Luka Gagnidze

Luka Gagnidze (Georgian: ლუკა გაგნიძე; born 28 February 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian club FC Dynamo Moscow and the Georgia national team.

Luka Gagnidze
Gagnidze with Dynamo Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-28) 28 February 2003
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Dynamo Moscow
Number 34
Youth career
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 FC Dinamo Tbilisi 17 (1)
2021– FC Dynamo Moscow 25 (0)
2021–2022 → FC Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 11 (0)
2022 → Raków Częstochowa (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Georgia U16 2 (1)
2019–2020 Georgia U17 9 (0)
2021 Georgia U19 5 (0)
2021– Georgia U21 7 (0)
2023– Georgia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Club career

Born in Kutaisi, Gagnidze took first steps in football at Torpedo academy. He was ten years old when he moved to Dinamo Tbilisi academy.[1] At age 16 Gagnidze was widely recognized as a talented player. In 2019 some media outlets named him among ten Georgian sportsmen expected to shine in the upcoming years.[2] Being at that time a key U17 team member, he received the Alexandre Chivadze Golden medal, annually given by the Football Federation to distinguished young players.[3]

He regularly featured in Dinamo Tbilisi under Georgi Nemsadze.

On 5 July 2021, Gagnidze signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Dynamo Moscow[4] On 21 July 2021, he was loaned to another RPL club FC Ural Yekaterinburg for the 2021–22 season.[5]

He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Ural on 1 August 2021 in a game against FC Nizhny Novgorod. He substituted Vyacheslav Podberyozkin in the 58th minute.[6]

On 10 March 2022, Gagnidze's contract with Ural was suspended until 30 June 2022 (which is the end of his loan term) according to special FIFA regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

On 25 March 2022, he signed a short-term deal with Polish Ekstraklasa side Raków Częstochowa.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2020 Erovnuli Liga 20–0020
2021 Erovnuli Liga 15110–161
Total 1711000181
Dynamo Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 20070–270
2023–24 Russian Premier League 5030–80
Total 250100–350
Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 2021–22 Russian Premier League 11020–130
Raków Częstochowa (loan) 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 1000–10
Career total 54113000671

International

Gagnidze made his debut for the national team in a friendly 6–1 win over Mongolia on 25 March 2023. In June 2023, he was called up to the U21 squad taking part in the European Championship.[9]

References
  1. ""სხვა ვარიანტი არ მქონდა; ამის გამო თუ არ გამომიძახებენ, მართლები იქნებიან" - ლუკა გაგნიძე". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 11 January 2023.
  2. "10 ქართველი სპორტსმენი, რომლებსაც 2020-ში უნდა დავაკვირდეთ". europop.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2019.
  3. "GFF AWARDS 2019" (in Georgian). Georgian Football Federation. 27 December 2019.
  4. "Лука Гагнидзе стал игроком "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 5 July 2021.
  5. "Состав "Урала" пополнил Лука Гагнидзе" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 21 July 2021.
  6. "Ural v Nizhny Novgorod game report". Russian Premier League. 1 August 2021.
  7. ""Урал" приостановил контракты с грузинскими игроками Гагнидзе и Цулукидзе" (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 10 March 2022.
  8. "Luka Gagnidze nowym zawodnikiem Rakowa!" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  9. "საქართველოს ნაკრების 23-კაციანი შემადგენლობა ცნობილია". europop.ge (in Georgian). 15 June 2023.
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