Valerian Gvilia

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yaroslavovych and the family name is Gvilia.

Valerian "Vako" Gvilia (Georgian: ვალერიან "ვაკო" გვილია, pronounced [valeɾian vakʼo ɡʷilia]; Ukrainian: Валеріане Ярославович Гвілія; born 24 May 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi. He also has Ukrainian citizenship. Besides Ukraine, he has played in Belarus, Switzerland, Poland and Georgia.^[2]

Valerian Gvilia

Gvilia with Ukraine U21 in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Valerian Yaroslavovych Gvilia
Date of birth	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Zugdidi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Tbilisi
Number	18
Youth career
2011–2014	Metalist Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Metalurh Zaporizhya	26	(1)
2016	Minsk	15	(4)
2016–2017	BATE Borisov	23	(5)
2018–2019	Luzern	23	(2)
2019	→ Górnik Zabrze (loan)	17	(1)
2019–2021	Legia Warsaw	54	(8)
2021–2023	Raków Częstochowa	22	(0)
2024	Piast Gliwice	2	(0)
2025–	Dinamo Tbilisi	14	(2)
International career
2015	Ukraine U21	4	(0)
2016	Georgia U21	4	(0)
2016–2022	Georgia	44	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025

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.^[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]

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.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 September 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		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[b]	0	1[c]	0	17	2
	2018	Belarusian Premier League	—		1	0	1[d]	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[e]	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[e]	1	—		47	11
	2020–21	Ekstraklasa	19	0	1	0	3[f]	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[g]	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
Dinamo Tbilisi	2025	Erovnuli Liga	9	2	0	0	—		—		9	2
Career total			191	23	24	5	19	1	1	0	235	29

1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Belarusian Cup, Swiss Cup, Polish Cup
2. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Belarusian Super Cup
4. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gvilia goal.^[13]

List of international goals scored by Valerian Gvilia

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^[14]
• Polish Cup: 2021–22