Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has been named UEFA Champions League Player of the Season for 2025/26 after helping Paris Saint-Germain win their first-ever European crown and complete a continental treble in his first season at the club.
Kvaratskhelia, who joined PSG for €70 million in January 2025 from Napoli, immediately became a focal player and scored in the Champions League final. He recorded 10 goals and five assists in 14 Champions League appearances, making a decisive impact in Europe’s premier competition.
The Georgian has achieved a rare and extraordinary feat: winning a quadruple across two different clubs in a single season. Kvaratskhelia won Serie A with Napoli before joining PSG mid-season, then helped them win Ligue 1, Coupe de France, and the Champions League, collecting four winner’s medals including two domestic league titles.
Full List of 2025/26 Champions League Award Winners
Player of the Season: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG/Georgia)
Top Goal Scorer: Kvaratskhelia also won the Golden Boot as the competition’s leading scorer
Young Player of the Season: [To be confirmed based on official UEFA announcement]
Kvaratskhelia has become just the second player in history to win a quadruple across two different leagues in the same season. Only Álvaro Odriozola achieved a similar feat, doing so with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in 2019/20 when he won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and Champions League after transferring mid-season.
AC Milan legend Clarence Seedorf, a four-time Champions League winner, has hailed Kvaratskhelia as the “best player in the world” following his “unbelievable” display for PSG against Bayern Munich in a nine-goal thriller at the Parc des Princes during the quarter-finals.
The Georgian’s achievement is even more remarkable given he won two league titles in different countries (Serie A with Napoli and Ligue 1 with PSG) within the same season, alongside the treble constituents of Champions League, Coupe de France, and Ligue 1.
Kvaratskhelia’s midfielder performances throughout the campaign featured 7 Champions League goals in 9 games during his time with PSG, plus his contributions to Napoli’s domestic success before his winter transfer, marking one of football’s most remarkable individual seasons.
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