| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kairat | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | FC Sasco Tbilisi | 6 | (4) |
| 2015–2020 | FC Dinamo Tbilisi | 66 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | FC Dinamo Batumi | 87 | (14) |
| 2024 | FC Kairat | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Georgia U-21 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2021 | |||
Giorgi Zaria (Georgian: გიორგი ზარია; born 14 July 1997) is a Georgian football player. He plays for FC Kairat as a midfielder.
Zaria is the five-times winner of the top Georgian league.
Club career
Zaria took first steps in professional football at second-division club Sasco in 2013. He drew interest from Dinamo Tbilisi where he spent next six seasons. Zaria netted his first top-league goal in a 1–0 away win over Torpedo Kutaisi on 26 November 2016.[1]
In late December 2020, Zaria signed a three-year contract with Dinamo Batumi.[2] During this period he twice won the champion's titles. Also, individually, Zaria's performance in 2023 was recognized the Erovnuli Liga by naming him in Team of the Season.
At the end of this season, he moved to Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat on a deal until the end of 2025.[3]
International career
Zaria made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 5 September 2021 in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Spain. He started the game and was substituted after 57 minutes.[4]
Statistics
- As of match played 6 December 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sasco | 2013/14 | Pirveli Liga | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2015/16 | Umaglesi/ Erovnuli Liga |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 66 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7 | ||
| Dinamo Batumi | 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 41 | 9 | ||
| Total | 87 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 159 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 188 | 26 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
References
- ↑ "Torpedo vs Dinamo Tbilisi". soccerway.com.
- ↑ "'დინამო ბათუმის საფეხბურთო ფილოსოფიას კარგად ვიცნობ' - ინტერვიუ გიორგი ზარიასთან". europop.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2020.
- ↑ "გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს! გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს!". footballnews.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ "Spain v Georgia game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
- ↑ "Giorgi Zaria statistics". soccerway.com.
External links
- Giorgi Zaria at Soccerway
- Giorgi Zaria at National-Football-Teams.com