Giorgi Gabedava

Giorgi Gabedava

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Rustavi
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Mglebi Zugdidi	58	(12)
2008	Metalurgi Rustavi	10	(1)
2008–2013	Gagra	58	(18)
2010	→ Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	17	(1)
2012–2013	→ Baia Zugdidi (loan)	42	(9)
2013–2014	Chikhura Sachkhere	29	(11)
2014–2015	Samtredia	20	(2)
2015–2016	Dinamo Batumi	11	(3)
2016–2019	Chikhura Sachkhere	64	(29)
2019	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	14	(3)
2019–2020	Saburtalo Tbilisi	19	(7)
2020–2022	Dinamo Tbilisi	60	(20)
2023	Hapoel Acre	17	(3)
2024–	Rustavi	27	(14)
International career
2009	Georgia U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024

Giorgi Gabedava (born 3 October 1989) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Rustavi.

He has played in four countries and won eight titles in all competitions in Georgia. Individually, with 22 goals scored for Chikhura in the 2018 season, Gabedava shared a goalscorer's prize with Budu Zivzivadze. He has also been named as Player of the Year and Forward of the Year.

Career

Gabedava started his youth career at Odishi Zugdidi. At the age of 17, he made a debut for Mglebi Zugdidi. In early 2008, Gabedava joined Olimpi Rustavi, one of the strongest domestic teams of the time.

The Georgian Cup was the first trophy Gabedava lifted during his career. In 2011, he helped Gagra secure an extra-time win over Torpedo and qualify for UEFA Europa League. On 21 July 2011, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 win against Anorthosis. ^[1]

In the summer of 2013, Gabedava signed with Chikhura. ^[2] Out of five seasons spent at this club, Gabedava especially shone in 2018. He was awarded the Player of the Year and Forward of the Year titles and named among best eleven players of the season. ^[3]

On 19 July 2018, his goal from the penalty spot ensured Chikhura's away victory over Israeli club Beitar in UEFA Europa League qualifiers. ^[4]

Following this season, Gabedava moved to Poland in a 1,5-year deal with Zagłębie Sosnowiec, but returned home following the latter's relegation from the top division. The defending Georgian champions Saburtalo became his next club ^[5] where during the next two seasons he won the national cup and Super Cup.

In 2020, Gabedava became a winner of the national league for the first time with Dinamo Tbilisi, ^[6] followed by another top title two years later.

In February 2023, Israeli club Hapoel Acre announced signing Gabedava until the end of the season. ^[7] After taking part in two league matches of the new season in October, the player opted to leave the club citing safety reasons. ^[8]

In March 2024, Gabedava joined Erovnuli Liga 2 side Rustavi.

Career statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024 ^[9]

Detailed data is available from 2009

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gagra	2009–10	Umaglesi Liga	19	10	2	3	—		—		21	13
	2010–11	Pirveli Liga	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2011–12	Umaglesi Liga	11	0	3	0	2 [a]	1	—		16	1
	Total		30	10	7	3	2	1	0	0	39	14
Illichivets Mariupol (loan)	2009–10	Ukrainian Premier League	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	2010–11	Ukrainian Premier League	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
Baia/Dinamo Zugdidi (loan)	2011–12	Umaglesi Liga	16	3	—		—		—		16	3
	2012–13	Umaglesi Liga	26	6	4	0	—		—		30	6
	Total		42	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	46	9
Chikhura	2013–14	Umaglesi Liga	29	11	6	2	—		1 [b]	0	36	13
	2014–15	Umaglesi Liga	—		—		6 [a]	4	—		6	4
	Total		29	11	6	2	6	4	1	0	42	7
Samtredia	2014–15	Umaglesi Liga	20	2	5	1	—		—		25	3
Dinamo Batumi	2015–16	Umaglesi Liga	11	3	—		2 [a]	1	—		13	4
Chikhura	2016	Umaglesi Liga	10	1	2	0	1 [a]	0	—		13	1
	2017	Erovnuli Liga	19	6	4	1	1 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	25	7
	2018	Erovnuli Liga	35	22	1	0	4 [a]	1	—		40	23
	Total		64	29	7	1	6	1	1	0	78	31
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
Saburtalo	2019	Erovnuli Liga	17	6	3	1	6 [c]	0	—		26	7
	2020	Erovnuli Liga	2	1	—		—		1 [b]	0	3	1
	Total		19	7	3	1	6	0	1	0	29	8
Dinamo Tbilisi	2020	Erovnuli Liga	9	4	—		3 [d]	1	—		12	5
	2021	Erovnuli Liga	26	10	—		4 [e]	0	1 [b]	1	33	11
	2022	Erovnuli Liga	25	6	2	0	1 [f]	0	—		28	6
	Total		60	20	2	0	8	1	1	1	71	22
Hapoel Acre	2022–23	Liga Leumit	15	3	–		—		—		15	3
	2023–24	Liga Leumit	2	0	–		—		—		2	0
	Total		17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3
Rustavi	2024	Erovnuli Liga 2	27	14	1	0	—		—		28	14
Career total			350	112	36	8	30	8	4	1	420	129

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance in Georgian Super Cup
3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Personal life

Gabedava is married with two daughters, Anastasia and Alexandra. ^[10]

Honours

Gagra

• David Kipiani Cup: 2010–11 ^[11]

Chikhura Sachkhere ^[11]

• David Kipiani Cup: 2017
• Georgian Super Cup: 2013

Saburtalo ^[11]

• David Kipiani Cup: 2019
• Georgian Super Cup: 2020

Dinamo Tbilisi ^[11]

• Erovnuli Liga: 2020, 2022
• Georgian Super Cup: 2021

Individual

• Erovnuli Liga top scorer: 2018 ^[11]
• Erovnuli Liga Player of the Year: 2018^{[ citation needed ]}
• Erovnuli Liga Forward of the Year: 2018^{[ citation needed ]}
• Erovnuli Liga Team of the Season: 2018^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Gagra vs Anorthosis". uefa.com. 21 July 2011.
2. "საჩხერის "ჩიხურამ" ორი ფეხბურთელი დაიმატა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 5 June 2013.
3. "GFF AWARDS 2018 - გამარჯვებულები". tabula.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2018.
4. "Beitar vs Chikhura". UEFA. 19 July 2018.
5. ""საბურთალო" გიორგი გაბედავათი გაძლიერდა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 14 June 2019.
6. "მე-18 ტიტული! დინამო თბილისი ჩემპიონობას ზეიმობს". europop.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2020.
7. "კარიერას გიორგი გაბედავა ისრაელში გააგრძელებს". crystalsport.ge (in Georgian). 1 February 2023.
8. "გიორგი გაბედავამ ისრაელი დატოვა - ჩემპიონატი რომც განახლდეს, კლუბს გათავისუფლებას ვთხოვ". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 8 November 2023.
9. "Statistics". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
10. "გაბედავა: "მინდოდა ძალები მაღალ დონეზე მომესინჯა და პოლონეთში ამის შანსი მექნება"". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 10 January 2019.
11. "Giorgi Gabedawa". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

• Giorgi Gabedava at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Giorgi Gabedava at Soccerway
• UEFA Profile