Giorgi Chakvetadze


Giorgi Chakvetadze is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent.

Club career

Early career and Dinamo Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi, Chakvetadze started his career with Norchi Dinamo. His first manager was former footballer Tamaz Kostava, who described Chakvetadze as a hardworking player.
In 2010, after some successful seasons in the youth championships of Georgia, Chakvetadze moved to Dinamo Tbilisi, where he won U15 and U17 championships. In 2015, Chakvetadze signed a three-year deal with Dinamo.
Chakvetadze was promoted to the first team in 2016, making his debut against Locomotive Tbilisi on 18 November 2016, replacing Otar Kiteishvili. 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.

Gent

At the end of summer 2017, Chakvetadze signed with Gent. 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.
His surname is transliterated as Tsjakvetadze in Dutch.

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. On 19 November 2018, he assisted and scored again for Georgia in his country's 2–1 win over Kazakhstan which confirmed the country as the winner of its group.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentCapScoreResultCompetition
1.24 March 2018Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi14–04–0Friendly
2.6 September 2018Astana Arena, Astana21–02–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
3.16 October 2018Daugava Stadium, Riga53–03–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
4.15 November 2018Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella61–01–12018–19 UEFA Nations League D
5.19 November 2018Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi72–02–12018–19 UEFA Nations League D