Lado Akhalaia (footballer, born 2002)

Lado Akhalaia (born 1 July 2002) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a striker for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange on loan from the Italian club Torino.

Lado Akhalaia
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002
Place of birth Moldova
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Swift Hesperange (on loan from Torino)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2018 Dacia Chișinau
2019–2021 Inter
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Torino 0 (0)
2022 → Virton (loan) 3 (0)
2023– → Swift Hesperange (loan) 13 (1)
International career‡
2020 Moldova U-19 1 (0)
2021 Moldova U-21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

Career

As a youth player, Akhalaia joined the youth academy of Moldovan second tier side Dacia Buiucani.[1][2][3] In 2019, he joined the youth academy of Inter in the Italian Serie A after trialing for the youth academies of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting in Portugal.[4][5]

In 2021, he signed for Italian Serie A team Torino.[6] In 2022, Akhalaia was sent on loan to Virton in the Belgian second tier. On 14 January 2023, he moved on a new loan to Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg.[7]

Personal life

He is the son of Georgia international Vladimir Akhalaia and the grandson of Moldova international and manager Alexandru Spiridon.[8][9]

References
  1. "Ладо Ахалая-младший: «Избили игроков, тренеров, разбили им машины… Пришлось уезжать»". moldova.sports.md. 25 January 2020.
  2. "Ладо Ахалая-младший: «Со своим дедом мы никогда не пересекались ни в одном клубе, и я бы никогда не поехал ни в «Шахтёр», ни в «Зенит»". moldova.sports.md. 27 January 2020.
  3. "Lado Akhalaia: "Golurile pentru Inter Milano sunt importante pentru mine, însă aş fi putut marca mai mult"". moldfootball.com.
  4. "Lado Akhalaia, jucătorul moldovean de la campioana Italiei".
  5. "Forza, fiuto e gol del moldavo Akhalaia". tuttomercatoweb.com.
  6. "chi è Akhalaia: l'attaccante cresciuto tanto in Primavera". toronews.net. 8 July 2022.
  7. "1.Wantertransfer: Lado Akhalaia" (in Luxembourgish). FC Swift Hesperange. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. "Interview with Lado Akhalaia". publika.md. January 2020.
  9. "Povestea fotbalistului de la Internazionale Milano, cu cetăţenie română. Tatăl său a trecut pe la Dinamo Bucureşti. "Vreau să ajung la Cupa Mondială"". orangesport.ro. 26 September 2020.


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