Giorgi Demetradze
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Georgi Demetradze (Georgian: Script error: No such module "Lang".; born 26 September 1976) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made 56 appearances for the Georgia national team scoring 12 goals.
Career
Born in Tbilisi, Demetradze played for the Dinamo Tbilisi youth team and signed for the club in 1994 after spending two seasons with Kakheti 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 Demetradze participated in three different Leagues. In 2007, he returned to Ukraine and played for Arsenal Kyiv. A year later he signed an annual contract with Azerbaijani football club FC Baku.
Post retirement
Demetradze 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 six years of imprisonment.[1] He was released from prison as a political prisoner on 13 January 2013.[2] Demetradze later married and had a daughter.
Career statistics
All data on his participation in the top league of Ukraine can be found at the FFU official websiteTemplate:Webarchive and supplemented by the National Football Teams website.
| Club | Season | League | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Ref.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kakheti Telavi | 1992–93 | Umaglesi Liga | 9 | 2 | [3] |
| 1993–94 | 22 | 14 | [3] | ||
| Total | 31 | 16 | – | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1994–95 | Umaglesi Liga | 17 | 8 | [3] |
| 1995–96 | 26 | 17 | [3] | ||
| 1996–97 | 26 | 26 | [3] | ||
| Total | 69 | 51 | – | ||
| Feyenoord (loan) | 1997–98 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | [4][3] |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 1998 | Russian Premier League | 15 | 14 | [3] |
| 1999 | 29 | 21 | [3] | ||
| Total | 44 | 35 | – | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1999–00 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 7 | [3] |
| 2000–01 | 12 | 8 | [3] | ||
| Total | 26 | 15 | – | ||
| Real Sociedad | 2000–01 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | [4][3] |
| 2001–02 | 9 | 1 | [4][3] | ||
| Total | 13 | 1 | – | ||
| Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 2002 | Russian Premier League | 6 | 0 | [4][3] |
| Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) | 2002 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 6 | [4][3] |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 2002–03 | Ukrainian Premier League | 15 | 8 | [3] |
| 2003–04 | 28 | 18 | [3] | ||
| 2004–05 | 23 | 5 | [3] | ||
| Total | 66 | 31 | – | ||
| Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 2005 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 1 | [4] |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | 2005–06 | Israeli Premier League | 13 | 3 | [3] |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 2005–06 | Ukrainian Premier League | 3 | 2 | [3] |
| 2006–07 | 16 | 2 | [3] | ||
| Total | 19 | 4 | – | ||
| Arsenal Kyiv | 2007–08 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 3 | [3] |
| FC Baku | 2008–09 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 | 2 | [3] |
| FC Tskhinvali | 2009–10 | Umaglesi Liga | 6 | 1 | [5] |
| Career total | 355 | 169 | – | ||
References
External links
- Demetradze moves to Israel, sport.ru, 4 February 2006
- Profile at Dynamo Kyiv's fansite
- Profile Template:Webarchive at GeorgianSoccer.com
- Demetradze in Spain
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- Living people
- 1976 births
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Feyenoord players
- FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- FC Metalurh Donetsk players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- FC Arsenal Kyiv players
- FC Baku players
- FC Tskhinvali players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Russian Premier League players
- Eredivisie players
- La Liga players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Ukrainian First League players
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Azerbaijan
- Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
- Footballers from Tbilisi