Nika Kalandarishvili

Nika Kalandarishvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Left back
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 19
Youth career
Dinamo Tbilisi
Locomotive
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dila 0 (0)
2018 Althlon Town 11 (2)
2019 Cobinteely 2 (0)
2019 Althlon Town 7 (2)
2021–2024 Samgurali 122 (11)
2025– Dinamo Batumi 44 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2026

Nika Kalandarishvili (Georgian: ნიკა კალანდარიშვილი; born 9 September 1998) is a Georgian professional football player who plays as a defender for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

He is the Georgian Cup runner-up with Samgurali.

Career

Kalandarishvili spent his youth career at Dinamo Tbilisi and Locomotive before joining Irish 1st Division club Althlon Town. In the summer of 2020, he returned to Georgia where he signed a three-year deal with newly promoted top-league side Samgurali.[1]

Kalandarishvili made his Erovnuli Liga debut in an opening game of the season against Dinamo Tbilisi on 27 February 2021.[2] He opened his score sheet with a late equalizer against the same opponents in a 2–2 home draw on 3 October 2021.[3] Two months later, he played the Georgian Cup final as his team suffered a narrow defeat to Saburtalo.[4]

The next year Kalandarishvili contributed to Samgurali's fourth-place finish with four goals in 33 league appearances. By the summer break of 2024, the Erovnuli Liga named him in Team of the Season.[5]

In early 2025, Kalandarishvili ended his four-year tenure at Samgurali and moved to Dinamo Batumi.[6] During the first half of the 2026 season, Kalandarishvili displayed rare prolific skills for a defender to score six times and provide three assists in 18 league matches. For his performance, sport outlet Lelo included him in the symbolic league team.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 June 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Althlon Town 2018 Irish 1st Division 11210––122
Cobinteely 2019 Irish 1st Division 2010––30
Althlon Town 2019 Irish 1st Division 72–––72
Total 184100000194
Samgurali 2021 Erovnuli Liga 29130––321
2022 Erovnuli Liga 334–––334
2023 Erovnuli Liga 32331––354
2024 Erovnuli Liga 28310––293
Total 1221171000012912
Dinamo Batumi 2025 Erovnuli Liga 26330––293
2026 Erovnuli Liga 186–––186
Total 449300000479
Career total 18624121000519825

Honours

  • Georgian Cup runner-up: 2021

References

  1. ↑ "სამგურალმა ნიკა კალანდარიშვილი დაიმატა" [Samgurali signs Nika Kalandarishvili] (in Georgian). FC Samgurali. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Samgurali match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Samgurali vs Dinamo Tbilisi match report". soccerway.com. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "საქართველოს თასი "საბურთალომ" მოიგო და კონფერენს ლიგის საგზურიც მოიპოვა" [Saburtalo beats Samgurali in Georgian Cup final to qualify for UEFA Conference League]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "კრისტალბეთ ეროვნულმა ლიგამ მეორე წრის საუკეთესოები გამოავლინა". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "ნიკა კალანდარიშვილი კარიერას ბათუმის "დინამოში" გააგრძელებს" [Nika Kalandarishvili to continue his career at Dinamo Batumi]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 20 January 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "II წრის სტატისტიკა, საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი, საუკეთესო მწვრთნელი, სიმბოლური ნაკრები". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 19 June 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
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