Khatia Tchkonia

Khatia Tchkonia, (Georgian: ხატია ჭყონია, born 16 October 1989) is a Georgian women's football midfielder, who lately played in the Turkish Women's Super League for Hatayspor with jersey number 9.[1] She is a member of the Georgia women's national football team since 2010.[2][3]

Khatia Tchkonia
Khatia Tchkonia for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season.
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-16) 16 October 1989
Place of birth Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
2009–2010 Trabzonspor 17 (9)
2010–2012 Trabzon İdmanocağı 51 (34)
2013–2016 Kdz. Ereğlispor 55 (31)
2017 Ataşehir Belediyespor 21 (7)
2018 İlkadım Belediyespor 11 (5)
2018–2019 Konak Belediyespor 13 (1)
2019–2022 WFC Lanchkhuti 2016
2023 Hatayspor 3 (0)
International career‡
2010– Georgia 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 March 2011

Club career
Khatia Tchkonia (lila) playing for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Khatia Tchkonia (lila) driving the ball for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2014–15 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Khatia Tchkonia played in her hometown club FC Dinamo Tbilisi. She made her first international appearance at the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup Group A7 matches. She netted two goals against the Serbian team ŽFK Napredak Kruševac.[4]

She joined the Turkish club Trabzonspor July 16, 2009 right before the qualification matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League. She scored a goal in her first match in the tournament against the Slovene team ŽNK Krka.[5] She participated also in the two following matches.[6][7] After playing one season and scoring nine goals in 17 league matches, she transferred the rival team Trabzon İdmanocağı in the same city. She played three seasons capping 51 times and netting 34 goals. For the 2012–13 season, she moved to another Black Sea club, Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she continues to play.[1] She transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehr Belediyespor in the second half of the 2016–17 season.[1]

On January 4, 2018, Tchkonia transferred to İlkadım Belediyesi.[1][8]

After relegation of her club to the Second League, she left her club, and transferred to the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2018–19 First League season.[1]

On 2 July 2019, Tchkonia left her club Konak Belediyespor, and returnedto her country.[1] In January 2023, she moved again to Turkey, and joined Hatayspor to play in the second half of the 2022–23 Super League. On 10 March 2023, she left Turkey for home as her team suffered from the earthquake in Turkey, which took place on 6 February 2023.[9]

International career

Tchkonia debuted in the Georgia women's national team playing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 match against Greece on April 15, 2010,[10] and appeared also in the match against the Bulgarian women.[11] She participated at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying matches against Malta, Armenia and Faroe Islands.[2] She was called up to play at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 2 matches. She played in the group against Lithuania, Montenegro and Faroe Islands, and scored one goal.

Career statistics
As of 5 February 2023.[1][9]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzonspor 2009–10 First League 179312010
Total 179312010
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2010–11 First League 2119––302419
2011–12 First League 2115––2115
2012–13 First League 90––31101
Total 5134615735
Kdz. Ereğlispor 2012–13 First League 75––75
2013–14 First League 174––174
2014–15 First League 147––147
2015–16 First League 1715––1715
Total 5531––005531
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2016–17 First League 177––00177
2017–18 First League 40––0040
Total 217––00217
İlkadım Belediyespor 2017–18 First League 115––00115
Total 115––00115

–

 Konak Belediyespor 2018–19 First League
131––00131
Hatayspor 2022–23 Super League 30––0030
Total 30––0030
Career total 17187316118089

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 April 2015Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta Andorra4–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2.5–0
3.6–0
4.7–0
5.8 April 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Estonia1–02–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.14 June 2019Davit Petriashvili Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia United Arab Emirates2–05–1Friendly
7.3–0
8.13 July 2023Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Armenia3–05–0

Honours
Turkish Women's First Football League
Trabzonspor
Winners (1): 2009–10
Kdz. ereğlispor
Third places (1): 2012–13
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Third places (1): 2016–17
Konak Belediyespor
Third places (1): 2018–19

References
  1. "Khatia Tchkonia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. "Khatia Tchkonia". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. "K. Tchkonia". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. "UEFA Women's Cup 2007/08 – Group A7". Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. "ZNK KRKA 0–2 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  6. "ASD Torres Calcio 9–0 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  7. "Trabzonspor 1–2 FK Slovan Duslo Sala" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  8. Kenan, recep (2018-01-08). "Ataşehir Belediyespor'da Transferler Sürüyor". ITV Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  9. "Khatia Tchkonia" (in Turkish). Yürkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  10. "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Greece". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  11. "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Bulgaria". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
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