Nikoloz "Nika" Kacharava (, ; born 13 January 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Bukhara. Born in Cyprus, he played for the Georgia national team.
Club career Kacharava started his career in the second team of Dinamo Tbilisi. A promising youth, he found it hard finding opportunities to break into the Tbilisi first team and signed a contract with Rubin Kazan. Kacharava played several matches with the Rubin Kazan youth squads, but found it hard to break into the first team squad. Kacharava got his first official contract with Rubin Kazan, but became frustrated with the lack of first team opportunities.
Kacharava moved back to Georgia and signed a contract with FC Tskhinvali. In his first season, Kacharava scored only one goal - however, in the following seasons Kacharava cemented his spot in the first team, becoming a prolific scorer and one of the top forwards in the league. He attracted attention throughout Europe, eventually transferring to Rostov during one of their most successful seasons.
He spent the 2016–17 season on loan in Cyprus at Ethnikos Achna, scoring 16 goals and becoming the third-best scorer of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division.
On 18 June 2017, he signed another year-long loan deal, joining the Polish club Korona Kielce.
On 6 June 2018, Kacharava signed a two-year contract with the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta. On 24 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract extension, with a buy-out clause of €500,000.
On 8 February 2022, Kacharava joined South Korean K League 2 club Jeonnam Dragons. A year later he returned to Georgia and moved to Torpedo Kutaisi, but left the club by mutual consent after three months.
In August 2023, Kacharava signed a contract with Lithuanian club Panevėžys until the end of the season with an option of its extension.
In July 2024, the newly promoted second-division Cypriot club, Spartakos Kitiou, announced the signing of Kacharava. In February 2025, he reunited with Gagra where he had spent a part of his youth career.
International career Kacharava was born in Cyprus to parents of Georgian descent – his father Kakhaber Kacharava was a member of the Georgia national team and his mother Lia Mikadze was a basketball player. Kacharava had successful stints with the Georgian youth national teams, and made his debut for the senior Georgian national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Kazakhstan.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTskhinvali2013–14Umaglesi Liga1000——102014–15Umaglesi Liga251265——31172015–16Umaglesi Liga15132121—1915Total41258621—5132Rostov2015–16Russian Premier League0000——00Ethnikos Achna (loan)2016–17Cypriot First Division271620——2916Korona Kielce (loan)2017–18Ekstraklasa26732——299Anorthosis Famagusta2018–19Cypriot First Division2343210—2762019–20Cypriot First Division18630——2162020–21Cypriot First Division200000—202021–22Cypriot First Division81—50—131Total51116260—6313Lech Poznań (loan)2020–21Ekstraklasa711060—141Jeonnam Dragons2022K League 21020051—153Torpedo Kutaisi2023Erovnuli Liga143———143Panevėžys2023A Lyga72———722024A Lyga10011—10121Total172110010193Spartakos Kitiou2024–25Cypriot Second Division72———72 Gagra 2025 Erovnuli Liga 10000——100 Gareji Sagarejo 2025 Erovnuli Liga 15300——153 Bukhara 2026 Uzbekistan Super League 8000——80Career total2337221111921027485
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsGeorgia201630201761201870201910202072Total243
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kacharava goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Nika KacharavaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 24 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 1–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification2 5 September 2020 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 1–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C3 11 October 2020 Stadion Miejski, Tychy, Poland 1–1 2-2 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
Honours Panevėžys A Lyga: 2023 Lithuanian Supercup: 2024
References
External links
Rostov Profile