he joined schalke 04 from lokomotivi tbilisi in january 2008, signing a contract with the club that ran until june 2012 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. formerly, kenia trained for two weeks at the age of 14 with fc barcelona.