# Valerian Gvilia

Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (Georgian: ვალერიან "ვაკო" გვილია, pronounced; Ukrainian: Валеріане Ярославович Гвілія; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, and Poland.

## 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

    As of 8 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | Total | Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Minsk | 2015 | Belarusian Premier League | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 4 |
| BATE Borisov | 2016 | Belarusian Premier League | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 4 |
| BATE Borisov | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| BATE Borisov | 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| BATE Borisov | Total | Total | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| Luzern | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 |
| Luzern | 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 |
| Luzern | Total | Total | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 |
| Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| Legia Warsaw | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 47 | 11 |
| Legia Warsaw | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Legia Warsaw | Total | Total | 54 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 1 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Raków Częstochowa | Total | Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 182 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 226 | 27 |

### International goals

    Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 5 September 2017 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 16 October 2018 | Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
| 3 | 7 June 2019 | Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Gibraltar | 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