Luka Kapianidze
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Batumi | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Tskhinvali (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Torpedo | 19 | (2) |
| 2022– | Dinamo Batumi | 62 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Georgia U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2020 | Georgia U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 April 2025 | |||
Luka Kapianidze (Georgian: ლუკა ქაფიანიძე, born 10 January 1999) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a defender for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.
Kapianidze is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga and the Supercup.
Kapianidze grew up as a footballer at Dinamo Tbilisi. Despite an insufficient playing time, he was a regular member of the U17 team.[2] 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.[3]
In 2019, Kapianidze was loaned to 2nd division side Tskhinvali on a season-loan deal .[4] A year later, he moved to Torpedo and scored a winner on his debut game against Locomotive.[5] 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.[6]
In January 2022, Kapianidze signed for reigning champions Dinamo Batumi.[7] 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.[8]