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Luka Zarandia
Personal information
Date of birth	17 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2006–2008	Shevardeni Tbilisi
2008–2010	School No. 35 Tbilisi
2010–2012	Locomotive Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Locomotive Tbilisi
2014–2016	Genk
2016–2017	Locomotive Tbilisi
2017–2019	Arka Gdynia
2019–2022	Zulte Waregem
2020	→ FC Tobol (loan)
2022	Korona Kielce
2023	Dinamo Batumi
International career
2012–2013	Georgia U17
2013–2015	Georgia U19
2016–2018	Georgia U21
2018	Georgia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2022

Luka Zarandia (Georgian: ლუკა ზარანდია; born 17 February 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a winger.

Early life

As a child, Zarandia played tennis.^[1]

Club career

After starting career in hometown club Locomotive Tbilisi, Zarandia moved to Poland in 2017 and joined Arka Gdynia.^[2] He made his debut for the club in April 2017 in the Polish Cup game against Wigry Suwałki.^[3]

In July 2019, Zulte Waregem announced the signing of the Zarandia on a three-year agreement.^[4]

On 29 March 2022, he joined Polish I liga side Korona Kielce, led by Leszek Ojrzyński with whom he previously worked with at Arka, until the end of the season.^[5] He stayed with the team following their promotion to Ekstraklasa before terminating his contract by mutual consent on 2 November 2022, shortly after Ojrzyński's dismissal.^[6]