Luka Kapianidze
{{short description|Georgian association football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Luka Kapianidze
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Georgia
| height = 1.89 m{{cite web |title=Luka Kapianidze |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/player/133-luka-kapianidze |publisher=eliga.ge |access-date=7 April 2025 |language=KA}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Dinamo Batumi
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 2016–2019 | clubs1 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019 | clubs2 = → Tskhinvali (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Torpedo | caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2022– | clubs4 = Dinamo Batumi | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2020
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U21
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 7 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 7 April 2025
}}
Luka Kapianidze ({{lang-ka|ლუკა ქაფიანიძე}}, born 10 January 1999) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an defender for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.
Kapianidze is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga and the Supercup.
Career
Kapianidze grew up as a footballer at Dinamo Tbilisi. Despite an insufficient playing time, he was a regular member of the U17 team.{{cite news |title=საქართველოს 17-წლამდელთა ნაკრები უნგრეთში გაემგზავრა |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/asakobrivi-nakrebebi/84175-saqarthvelos-17-tslamdeltha-nakrebi-ungrethshi-gaemgzavra.html |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=sportall.ge |date=21 October 2015 |language=KA}} Apart from participating in several friendly games, he played in all six matches of the first and elite rounds of 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification campaign. Later in 2019, being a member of U21s, Kapianidze came on as a substitute in a UEFA European Championship qualifying game against France.{{cite news |title=Georgia U21 vs France U21 match report |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2026607--georgia-vs-france/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=UEFA |date=4 September 2020}}
In 2019, Kapianidze was loaned to 2nd division side Tskhinvali on a season-loan deal .{{cite news |title=ცხინვალმა თბილისის დინამოს მცველი დაიმატა. ქაფიანიძე დეკემბრის ბოლომდე |url=https://lelo.ge/article/ცხინვალმა-თბილისის-დინამოს-მცველი-დაიმატა-ქაფიანიძე-დეკემბრის-ბოლომდე-13302 |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=Lelo |date=4 April 2019 |language=KA}} A year later, he moved to Torpedo and scored a winner on his debut game against Locomotive.{{cite web |title=Locomotive vs Torpedo match report |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/game/5028-loc-tor |publisher=eliga.ge |date=1 August 2020 |language=KA}} He was selected by the Erovnuli Liga among best eleven players of 1st half of the 2021 season, but he suffered an injury requiring surgery.{{cite news |url=https://1tv.ge/news/es-rtuli-periodi-unda-gadavlakho-batumis-dinamos-akhalwveuli-luka-qafianidze-reabilitacias-asrulebs-1tvsport/ |title= ბათუმის "დინამოს" ახალწვეული ლუკა ქაფიანიძე რეაბილიტაციას ასრულებს|access-date=7 April 2025 |work=1tv.ge |date=9 February 2022}}
In January 2022, Kapianidze signed for reigning champions Dinamo Batumi.{{cite news |title=საქართველოს ჩემპიონმა ოთხი ფეხბურთელი დაიმატა |url=https://atiani.ge/2022/01/13/saqarthvelos-chempionma-othkhi-phekhburtheli-daimata/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=atiani.ge |date=13 January 2022 |language=KA}} The next year, as his new team secured the league title for the second time in three years, Kapianidze lifted the first trophy of his career.{{cite news |title=მეორე ტიტული - ბათუმის დინამო საქართველოს ჩემპიონია! |url=https://erovnuliliga.ge/ge/news/7471-meore-tituli-batumis-dinamo-sakartvelos-chempionia#:. |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=eliga.ge |date=2 December 2023 |language=KA}}
Honours
Dinamo Batumi
- Erovnuli Liga: 2023
- Super Cup: 2022
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|366353}}
{{Dinamo Batumi squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapianidze, Luka}}
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:FC Torpedo Kutaisi players