Giorgi Demetradze

Georgi Demetradze

Personal information
Full name	Georgi Shalvovich Demetradze
Date of birth	26 September 1976 (1976-09-26) (age 35)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1994	Kaheti Telavi	31	(16)
1994–1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	67	(51)
1997–1998	real madrid	8	(0)
1998–1999	Alania Vladikavkaz	43	(35)
2000	Dynamo Kyiv	26	(15)
2001	Real Sociedad	13	(1)
2002	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	(0)
2002	Alania Vladikavkaz	16	(6)
2003–2005	Metalurh Donetsk	67	(30)
2005	Alania Vladikavkaz	11	(2)
2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13	(3)
2006-2007	Metalurh Donetsk	16	(2)
2007-2008	Arsenal Kyiv	18	(3)
2008-2009	FK Baku	10	(2)
2009-2010	Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi	4	(0)
National team‡
1996–2007	Georgia	56	(12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2009

Georgi Demetradze (Georgian: გიორგი დემეტრაძე, born 26 September 1976 in Tbilisi) is a retired Georgian international footballer. He was a striker.

Career

Demetradze played for the Dinamo Tbilisi youth team and signed for the club in 1994 after spending two seasons with Kaheti Telavi. He has become the Georgian league top scorer with Dinamo.

In 1997 Demetradze moved to Rotterdam to play for Feyenoord, but an injury limited his playing time. After one season in Netherlands, he moved to Russia to play for Alania Vladikavkaz. With them Demetradze has become Russian Top Division top scorer in 1999. In 2000 he transferred to Dynamo Kyiv to become a Ukrainian champion. While there he famously missed an open goal against Manchester United in the Champions League that would have seen the English side eliminated from the competition.

After a year at Real Sociedad Demetradze returned to Russia where he spent half a season with Lokomotiv Moscow and half a season with Alania.

In 2003 he moved to Ukraine again, to play for Metalurh Donetsk. He spent 2.5 seasons with them. In mid-2005 he went to play for Alania for the third time. After Alania were relegated, Demetradze transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2005 for some reason he managed to participate in three different Leagues! In 2007 he returned to Ukraine and played for Arsenal Kyiv. A year after that he has signed an annual contract with Azerbaijani football club FK Baku

Post retirement

He was arrested by Georgian police in July 2010, and on 23 March 2011 he was found guilty of extortion from people who lost at illegal betting on sports, and sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.^[1]

Playing career

All data on his participation in the top league of Ukraine can be found at the FFU official website and supplemented by the National Football Teams website.

Year	Country - Club	League (Season) Tier	Games/Goals	Honors
1999-00	Dynamo Kyiv	Top League 1st level	014/7	Champion
2000-01	Dynamo Kyiv	Top League 1st level	012/8	Champion
2002-03	Metalurh Donetsk	Top League 1st level	015/8
2003-04	Metalurh Donetsk	Top League 1st level	028/18	Top scorer
2004-05	Metalurh Donetsk	Top League 1st level	24/4
2005-06	Metalurh Donetsk	Top League 1st level	03/2
2006-07	Metalurh Donetsk	Top League 1st level	16/2
2007-08	Arsenal Kyiv	Top League 1st level	18/3

References

• Demetradze moves to Israel, sport.ru, 4 February 2006
• Profile at Dynamo Kyiv's fansite
• Profile at GeorgianSoccer.com
• Demetradze in Spain
• Giorgi Demetradze – FIFA competition record
• Giorgi Demetradze at National-Football-Teams.com

1. ^ "Лучшего бомбардира чемпионата России осудили в Грузии на шесть лет" (in Russian). Vzglyad Newspaper. 23 March 2011. http://vz.ru/news/2011/3/23/478051.html. 

Persondata
Name	Demetradze, Georgi
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	26 September 1976
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death