Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani (Russian: Николай Зурабович Кипиани; born 25 January 1997) is a Russian football player of Georgian descent. He plays as forward for club [[FC Telavi|Telavi].
![]() Kipiani with Rubin Kazan in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 | 2 | (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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 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 | |||
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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)