# Luka Kharatishvili

Luka Kharatishvili (Georgian: ლუკა ხარატიშვილი; born 11 January 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

## Career
### Club

Kharatishvili took first steps in football at Norchi Dinamo at the age of six. Initially, he played as a left back. Later he joined GFF Academy before signing a contract with Dinamo Batumi in 2020. As his new club won their first top-league title the next year, Kharatishvili was loaned to fellow Adjarian 2nd division club Shukura on a year-long deal. He made a solid contribution to Shukura's victorious season with 13 clean sheets in 31 league matches.
Kharatishvili played three league games with Dinamo Batumi in early 2023 prior to joining Samtredia on loan in the summer. Overall, he participated in Samtredia's 14 matches and helped them to avoid relegation after a 5–4 aggregate play-off victory over Gareji.
Kharatishvili rejoined the reigning league champions Dinamo Batumi in January 2024.

### International

Kharatishvili was regularly called up to national youth teams starting from U15s in 2017. A year later he took part in 2019 U17 European Championship qualifiers in Denmark.
In 2021, Kharatishvili became a member of the U19 team, taking part in their 2022 European Championship qualifying campaign. Due to his performance at the youth team, Kharatishvili was nominated among the best U19 players of the 2021 season. At an awards ceremony organized by the Football Federation, he won the Aleksandre Chivadze bronze medal.
Kharatishvili received a first call-up to U21s for a friendly game against Romania in May 2022. With Giorgi Mamardashvili being the first-choice shot-stopper during the 2023 European Championship co-hosted by Georgia, Kharatishvili made his U21 debut in a 1–0 away win against Moldova on 12 September 2023. He featured in all remaining ten matches of the qualifying round, keeping five clean sheets, but he especially shone in the play-offs against Croatia with two penalty saves. Kharatishvili was widely hailed as his team made it through to the final stage of the competition.

## Career statistics

    As of 16 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2025 | Erovnuli Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | Total | Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Shukura (loan) | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 0 |
| Samtredia (loan) | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 0 |
* ↑ Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
* ↑ Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs

## Honours
### Club

Dinamo Batumi
* Erovnuli Liga: 2021
Shukura
* Erovnuli Liga 2: 2022