Lado Akhalaia (footballer, born 2002)

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Lado Akhalaia
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Chișinău, Moldova
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Swift Hesperange (on loan from Torino)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2018 Dacia Chișinău
2019–2021 Inter
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Torino 0 (0)
2022 → Virton (loan) 3 (0)
2023– → Swift Hesperange (loan) 20 (2)
International career‡
2020 Moldova U-19 1 (0)
2021 Moldova U-21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

Lado Akhalaia (born 1 July 2002) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a striker for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange on loan from the Italian club Torino.

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Career

As a youth player, Akhalaia joined the youth academy of Moldovan second tier side Dacia Buiucani. [1] [2] [3] In 2019, he joined the youth academy of Inter in the Italian Serie A after trialing for the youth academies of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting in Portugal. [4] [5]

In 2021, he signed for Italian Serie A team Torino. [6] In 2022, Akhalaia was sent on loan to Virton in the Belgian second tier. On 14 January 2023, he moved on a new loan to Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg. [7]

Personal life

He is the son of Georgia international Vladimir Akhalaia and the grandson of Moldova international and manager Alexandru Spiridon. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ладо Ахалая-младший: «Избили игроков, тренеров, разбили им машины… Пришлось уезжать»". moldova.sports.md. 25 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ладо Ахалая-младший: «Со своим дедом мы никогда не пересекались ни в одном клубе, и я бы никогда не поехал ни в «Шахтёр», ни в «Зенит»". moldova.sports.md. 27 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lado Akhalaia: "Golurile pentru Inter Milano sunt importante pentru mine, însă aş fi putut marca mai mult"". moldfootball.com.
  4. ↑ "Lado Akhalaia, jucătorul moldovean de la campioana Italiei".
  5. ↑ "Forza, fiuto e gol del moldavo Akhalaia". tuttomercatoweb.com.
  6. ↑ "chi è Akhalaia: l'attaccante cresciuto tanto in Primavera". toronews.net. 8 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "1.Wantertransfer: Lado Akhalaia" (in Luxembourgish). FC Swift Hesperange. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Lado Akhalaia". publika.md. January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Povestea fotbalistului de la Internazionale Milano, cu cetăţenie română. Tatăl său a trecut pe la Dinamo Bucureşti. "Vreau să ajung la Cupa Mondială"". orangesport.ro. 26 September 2020.


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