Luka Zarandia

Luka Zarandia (Georgian: ლუკა ზარანდია; born 17 February 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Luka Zarandia
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-17) 17 February 1996
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2006–2008 Shevardeni Tbilisi
2008–2010 School No. 35 Tbilisi
2010–2012 Locomotive Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Locomotive Tbilisi 21 (10)
2014–2016 Genk 0 (0)
2016–2017 Locomotive Tbilisi 10 (0)
2017–2019 Arka Gdynia 50 (6)
2019–2022 Zulte Waregem 18 (0)
2020 → FC Tobol (loan) 2 (1)
2022 Korona Kielce 15 (1)
International career‡
2012–201 Georgia U17 6 (5)
2013–2015 Georgia U19 14 (3)
2016–2018 Georgia U21 11 (4)
2018 Georgia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2019

Early life

As a child, Zarandia played tennis.[1]

Club career

After starting career in hometown club Locomotive Tbilisi, Zarandia moved to Poland in 2017 and joined Arka Gdynia.[2] He made his debut for the club in April 2017 in the Polish Cup game against Wigry Suwałki.[3]

In July 2019, Zulte Waregem announced the signing of the Zarandia on a three-year agreement.[4]

On 29 March 2022, he joined Polish I liga side Korona Kielce, led by Leszek Ojrzyński with whom he previously worked with at Arka, until the end of the season.[5] He stayed with the team following their promotion to Ekstraklasa before terminating his contract by mutual consent on 2 November 2022, shortly after Ojrzyński's dismissal.[6]

International

He made his debut for Georgia national football team on 16 October 2018 in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D game against Latvia.[7]

Honours

Club
Arka Gdynia

References
  1. Niedaleko zabijano moich rodaków. Jak można mówić, że wojna mnie nie dotknęła? weszlo.com
  2. Luka Zarandia w Arce! (Arka sign Luka Zarandia); Arka's official website, 14 January 2017 (in Polish)
  3. "23. urodziny Luki Zarandii". www.arkowcy.pl. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  4. Essevee stelt met Luka Zarandia derde aanwinst voor (Zulte signed Luka Zarandia); Zulte Waregem's official website, 2 July 2019 (in Dutch)
  5. "Luka Zarandia piłkarzem Korony Kielce" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. "Luka Zarandia odchodzi z Korony!" (in Polish). Korona Kielce. 2 November 2022.
  7. "Latvia v Georgia game report". UEFA. 16 October 2018.
  8. Luka Zarandia at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2017.


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