Otar Kakabadze

Otar Kakabadze
Personal information
Full name Otar Kakabadze
Date of birth (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Gimnàstic
Number 25
Youth career
2011–2012 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi II 17 (1)
2014–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 40 (1)
2016– Gimnàstic 3 (0)
National team
2011–2013 Georgia U17 16 (1)
2012–2014 Georgia U19 7 (0)
2014–2015 Georgia U21 5 (1)
2015– Georgia 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2016

Otar Kakabadze (Georgian: ოთარ კაკაბაძე; born 27 June 1995) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Club career

Dinamo Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi, Kakabadze was a FC Dinamo Tbilisi youth graduate. He made his debut with the reserves on 27 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against FC Racha Ambrolauri, and scored his first senior goal in a 6–0 home routing of FC Kakheti Telavi on 19 October 2013.

Kakabadze was promoted to the main squad in the 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 September 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Irakli Dzaria in a 6–0 home thrashing of FC Shukura Kobuleti.[1]

Karabadze quickly established himself as a starter at Dinamo, and scored his first professional goal on 23 October 2015, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over FC Tskhinvali.

Gimnàstic

On 7 July 2016, Kakabadze signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2]

International career

After representing Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, Karabadze made his debut for the full squad on 8 October 2015, starting in a 4–0 home win against Gibraltar for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.[3]

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

References

  1. "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Shukura". Soccerway.com.
  2. "Kakabadze, nueva incorporación grana" [Karabadze, new addition grana] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. "Georgia put four past Gibraltar". UEFA.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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