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    DAVIT NINIASHVILI

    May 31, 2022 3 minutes
    Words Sarah Mockford
    Pictures Getty Images & Inpho

    SPOTLIGHT ON

    Age 19 (14 July 2002)

    Born Tbilisi

    Position Back three

    Club Lyon

    Height 6ft 1in

    Weight 13st 10lb

    Georgia caps 11

    Instagram @niniashvilidatuna_

    DAVIT NINIASHVILI is too shy to respond when asked to describe his strengths as a player, but his Lyon and Georgia team-mate Beka Saginadze is sitting alongside and chips in: “Speed, strong in attack and contesting for a high ball.”

    Fortunately for club and country, Niniashvili is not so shy about displaying those strengths on

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