Date of birth | 17 April 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Rustavi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Goderdzi Shvelidze (born 17 April 1978, in Rustavi) [1] is a former Georgian rugby union player. He played as a prop.
He played for the Georgian Army club and the Georgia national rugby union team. He played at club level in France for Béziers, Clermont Auvergne, Montauban, Montpellier, and Brive.
He had 64 caps for Georgia, with 7 tries, 35 points on aggregate.
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