Andria Bartishvili
{{Short description|Georgian footballer (born 2009)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andria Bartishvili
| fullname =
| image =
| caption =
| height = 1.70 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2009|3|30}}
| birth_place = Georgia
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Kolkheti 1913
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = –2024
| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| years1 = 2025–
| clubs1 = Kolkheti 1913
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2024
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U16
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2024–
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| club-update = 24 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 24 June 2025
}}
Andria Bartishvili ({{lang-ka|ანდრია ბართიშვილი, born on 30 March 2009}}) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Kolkheti 1913 and the national youth teams.
Bartishvili is regarded as one of the most talented players of his generation. Gifted with technical abilities, he plays as a winger or second striker, equally uses both feet, develops a good flexibility, speed and ball control, displays quick and unpredictable movements while attacking.{{cite news |title=იუვე იმედოვნებს, რომ ბართიშვილი კვარა ახალი იქნება |trans-title=Juve expects Bartishvili to become a new Kvara |url=https://www.crystalsport.ge/news/73406-iuve-imedovnebs-rom-bartishvili-akhali-kvara-ikneba--italieli-skautis-shepaseba |access-date=24 June 2025 |agency=crystalsport.ge |date=18 April 2025 |language=ka}}
Career
Bartishvili is a product of the youth academy of Dinamo Tbilisi. He was as young as ten years old when he was named Player of the 2018 Bendela Cup held among U10 and U11 teams.{{cite web |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=102632 |title=Academy finished season with Cup and triumph |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi |date=23 December 2018}} The next autumn, Bartishvili shone first at the Qabala
Unity Cup as the best striker and topscorer,{{cite web |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=102886 |title=Success in Gabala |publisher=fcdinamo.ge |date=6 September 2019}} followed by the U11 Ateitis Cup tournament, organized by Lithuania, where he was selected as the best midfielder.{{cite web |url=https://lelo.ge/article/ჩემპიონობა-გოლის-გაუშვებლად-ანუ-როგორ-დაამარცხა-დინამომ-დორტმუნდი-17877 |trans-title=Dinamo wins the tournament without conceding a goal |title=ჩემპიონობა გოლის გაუშვებლად! |work=lelo.ge |date=13 October 2019 |language=ka}}
In 2022, while Dinamo U13 won an international tournament in Batumi, Bartishvili was voted as the best player.{{cite web |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=104300 |date=10 February 2022 |work=fcdinamo.ge|title=Dinamo won Ateitis Cup}}
In April 2023, Bartishvili received the same recognition in Italy despite his U14 team finishing 4th at another international competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.crystalsport.ge/news/53495-sauketeso-bartishvili-gakhda---dinamos-me-4-adgili-prestizhul-turnirze |work=crystalsport.ge |title=საუკეთესო ბართიშვილი გახდა |trans-title=Bartishvili named the best player |date=26 April 2023 |language=ka}} A year later, at an annual awards ceremony held by the Georgian Football Federation, he was presented with the Aleksandre Chivadze silver medal for U17 players.{{cite web |url=https://gff.ge/ge/media/news/28032 |title=GFF Awards 2024 |work=gff.ge |date=27 December 2024 |language=ka}}
As Bartishvili moved to Kolkheti 1913 prior to the 2025 season, he was named by La Gazzetta Georgia among the six promising young players expected to shine this year.{{cite news |last1=Saginashvili |first1=Salome |url=https://lagazzetta.ge/news/6-talanti-romelsats-erovnuli-ligis-akhal-sezonshi-unda-davakvirdet |title=6 ფეხბურთელი, რომელთაც ახალ საფეხბურთო სეზონში უნდა დავაკვირდეთ |trans-title=Six players to be watched in new football season |access-date=24 June 2025 |agency=lagazzeta.ge |date=14 February 2025 |language=ka}} He made his first Erovnuli Liga appearance in a 1–0 away win over Samgurali on 1 April 2025, becoming the youngest player of the season at 16 years and two days.{{cite web |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/8295-sam-kol
|title=Samgurali vs Kolkheti 1913 match report |website=eliga.ge |language=ka |date=1 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://lelo.ge/article/ეროვნული-ლიგა-2025-i-წრის-შეჯამება-ციფრები-ფაქტები-სიმბოლური-ნაკრები-51504 |date=24 April 2025 |title=ეროვნული ლიგა 2025. I წრის შეჯამება |work=lelo.ge |trans-title=Summary of 2025 Erovnuli Liga part 1 |language=ka}}
International
Bartishvili was initially a member of the national U15 team which took part in an international tournament held in Yerevan in May 2023.{{cite web |url=https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/men-u15/news/7859-15-clamde-nakrebi-erevanshi-saertashoriso |date=2 May 2023 |title=15-წლამდე ნაკრები ერევანში საერთაშორისო ტურნირზე მიიღებს მონაწილეობას |trans-title=U15 team set to take part in Yerevan tournament |work=nakrebi.ge |language=ka}} A year later, he joined the U16s for UEFA Development Cup games hosted by Chișinău.{{cite web |url=https://nakrebi.ge/ka/team/men-u16/news/9939-16-clamde-vazhta-nakrebma-uepas-ganvitarebis |title=16-წლამდე ვაჟთა ნაკრებმა უეფას განვითარების თასზე გამოსვლა დაასრულა |trans-title=U16 team wraps up its UEFA Development Cup campaign |work=nakrebi.ge |date=19 April 2025 |language=ka}}
In September 2024, Bartishvili was called up for U17 friendlies against Slovakia and Moldova.{{cite web |url=https://sportall.ge/article/173315-17-da-19-clamde-vazhta-gundebi-sektembershi-amxanagur-matchebs-gamartaven/ |title=17 და 19-წლამდე ვაჟთა გუნდები სექტემბერში ამხანაგურ მატჩებს გამართავენ |work=sportall.ge |trans-title=U17 and U19 teams set to play their September friendlies |date=7 September 2024 |language=ka}} He was also in a starting line-up for all five qualifying matches that Georgia played during the 2024–25 season, scoring twice. His debut goal came against Slovenia on 9 October 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2040641--georgia-vs-slovenia/ |title=Georgia U17 vs Slovenia U17 match report |date=9 October 2024 |publisher=UEFA}}
In June 2025, Bartishvili was dubbed the new Kvaratskhelia following his stunning individual performance and a brace against Kazakhstan U17 during a three-team international tournament held in Qabala.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports.kz/news/obvl-polkomandyi-poyavilos-video-golov-novogo-kvaratshelii-v-vorota-kazahstana |title=Обвёл полкоманды. Появилось видео голов «нового Кварацхелии» в ворота Казахстана |trans-title=A video of goals scored by "new Kvaratskhelia" against Kazakhstan |work=sports.kz |date=11 June 2025 |language=ru}}
References
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External links
- {{Sofascore|1960775}}
- [https://erovnuliliga.ge/en/player/8738-andria-bartishvili Profile on Eliga]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartishvili, Andria}}
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
Category:FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti players