Otar Kakabadze

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Otar Kakabadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cracovia
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)
2016–2018 Gimnàstic 44 (1)
2017 → Esbjerg (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2020 Luzern 33 (0)
2020–2021 Tenerife 16 (0)
2021– Cracovia 64 (5)
2021 Cracovia II 2 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Georgia U17 9 (0)
2013–2014 Georgia U19 6 (0)
2014–2015 Georgia U21 5 (1)
2015– Georgia 60 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:03, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Otar Kakabadze (Georgian: ოთარ კაკაბაძე, romanized: otar k'ak'abadze, pronounced [otʰaɾ kʼakʼabadze]; born 27 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Polish club Cracovia and the Georgia national team.

Club career[edit]

Dinamo Tbilisi[edit]

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 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 September of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Irakli Dzaria in a 6–0 home thrashing of FC Shukura Kobuleti.[1]

Kakabadze 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[edit]

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

On 4 January 2017, it was confirmed, that Kakabadze had signed a loan-deal with Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB for the rest of the season.[3] Upon returning, he became a regular starter for Nàstic.

FC Luzern[edit]

On 30 August 2018, Kakabadze was transferred to Swiss side FC Luzern.[4]

Tenerife[edit]

On 25 September 2020, Kakabadze returned to Spain and its second division after agreeing to a contract with CD Tenerife.[5]

International career[edit]

After representing Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, Kakabadze 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.[6]

Honours[edit]

Dinamo Tbilisi

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Shukura". Soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "Kakabadze, nueva incorporación grana" [Karabadze, new addition grana] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ^ lejer georgisk landsholdsspiller‚ efb.dk, 4 January 2017
  4. ^ "Kakabadze marxa al FC Luzern" [Kakabadze moves to FC Luzern] (in Catalan). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Otar Kakabadze, nuevo refuerzo del CD Tenerife" [Otar Kakabadze, new addition of CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Georgia put four past Gibraltar". UEFA.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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