Full name | Tengiz Zamtaradze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tengiz Zamtaradze (born 2 January 1998) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays for Black Lion in the Rugby Europe Super Cup, and Challenge Cup. [1] [2]
He began his career at Lelo Saracens, before joining Black Lion for their debut season. Making his debut against Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat, coming off the bench in a 33–10 win. He came off the bench in both the 2021-22 and 2022 Rugby Europe Super Cup Finals. [3]
He featured for Georgia in the 2016 and 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. [4]
He made his international debut coming off the bench against Germany in the 2023 Rugby Europe Championship, he was named in the Georgian squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [5] In the fixture against Portugal he scored in the 78th minute, to draw the match level. [6] He started against Fiji however was injured in the 11th minute, fracturing a bone and dislocating his elbow. [7] [8] [9]
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