Giorgi Chakvetadze

Giorgi Chakvetadze (Georgian: გიორგი ჩაკვეტაძე; born 29 August 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent.[1]

Giorgi Chakvetadze
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Chakvetadze
Date of birth (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gent
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2010 Norchi Dinamoeli
2010–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Dinamo Tbilisi 29 (5)
2017– Gent 39 (5)
National team‡
2015–2016 Georgia U17 20 (5)
2016 Georgia U18 5 (0)
2016–2017 Georgia U19 14 (1)
2017– Georgia U21 3 (0)
2018– Georgia 9 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:24, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career and Dinamo Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi, Chakvetadze started his career with Norchi Dinamo.[2] His first manager was former footballer Tamaz Kostava, who described Chakvetadze as a hardworking player.[2]

In 2010, after some successful seasons in the youth championships of Georgia, Chakvetadze moved to Dinamo Tbilisi, where he won U15 and U17 championships.[3] In 2015, Chakvetadze signed a three-year deal with Dinamo.[4]

Chakvetadze was promoted to the first team in 2016, making his debut against Locomotive Tbilisi on 18 November 2016, replacing Otar Kiteishvili.[5] That season the young midfielder made 5 appearances for Dinamo. In the following season, Chakvetadze became a key figure of the club, scoring 5 goals in 24 appearances with the club, with two of them against Dila Gori.[6]

Gent

At the end of summer 2017, Chakvetadze signed with Gent.[7] The president of the Georgian club, Roman Pipia confirmed that the Belgian club was not the only one interested in signing the young player, declaring that Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen tried to sign him as well.[7]

His surname is transliterated as Tsjakvetadze in Dutch.[8]

International career

Chakvetadze scored his debut goal of his senior career in a friendly match against Lithuania on 24 March 2018 in Tbilisi, where Georgia achieved a 4–0 win over its guests.

On 6 September 2018, Chakvetadze opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over Kazakhstan, the first goal in the history of the UEFA Nations League.[9] On 19 November 2018, he assisted and scored again for Georgia in his country's 2–1 win over Kazakhstan[10] which confirmed the country as the winner of its group.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 August 2020[12][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2016 Erovnuli Liga 50–––50
2017 24520––265
Total 295200000315
Gent 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 101––90191
2018–19 204414031316
2019–20 90003000120
Total 3954170121627
Career total 681061701219312

International
As of matches played on 23 September 2020[14]
Georgia national team
YearAppsGoals
201875
201900
202020
Total95

International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[14]
#DateVenueOpponentCapScoreResultCompetition
1. 24 March 2018 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi  Lithuania 1 4–0 4–0 Friendly
2. 6 September 2018 Astana Arena, Astana  Kazakhstan 2 1–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3. 16 October 2018 Daugava Stadium, Riga  Latvia 5 3–0 3–0
4. 15 November 2018 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella  Andorra 6 1–0 1–1
5. 19 November 2018 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi  Kazakhstan 7 2–0 2–1

References
  1. Giorgi Chakvetadze at Soccerway
  2. "თამაზ კოსტავა გიორგი ჩაკვეტაძეზე: "ასეთი ნიჭიერი არავინ მყოლია"". Worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "Both teams won in Youth League". Dinamo Tbilisi. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. "Giorgi Chakvetadze prolonged contract". Dinamo Tbilisi. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. "Dinamo Tbilisi-Locomotive Tbilisi 4-0 (Match Report)". Soccerway. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Dinamo Tbilisi-Dila Gori 5-0 (Match Report)". Soccerway. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. "ეს ბიჭებიც და ტრანსფერებიც თბილისის "დინამოსია"". Dinamo Tbilisi (in Georgian). 16 September 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. "18-jarige Georgiër loodst AA Gent naar zege tegen Lokeren". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. "Chakvetadze scores first goal in UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  10. Jones, Amy (20 November 2018). "Georgian Football Team Victorious Against Kazakhstan". Georgia Today. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  11. Brown, Paul; Gozzi, Laura (20 November 2018). "Nations League: What have other countries made of Uefa's new competition?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  12. "Giorgi Chakvetadze » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  13. "G.Chakvetadze". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  14. Giorgi Chakvetadze at National-Football-Teams.com
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