Georgia's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tops international football transfer website's Most Viewed Players
Georgia's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored the equaliser against Greece on Wednesday. Photo via Georgian Football Federation.
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Georgian national football team's young midfielder Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is at the top of the Most Viewed Players section of the transfermarkt.com website that assesses value of players from around the world.
The 20-year-old attacking No. 18 of the team has topped the chart after scoring in consecutive World Cup qualifier games against Spain and Greece over the past four days.
Kvaratskhelia was on the scoresheet against his Spanish counterparts with his 44th minute goal that took Georgia ahead in the March 29 game that anded 2-1 in favour of the visiting La Roja squad.
The No. 18 of the Georgian team scored the first goal in the game against Spain on Monday:
Against Greece, he again distinguished himself by levelling the score in the 78th minute, shortly after the hosts went ahead. The Wednesday fixture ended in a 1-1 draw in Thesalloniki.
Searches for Kvaratskhelia went up substantially on transfermarkt.com, the leading website for tracking football players' value, after the two appearances, with the midfielder rising from being the third most searched name on Tuesday to the top of the list by Thursday.
The transfer value of the young midfielder, who plays for Rubin Kazan, is set at €10 million on the page currently, with transfermarkt also listing detailed stats for the player.
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