Kvaratskhelia's family home in Tbilisi, where he grew up, does not announce that a global football star was raised there. Inside that building I met his father, Badri - a former Dinamo Tbilisi player and Azerbaijan international - and his mother, Maka, when their son was starring with Napoli. Among them the first shirt he ever wore for Dinamo Tbilisi. On 22 May 2019, the 18-year-old would win his first major honour when Lokomotiv Moscow won the Russian Cup. A move to Rubin Kazan where he would spend three seasons - and twice win the best young player in the Russian League - followed.

Source: BBC March 11, 2026 07:22 UTC