Irakli Bidzinashvili
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Saburtalo 84 (9)
2018–2019 Noah 5 (0)
2019 Jelgava 20 (2)
2020–2021 Dila 32 (7)
2022– Dinamo Batumi 59 (14)
International career
2013 Georgia U17 2 (0)
2015–2016 Georgia U19 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2023

Irakli Bidzinashvili (Georgian: ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი; born 27 February 1997) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

Bidzinashvili has won the top Georgian league.[1]

Career

A product of Saburtalo's academy,[2] Bidzinashvili started his professional career at this club at the age of 16. On 21 September 2013, he came off the bench in Saburtalo's second-division game against STU. On 24 March 2014, he contributed with his first senior career goal to a 4–1 over Samgurali.[3]

The next year Saburtalo secured promotion to the Umaglesi Liga[4] with Bidzinashvili taking part in 25 league games. His first top-division goal came in a dramatic 2–2 draw against Samtredia, in which Bidzinashvili scored a late leveller.[5]

Having played 84 games for Saburtalo, Bidzinashvili left the team in 2017. Following a short-time spell at Armenian club Noah, he joined Latvian side Jelgava.[6]

In 2020, Bidzinashvili returned to Georgia and joined Dila Gori, where twice in a row he won the bronze medals of the Erovnuli Liga. In 2021, apart from making a debut in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers with two appearances, Bidzinashvili became a key player who among two other footballers was nominated as the best midfielder. Although ultimately not selected, Bidzinashvili featured in Team of the Year.[7]

After this season he signed with crowned champions Dinamo Batumi.[8] In his first two years, Bidzinashvili became a regular player for this title-chasing club by taking part in 59 league games. In 2023, he won his first top title with Dinamo.[9]

Statistics

As of match played 6 December 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saburtalo 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 152–––152
2014–15 25320––273
2015–16 Erovnuli Liga 250202[lower-alpha 1]0–290
2016 21–––21
2017 17310––183
2018 0010––10
Total 849602000929
Noah 2019 Armenian Premier League 5020––70
Jedgava 2019 Virsliga 20221––223
Dila Gori 2020 Erovnuli Liga 5021––71
2021 277202[lower-alpha 2]0–317
Total 327412000388
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 277104[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0337
2023 32730202[lower-alpha 4]0397
Total 59144060307214
Career total 20032182803022934
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ 2 appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League and 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

Honours

Team

Dinamo Batumi

Erovnuli Liga (1): 2023

Individual

Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year (1): 2021

References

  1. ↑ "ისტორიაში მეორედ - ბათუმის დინამო საქართველოს ჩემპიონი გახდა". belive.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი - სეზონის განახლებისთვის 100 პროცენტით მზად ვიქნები". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 7 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Saburtalo vs Samgurali". soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "უმაღლეს ლიგაში "საბურთალო" და "საპოვნელა" ითამაშებენ". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 24 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Saburtalo vs Samtredia". soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ "ლატვიურმა "ელგავამ" ირაკლი ბიძინაშვილი წარადგინა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 6 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "ELIGA AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "ბიძინაშვილი ბათუმის „დინამოში" ითამაშებს". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2021.
  9. ↑ ""დინამო" ბათუმი საქართველოს ჩემპიონია". ajaratv.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Tsotne Patsatsia statistics". soccerway.com.
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