| Valerian Gvilia | |
| Fullname: | Valerian Yaroslavovych Gvilia |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Zugdidi, Georgia |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Years6: | 2019–2021 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Years8: | 2024 |
| Clubs1: | Metalurh Zaporizhya |
| Clubs2: | Minsk |
| Clubs3: | BATE Borisov |
| Clubs4: | Luzern |
| Clubs5: | → Górnik Zabrze (loan) |
| Clubs6: | Legia Warsaw |
| Clubs7: | Raków Częstochowa |
| Clubs8: | Piast Gliwice |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Caps4: | 23 |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Caps6: | 54 |
| Caps7: | 22 |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ukraine U21 |
| Nationalteam2: | Georgia U21 |
| Nationalteam3: | Georgia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 44 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
| Pcupdate: | 8 April 2024 |
Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (Georgian: ვალერიან "ვაკო" გვილია, in Georgian pronounced as /valeɾian vakʼo ɡʷilia/; Ukrainian: Валеріане Ярославович Гвілія; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, and Poland.[2]
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.[3] Gvilia signed a contract with Belarusian club BATE Borisov in early July 2016.[4]
In January 2018, Gvilia signed a three-year deal with Swiss Super League side Luzern.[5]
From 2019 untl 2021, he played for Polish side Legia Warsaw, with whom he won two national championships.[6]
On 31 August 2021, he was announced as a player of the Polish vice-champion, Raków Częstochowa.[7] On 30 January 2023, having not made an appearance for the club since late August 2022, he terminated his contract by mutual consent.[8]
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.[9] He made his debut as a late substitute in a 3–1 away loss against Legia on 17 March.[10] He made one more appearance before leaving the club on 31 May upon the expiration of his contract.[11]
Gvilia was named in Georgia's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland and Wales in October 2016.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Belarusian Premier League | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 6 | |||
| Luzern | 2016–17 | Swiss Super League | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 11 | |||
| Raków Częstochowa | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| Piast Gliwice | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 182 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 226 | 27 | |||
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[13]
|-!scope=row|| 5 September 2017 || Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria || || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 1–1 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|-!scope=row|| 16 October 2018 || Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia || || align=center | 2–0 || align=center | 3–0 || 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D|-!scope=row|| 7 June 2019 || Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia || || align=center | 1–0 || align=center | 3–0 || UEFA Euro 2020 qualification|}
BATE Borisov
Legia Warsaw
Raków Częstochowa