| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kairat | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Sasco Tbilisi | 6 | (4) |
| 2015–2020 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 66 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Dinamo Batumi | 87 | (14) |
| 2024– | Kairat | 1 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Georgia U-21 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2021 | |||
Giorgi Zaria (Georgian: გიორგი ზარია; born 14 July 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for FC Kairat as a midfielder. Zaria is the five-times winner of the top Georgian league.
Club career
Zaria took first steps in professional football at second-division club Sasco in 2013. He drew interest from Dinamo Tbilisi where he spent next six seasons. Zaria netted his first top-league goal in a 1–0 away win over Torpedo Kutaisi on 26 November 2016.[1]
In late December 2020, Zaria signed a three-year contract with Dinamo Batumi.[2] During this period he twice won the champion's titles. Also, the Erovnuli Liga recognized Zaria's individual performance in 2023 by naming him in Team of the Season.
At the end of this season, he moved to Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat on a deal until the end of 2025.[3] Zaria opened his goal scoring account in the very first game of the season with a long-range strike against Kyzylzhar, which helped his new team snatch a narrow victory.[4]
International career
Zaria made his debut for the [[Georgia national football team]Georgia national team]] on 5 September 2021 in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Spain. He started the game and was substituted after 57 minutes.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 2 March 2024[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sasco Tbilisi | 2013–14 | Pirveli Liga | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2015–16 | Umaglesi/ Erovnuli Liga |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 66 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7 | ||
| Dinamo Batumi | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 41 | 9 | ||
| Total | 87 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 15 | ||
| Kairat | 2024 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career total | 160 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 27 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ a b Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
- Erovnuli Liga winner (5): 2015–16, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
- Erovnuli Liga runner-up (3): 2017, 2018, 2022
- David Kipiani Cup winner (1): 2015–16
- David Kipiani Cup runner-up (1): 2023
- Super Cup winner (1): 2022
- Super Cup runner-up (2): 2020, 2023
References
- ^ "Torpedo vs Dinamo Tbilisi". Soccerway.
- ^ "'დინამო ბათუმის საფეხბურთო ფილოსოფიას კარგად ვიცნობ' - ინტერვიუ გიორგი ზარიასთან". europop.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2020.
- ^ "გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს! გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს!". footballnews.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "«Кайрат» вырвал победу в стартовом матче КПЛ-2024". sports.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Spain v Georgia game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Giorgi Zaria statistics". soccerway.
External links
- Giorgi Zaria at Soccerway
- Giorgi Zaria at National-Football-Teams.com
This page was last edited on 23 May 2024, at 10:04