Valeri Qazaishvili
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Qazaishvili playing for San Jose in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 29 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Ozurgeti, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shandong Taishan | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Metalurgi Rustavi (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Sioni (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2017 | Vitesse | 106 | (26) |
| 2016–2017 | → Legia Warsaw (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | San Jose Earthquakes | 96 | (27) |
| 2021–2023 | Ulsan Hyundai | 106 | (28) |
| 2024– | Shandong Taishan | 20 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Georgia U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Georgia U21 | 11 | (4) |
| 2014–2022 | Georgia | 62 | (13) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2022 | |||
Valeri "Vako" Qazaishvili (born 29 January 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan and the Georgia national team.
Qazaishvili began his career in his native country before moving to Eredivisie side Vitesse in 2011. He spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Legia Warsaw, where he won the Ekstraklasa and played in the UEFA Champions League. He then joined the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer, where he spent four seasons.
He made his debut for Georgia's national team in 2014.