Who is Khvicha ‘Kvaradona’ Kvaratskhelia? Napoli and Georgian superstar who has been compared to Diego Maradona

Georgian superstar Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has lit up the 2022-23 Serie A season, so much so he has been compared to Diego Maradona. His Napoli team play Rangers in a Champions League Group A match on Wednesday. The 17-cap Georgian international moved to Napoli over the summer, with Aurelio De Laurentiis signing him for the paltry sum of €12 million (£10.4 million).

He has since played seven games for I Partenopei, scoring four goals. He operates as a wide forward, and has predominantly played the wide left position in Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti’s 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formations. Ad His brilliant start has seen him earn the nicknames 'Kvaradona' and 'Kvaravaggio', and Eurosport Italy's Luca Montanari says his impact has been rarely seen before.

FootballRangers v Napoli put back 24 hours as talks continue over Premier League games12/09/2022 AT 09:16 'Unprecedented in the history of Italian football' "'Kvaradona' and 'Kvaravaggio' — a reference to the name of the famous Italian Renaissance painter — are just some of the nicknames given to him already," says Montanari. «These are heavy comparisons — probably unprecedented in the history of Italian football — but this is due to the impact he made on Napoli in the first few weeks of the season: four goals and an assist in six Serie A matches. »He has a great personality on the pitch, an insane eye for goal and is unstoppable with the ball at his feet.

So far, it is virtually impossible to find any weaknesses. The only risk is that in the future he will not be able to handle such high pressure." 'Nobody knew Kvaratskhelia' The 21-year-old has been capped 17 times by his country and scored eight goals. His father, Badri Kvaratskhelia, was a professional footballer, and played for