Giorgi Zaria

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Giorgi Zaria
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 26)
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 1 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Georgia U-21 2 (1)
2021– Georgia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 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[edit]

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, the Erovnuli Liga recognized Zaria's individual performance in 2023 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] Zaria opened his goal scoring account in the very first game of the season with a long-range strike against Kyzylzhar, which helped his new team snatch a narrow victory.[4]

International career[edit]

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.[5]

Statistics[edit]

As of match played 2 March 2024[6]
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
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 [a] 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[b] 1 0 0 25 2
2020 6 1 0 0 2[b] 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[c] 1 0 0 35 5
2022 28 1 1 0 1[c] 0 1[d] 0 30 1
2023 33 9 4 0 2[c] 0 2[d] 0 41 9
Total 87 14 9 0 7 1 3 0 106 15
Kairat 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Career total 160 25 15 0 11 2 3 0 189 27
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Torpedo vs Dinamo Tbilisi". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "'დინამო ბათუმის საფეხბურთო ფილოსოფიას კარგად ვიცნობ' - ინტერვიუ გიორგი ზარიასთან". europop.ge (in Georgian). 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს! გიორგი ზარია ყაზახეთში ითამაშებს!". footballnews.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "«Кайрат» вырвал победу в стартовом матче КПЛ-2024". sports.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Spain v Georgia game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Giorgi Zaria statistics". soccerway.com.

External links[edit]

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