Nika Khatiashvili | |
Birth Name: | Nikoloz Khatiashvili |
Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1992 |
Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
Weight: | 118kg (260lb) |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Ru Clubyears: | 2014–2018 2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2021 2021– |
Ru Proclubs: | Aurillac Sunwolves Soyaux Angoulême Enisei-STM Houston SaberCats Black Lion |
Ru Clubcaps: | 41 3 3 25 12 25 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (10) (0) (0) (5) (0) (5) |
Ru Nationalteam: | Georgia |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2016–2022 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 8 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 2 August 2024 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 2 August 2024 |
Nikoloz Khatiashvili (born 22 May 1992) is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is prop, and he currently plays for the Black Lion in the EPCR Challenge Cup and the Rugby Europe Super Cup.[1] [2]
He spent 4 years at Aurillac in the Pro D2 before joining Japanese Super Rugby side the Sunwolves, on April 7, 2018 he made his debut of the bench in a 29–50 loss against the NSW Waratahs. He returned to the Pro D2 ahead of the 2018–19 season, joining Soyaux Angouleme.[3]
In 2019 he moved to Russia to play for Enisei-STM, winning the Russian Professional Rugby League with the side and featuring in the 2019–20 EPCR Challenge Cup. He was signed by Houston SaberCats in the MLR,[4] featuring 12 times before signing for Black Lion.[5] [6]