Levan Kenia
ლევან ყენია
Kenia with Schalke 04 in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KFC Uerdingen
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2005 Dinamo Tbilisi
2005–2007 Lokomotive Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Lokomotive Tbilisi 19 (4)
2008 FC Schalke 04 II 2 (0)
2009–2012 Schalke 04 11 (0)
2012–2013 Karpaty Lviv 20 (3)
2013–2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf 11 (0)
2014–2017 Slavia Prague 31 (3)
2017–2018 Lokomotive Tbilisi 3 (0)
2018–2019 Dudelange 11 (1)
2019–2020 Saburtalo 9 (0)
2021– KFC Uerdingen 25 (4)
International career‡
2006 Georgia U-17 2 (0)
2007–2008 Georgia U-19 5 (0)
2008–2012 Georgia U-21 5 (1)
2007– Georgia 29 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 May 2017

Levan Kenia (Georgian: ლევან ყენია; born 18 October 1990) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German club KFC Uerdingen.

Club career

Kenia joined Schalke 04 from Lokomotivi Tbilisi in January 2008, signing a contract with the club that ran until June 2012[1] Kenia made his debut for Schalke 04 against APOEL F.C. in a UEFA Cup match on 2 October 2008 coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Gerald Asamoah.[2] Formerly, Kenia trained for two weeks at the age of 14 with FC Barcelona.[3]

On 11 April 2009, Kenia made his Bundesliga debut for Schalke in a match against Karlsruher SC.[4]

On 14 August 2012, Kenia joined Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv on a two-year contract. After spending one year in Ukraine, Kenia returned to Germany and signed a contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf for two years.[5]

At Düsseldorf however he could never fulfill the expectations. Signed as the playmaker, he played only eleven games during the 2013–14 season. In the second half of the campaign he even earned just a single cap playing four minutes. On 1 July 2014, according to previous rumors, it was announced that his contract was dissolved.[6]

In the summer of 2018, he joined a Luxembourgian club Dudelange.[7]

In 2021 he joined German Regionalliga club KFC Uerdingen as playing assistant.[8]

International career

Kenia made his debut for the national team on 8 September 2007 against Ukraine, replacing Alexander Iashvili.[9] Georgia's former head coach Klaus Toppmöller said he had never before seen a player of his age with such accomplished technical abilities.[10] Kenia, along with fellow teenagers Levan Mchedlidze and Giorgi Makaridze, played in their UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign starring in a 2–0 victory over Scotland.[11] Toppmöller praised Kenia, "Kenia was one of the best on the pitch."[12]

He scored his first international goal on 27 May 2008 against Estonia.[13]

Personal life

Levan is also the nephew of former SC Freiburg midfielder Georgi Kiknadze.

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 July 2014
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2005–06 40000040
2006–07 1130000113
2007–08 41000041
Total 1940000194
Schalke 04 2008–09 10001020
2009–10 1002100121
2010–11 00000000
2011–12 00000000
Total 1102110141
Karpaty Lviv 2012–13 2032100224
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2013–14 1101000120
Career total 6175210679

International

As of match played 27 May 2016[14]
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kenia goal.
List of international goals scored by Levan Kenia
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 May 2008A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia9 Estonia1–11–1Friendly
2 20 August 2008Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales11 Wales1–12–1Friendly
3 6 September 2008Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz, Germany12 Republic of Ireland1–21–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 27 May 2016ASKÖ Stadion, Wels, Austria27 Slovakia1–31–3Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "Levan Kenia Signs With Schalke 04". Geofootball. 6 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Schalke 04 1 – 1 Apoel Nicosia". ESPN. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Magath: Sein erster Härtetest" (in German). kicker.de. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Knappen landen wichtigen 2:0-Arbeitssieg gegen den Karlsruher SC" (in German). FC Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Levan Kenia kommt zur Fortuna" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf.
  6. ↑ "Levan Kenia und Fortuna Düsseldorf gehen getrennte Wege" (in German). derwesten.de. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kenia profile by F81" (in French). Dudelange. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Verstärkung für den Trainerstab des KFC" (in German). KFC Uerdingen 05. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Georgia 1-1 Ukraine". Sky Sports. 8 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  10. ↑ "ISP Exclusive: World's Top 30 Young Talents". Iran Sports Press. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  11. ↑ Clive Lindsay (17 October 2007). "Georgia 2-0 Scotland". BBC. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  12. ↑ "Schalke capture Georgian wunderkind". UEFA.com. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  13. ↑ Lasha Chankvetadze (30 May 2008). "Estonia 1-1 Georgia". Geofootball.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  14. ↑ "L. Kenia". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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