Lewan Qenia

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Lewan Qenia
Levan Kenya retouched.jpg
Personnel
birthday October 18, 1990
place of birth Tbilisi ,  Soviet Union
size 176 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2004-2005 Dinamo Tbilisi
2005-2007 Locomotive Tbilisi
2008 FC Schalke 04
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2007 Locomotive Tbilisi 19 (3)
2008–2012 FC Schalke 04 11 (0)
2012-2013 Karpaty Lviv 20 (3)
2013-2014 Fortuna Dusseldorf 11 (0)
2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 4 (1)
2014-2016 Slavia Prague 31 (3)
2017-2018 Locomotive Tbilisi 1 (0)
2018-2019 F91 Dudelange 11 (1)
2019– FC Saburtalo Tbilisi 3 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2005 Georgia U-17 2 (0)
2005-2006 Georgia U-19 5 (0)
2006-2007 Georgia U-21 5 (1)
2007-2016 Georgia 27 (4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 19, 2019

Lewan Qenia ( Georgian ლევან ყენია ; born October 18, 1990 in Tbilisi ; FIFA spelling according to the English transcription Levan Kenya ; nickname Shakira ) is a Georgian football player who mostly plays in attacking midfield.

Career

society

Lewan Qenia is a nephew of the former national player Giorgi Kiknadze . He was already considered a great talent in his youth and completed a training course at FC Barcelona as a 14-year-old . He played his first games in a top professional league from 2006 for his hometown club Lokomotive Tbilisi . In January 2008 he moved to the German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 , who initially used him as an A-youth in the U-19 Bundesliga . At the beginning of the 2008/09 season Qenia rose to the first team squad. Due to the regulations, however, he was not allowed to play in the Bundesliga before his 18th birthday. Since different regulations apply to international matches, he was able to play the UEFA Cup home game against APOEL Nicosia on October 2, 2008 , although he had not yet reached the age of majority. In the spring of 2009, injuries threw him back several times, so that he only played a single Bundesliga appearance during the season: in the game against Karlsruher SC he was substituted on on April 11, 2009 shortly before the end. In the following season 2009/10 Qenia played under the new coach Felix Magath in the top line-up of the Bundesliga club, before the operation threw him back in November 2009 after an ankle injury. As a result, he was no longer used throughout the 2010/11 season and the first half of the 2011/12 season. It wasn't until January 27, 2012 that Qenia returned to the training ground after two years and three months.

When his contract expired on June 30, 2012, Qenia left FC Schalke 04 .

A move to the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg was originally planned, for which he also played a friendly match in July 2012. However, Qenia saw no chances in the game system of the local coach Luciano Spalletti and signed a contract for two and a half years with Karpaty Lviv on August 14 .

On June 29, 2013, he returned to Fortuna Düsseldorf with a contract until June 30, 2015 . His contract was terminated on July 1, 2014. Qenia had been used eleven times with the Fortunes in the second division. In October 2014 he moved to Slavia Prague . In January 2017, his former Lokomotive Tbilisi association announced the renewed commitment. Here he only played one game in just under two years due to various injuries.

For the 2018/19 season, Kenya then joined the Luxembourg champions F91 Dudelange in the BGL Ligue . In his first competitive game, he was able to win the league cup immediately . In the 2-0 win against RFC Union Luxemburg , he was substituted on in the 75th minute. At the end of the season, Qenia also won the championship and the cup.

But in July 2019 Kenya moved back to Georgia and joined FC Saburtalo Tbilisi .

National team

After appearances in the Georgian U-17 and U-19 selections, Qenia played for the U-21 national team in June and August 2007. At the age of 16, he played for the Georgian national team for the first time . He made his debut on September 8, 2007 in the qualifier for the 2008 European Championship against Ukraine . With his substitution in the 62nd minute, he became the youngest international debutant in his country. Five days later, he was on the starting line-up of the Georgian team for the first time in a friendly in Azerbaijan . “He was the best U-17 and U-19 player, and it was the same in the U-21. So we decided that he should get a chance in the senior team. He met our expectations, ”said Georgia's national coach Klaus Toppmöller after Qenia's first two appearances. The young playmaker played his first match over 90 minutes on November 21, 2007 against Lithuania , the last of his four appearances in the European Championship qualification. He scored the first goal for the Georgian selection in a friendly against Estonia in May 2008.

successes

Web links

Commons : Lewan Qenia  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Ryberg: Fortuna's hope is called Shakira , article from August 15, 2013 in the derwesten.de portal , accessed on August 17, 2013
  2. ↑ Levan Kenya: There is a chance that Magath will rely on young players ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. HP of FC Schalke 04, August 19, 2009 (accessed August 20, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  3. ↑ Levan Kenya back on the training ground ( memento of the original from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , schalke04.de of January 27, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schalke04.de
  4. ↑ Schober will say goodbye to the Gelsenkircheners on Saturday after eleven years - together with Raul, Hans Sarpei and Lewan Kenya.
  5. ↑ ОФІЦІЙНО. ЛЕВАН КЕНІЯ - ГРАВЕЦЬ “КАРПАТ” (Ukrainian, accessed August 14, 2012)
  6. ↑ Lewan Kenya comes to Fortuna (www.fortuna-duesseldorf.de, accessed on June 29, 2013)
  7. ↑ Levan Kenya and Fortuna go their separate ways (www.fortuna-duesseldorf.de, accessed on July 1, 2014)
  8. ↑ Slavií se připravuje Levan Kenia z Gruzie (Czech, accessed February 3, 2015)
  9. ↑ “Le F91 prend Kenya” (French, accessed July 29, 2018)
  10. ^ Statistics on the website of the Georgian Football Association GFF
  11. ↑ a b Georgia's men of tomorrow , UEFA.com, quoted on the GFF website
  12. ^ International Friendly Match Azerbaijan 1: 1 Georgia , GFF website
personal data
SURNAME Qenia, Levan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ყენია, ლევაბ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Georgian SSR