Nikoloz Khatiashvili
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 Nika Khatiashvili in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Nikoloz Khatiashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 May 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Club career
[edit]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]
Honours
[edit]Ensiei-STM
[edit]- Russian Professional Rugby League
- Champions: (1) 2019–20
Black Lion
[edit]Georgia
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nikoloz Khatiashvili - Player Profile - Rugby - Eurosport UK". eurosport.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Nikoloz KHATIASHVILI - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "NIKOLOZ KHATIASHVILI". Professional Rugby Agency. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ djcoilrugby (2 September 2020). "Houston SaberCats Signs Nikoloz Khatiashvili". djcoilrugby. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ Rugby News, Americas (14 August 2021). "Nikoloz Khatiashvili joins new Georgian pro team Black Lion". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Nikoloz KHATIASHVILI profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nika Khatiashvili at ItsRugby.co.uk
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- Rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- 1992 births
- Houston SaberCats players
- Living people
- Rugby union props
- Sunwolves players
- Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk players
- Georgia international rugby union players
- Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne players
- Black Lion (rugby union) players
- Rugby union players from Tbilisi
- Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente players
- Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Russia
- Expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Georgia (country) rugby union biography stubs