Nikolai Kipiani
Russian footballer
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Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani (Russian: Николай Зурабович Кипиани; born 25 January 1997) is a Russian football player of Georgian descent who plays as forward for Georgian club Telavi.
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Kipiani with Rubin Kazan in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nikolai Zurabovich Kipiani | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Telavi | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Ethnikos Achna | 49 | (10) |
| 2018–2019 | Omonia | 13 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Ermis Aradippou (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Rustavi | 13 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Rotor Volgograd (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Rotor Volgograd | 38 | (3) |
| 2023 | Telavi | 15 | (1) |
| 2023 | Dinamo Batumi | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Ararat-Armenia | 20 | (1) |
| 2024– | Telavi | 23 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Russia U-15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Russia U-16 | 7 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Russia U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Russia U-18 | 8 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Russia U-19 | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 March 2016 | |||
Club career
A distant relative of Soviet footballer David Kipiani, he started playing football at Rinat Dasayev's academy in Moscow.
On 25 July 2019, he signed a one-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[1] On 11 February 2020, he joined Rotor Volgograd on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[2] On 21 June 2020, he re-signed with Rotor on a permanent basis.[3]
On 6 September 2023, Armenian Premier League club Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Kipiani from Dinamo Batumi.[4]
Club statistics
Achievements
Teams
FC Rotor
- Winner of the Russian First Football League: 2019/2020
FC Ararat-Armenia
- Armenian Cup winner: 2023/24
