistics

Notes

Honours

Club

FC Zestafoni
Erovnuli Liga: 2
2010–11, 2011–12
Georgian Cup: 1
2007–08
Super Cup: 2
2011, 2012

FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Erovnuli Liga: 1
2017
Georgian Cup: 3
2016, 2018, 2022
Super Cup: 2
2018, 2019

FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Erovnuli Liga: 1
2020
Super Cup: 1
2021

Individual
Best Georgian goalkeeper: 2
2017, 2018

References

External links
Profile on FC Zestafoni Official Site

Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Footballers from Kutaisi
1989 births
Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Zestafoni players
FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
Othellos Athienou FC players
Pafos FC players
FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Erovnuli Liga players
Cypriot First Division players
Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus