Irakli Bidzinashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Dinamo Batumi
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Saburtalo 84 (9)
2018–2019 Noah 5 (0)
2019 Jelgava 20 (2)
2020–2021 Dila 32 (7)
2022– Dinamo Batumi 59 (14)
International career
2013 Georgia U17 2 (0)
2015–2016 Georgia U19 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2023

Irakli Bidzinashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი; born 27 February 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

Bidzinashvili has won the top Georgian league.[1]

Career

A product of Saburtalo's academy,[2] Bidzinashvili started his professional career at this club at the age of 16. On 21 September 2013, he came off the bench in Saburtalo's second-division game against STU. On 24 March 2014, he contributed with his first senior career goal to a 4–1 over Samgurali.[3]

The next year Saburtalo secured promotion to the Umaglesi Liga[4] with Bidzinashvili taking part in 25 league games. His first top-division goal came in a dramatic 2–2 draw against Samtredia, in which Bidzinashvili scored a late leveller.[5]

Having played 84 games for Saburtalo, Bidzinashvili left the team in 2017. Following a short-time spell at Armenian club Noah, he joined Latvian side Jelgava.[6]

In 2020, Bidzinashvili returned to Georgia and joined Dila Gori, where twice in a row he won the bronze medals of the Erovnuli Liga. In 2021, apart from making a debut in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers with two appearances, Bidzinashvili became a key player who among two other footballers was nominated as the best midfielder. Although ultimately not selected, Bidzinashvili featured in Team of the Year.[7]

After this season he signed with crowned champions Dinamo Batumi.[8] In his first two years, Bidzinashvili became a regular player for this title-chasing club by taking part in 59 league games. In 2023, he won his first top title with Dinamo.[9]

Statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saburtalo 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 152152
2014–15 25320273
2015–16 Erovnuli Liga 250202[lower-alpha 1]0290
2016 2121
2017 17310183
2018 001010
Total 849602000929
Noah 2019 Armenian Premier League 502070
Jedgava 2019 Virsliga 20221223
Dila Gori 2020 Erovnuli Liga 502171
2021 277202[lower-alpha 2]0317
Total 327412000388
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 277104[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0337
2023 32730202[lower-alpha 4]0397
Total 59144060307214
Career total 20032182803022934
  1. Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. 2 appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League and 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

Honours

Team

Dinamo Batumi

Erovnuli Liga (1): 2023

Individual

Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year (1): 2021

References

  1. "ისტორიაში მეორედ - ბათუმის დინამო საქართველოს ჩემპიონი გახდა". belive.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  2. "ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი - სეზონის განახლებისთვის 100 პროცენტით მზად ვიქნები". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 7 June 2020.
  3. "Saburtalo vs Samgurali". soccerway.com.
  4. "უმაღლეს ლიგაში "საბურთალო" და "საპოვნელა" ითამაშებენ". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 24 April 2015.
  5. "Saburtalo vs Samtredia". soccerway.com.
  6. "ლატვიურმა "ელგავამ" ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი წარადგინა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 6 March 2019.
  7. "ELIGA AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2021.
  8. "ბიძინაშვილი ბათუმის „დინამოში" ითამაშებს". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2021.
  9. ""დინამო" ბათუმი საქართველოს ჩემპიონია". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  10. "Tsotne Patsatsia statistics". soccerway.com.
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