Giorgi Demetradze

Georgi Demetradze (Georgian: გიორგი დემეტრაძე, 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.

Georgi Demetradze
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-09-26) 26 September 1976
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Kakheti Telavi 31 (16)
1994–1998 Dinamo Tbilisi 69 (51)
1997–1998 → Feyenoord (loan) 7 (0)
1998–1999 Alania Vladikavkaz 44 (35)
2000 Dynamo Kyiv 26 (15)
2000 → Dynamo-2 Kyiv 8 (9)
2001–2003 Real Sociedad 13 (1)
2002 → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 6 (0)
2002 → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 16 (6)
2003–2007 Metalurh Donetsk 86 (34)
2005 → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 11 (1)
2006 → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 13 (3)
2007–2008 Arsenal Kyiv 18 (3)
2008–2009 FC Baku 10 (2)
2009–2010 Spartak Tskhinvali 6 (1)
Total 363 (178)
International career
1996–1997 Georgia U21 6 (1)
1996–2007 Georgia 56 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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 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 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 websiteArchived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine and supplemented by the National Football Teams website.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Ref.
DivisionAppsGoals
Kakheti Telavi1992–93Umaglesi Liga92 [3]
1993–942214 [3]
Total3116 –
Dinamo Tbilisi1994–95Umaglesi Liga178 [3]
1995–962617 [3]
1996–972626 [3]
Total6951 –
Feyenoord (loan)1997–98Eredivisie70 [4][3]
Alania Vladikavkaz1998Russian Premier League1514 [3]
19992921 [3]
Total4435 –
Dynamo Kyiv1999–00Ukrainian Premier League147 [3]
2000–01128 [3]
Total2615 –
Real Sociedad2000–01La Liga40 [4][3]
2001–0291 [4][3]
Total131 –
Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)2002Russian Premier League60 [4][3]
Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)2002Russian Premier League166 [4][3]
Metalurh Donetsk2002–03Ukrainian Premier League158 [3]
2003–042818 [3]
2004–05235 [3]
Total6631 –
Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)2005Russian Premier League111 [4]
Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)2005–06Israeli Premier League133 [3]
Metalurh Donetsk2005–06Ukrainian Premier League32 [3]
2006–07162 [3]
Total194 –
Arsenal Kyiv2007–08Ukrainian Premier League183 [3]
FC Baku2008–09Azerbaijan Premier League102 [3]
FC Tskhinvali2009–10Umaglesi Liga61 [5]
Career total355169 –

References
  1. Лучшего бомбардира чемпионата России осудили в Грузии на шесть лет (in Russian). Vzglyad Newspaper. 23 March 2011.
  2. "Former footballer Giorgi Demetradze leaves prison". InterPressNews. 13 January 2013.
  3. "Giorgi Demetradze". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. "Georgi Demetradze » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. "G. Demetradze". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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