Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani (Russian: Николай Зурабович Кипиани; born 25 January 1997) is a Russian football player of Georgian descent who plays as forward for Georgian club Telavi.
 Kipiani with Rubin Kazan in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Telavi | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Ethnikos Achna | 49 | (10) |
| 2018–2019 | Omonia | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Ermis Aradippou (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Rustavi | 13 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Rotor Volgograd (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Rotor Volgograd | 38 | (3) |
| 2023 | Telavi | 15 | (1) |
| 2023 | Dinamo Batumi | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Ararat-Armenia | 20 | (1) |
| 2024– | Telavi | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Russia U-15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Russia U-16 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Russia U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Russia U-18 | 8 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Russia U-19 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016 | |||
Club career
editA distant relative of Soviet footballer David Kipiani, he started playing football at Rinat Dasayev's academy in Moscow.
On 25 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[1] On 11 February 2020, he joined Rotor Volgograd on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[2] On 21 June 2020, he re-signed with Rotor on a permanent basis.[3]
On 6 September 2023, Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Kipiani from Dinamo Batumi.[4]
Club statistics
edit- As of match played 22 December 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ethnikos | |||||||
| 2016–17[5] | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 | |
| 2017–18[6] | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| Total | 49 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 10 | |
| Omonia | |||||||
| 2017–18[7] | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| Ermis Aradippou | |||||||
| 2018–19[8] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 74 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 11 | |
Achievements
editTeams
editFC Rotor
- Winner of the Russian First Football League: 2019/2020
FC Ararat-Armenia
- Armenian Cup winner: 2023/24
References
edit- ^ "НИКА КИПИАНИ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" [Nika Kipiani is a Rubin player] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 25 July 2019.
- ^ "МИКЕЛТАДЗЕ И КИПИАНИ ПРОДОЛЖАТ КАРЬЕРУ В "РОТОРЕ"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 11 February 2020.
- ^ ""Ротор" приступил к тренировкам" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomeNIKOLAY". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ ""Games played by Nikolai Kipiani in 2016/2017"". cfa.com.cy. Retrieved 21 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""Games played by Nikolai Kipiani in 2017/2018 for Ethnikos"". cfa.com.cy. Retrieved 21 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""Games played by Nikolai Kipiani in 2017/2018 for Omonia"". cfa.com.cy. Retrieved 21 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Games played by Nikolai Kipiani in 2018/19". www.cfa.com.cy. Cyprus Football Association. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
External links
edit- Nikolai Kipiani at Soccerway
- Nikolai Kipiani at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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