Georgian star Khvisha Kvaratskhelia won the award for the best player in the Champions League, after the technical committee of the European Football Association chose him in recognition of the exceptional performance he presented with Paris Saint-Germain during his journey towards winning the continental title for the second season in a row.
Kvaratskhelia was crowned with the award following the remarkable levels he showed throughout the tournament, where he participated in 16 matches, during which he succeeded in scoring 10 goals and assisting 6 others, to confirm His position as one of the team's most prominent stars and the most influential in the European crowning campaign.
The Georgian international was strongly present in the final match against Arsenal, after he caused a penalty kick after being fouled by Christian Mosquera, which Ousmane Dembele successfully exploited and gave his team the equalizer in one of the most prominent moments of the final confrontation.
Kvaratskhelia also had a pivotal role during the semi-finals, when he contributed greatly to the victory of Paris Saint-Germain. The dramatic victory over Bayern Munich 5-4 in the first leg, after he scored two important goals, the first of which was the turning point that brought his team back into the atmosphere of the match, before strengthening its advantage with a second goal during the second half.
The official statistics issued by the European Football Association showed the amount of effort that the player made throughout the tournament, as he played 1,141 minutes, covering a total distance of 124.17 kilometers, while recording a maximum speed of 33.7 kilometers in the first leg. The hour.
By winning this award, Kvaratskhelia succeeds his former colleague Ousmane Dembélé in the list of winners of the award, after the latter had won it in the 2024-2025 season, so that Paris Saint-Germain continues to assert its European dominance on both the team and individual levels.