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Bakar Kardava

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Bakar Kardava
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Senaki, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Iberia 1999
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Sasco 21 (1)
2013–2014 Gagra 31 (3)
2015–2016 Tskhinvali 51 (1)
2017–2021 Dinamo Tbilisi 109 (5)
2022– Iberia 1999 111 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2025

Bakar Kardava (Georgian: ბაქარ ქარდავა; born 4 November 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defendive midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999.

Kardava is the three-time winner of the Erovnuli Liga. He has also won the Supercup and national cup.

Career

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Kardava started his career at 2nd division club Sasco in 2012. A year later, he moved to Gagra. In 2015, Tskhinvali became the first top-flight club Kardava signed for.[1] He made a debut in UEFA European club competitions against Romanian side Botoșani on 2 July 2015.[2]

At the end of the 2016 season, Kardava moved to Dinamo Tbilisi[3] where he twice won the league title during the next five seasons.

In 2022, Kardava joined the national cup holders Saburtalo[4] and broke his own record by taking part in 44 games across all competitions. In 2024, he not only lifted the Champion's Shield for the third time but also received an individual recognition by being included in Erovnuli Liga Team of the Year by the Georgian Football Federation.[5]

Career statistics

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As of 2 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup European Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sasco 2012–13 Pirveli Liga 21 1 21 1
Gagra 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 17 2 2 0 19 2
2014–15 Pirveli Liga 14 1 1 0 15 1
Total 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 3
Tskhinvali 2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 12 0 4 0 16 0
2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 27 0 2 0 2[a] 0 31 0
2016 Umaglesi Liga 12 1 12 1
Total 51 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 59 1
Dinamo Tbilisi-2 2017 Erovnuli Liga 32 2 4 0 36 2
2018 Erovnuli Liga 16 0 1 0 1[a] 0 18 0
2019 Erovnuli Liga 21 1 2 0 5[a] 0 28 1
2020 Erovnuli Liga 10 1 3[b] 0 1[c] 0 14 1
2021 Erovnuli Liga 30 1 1 0 4[d] 0 1[c] 0 36 1
Total 109 5 8 0 13 0 2 0 132 5
Iberia 1999 2022 Erovnuli Liga 36 2 3 0 4[e] 0 1[c] 0 44 2
2023 Erovnuli Liga 32 0 4 0 36 0
2024 Erovnuli Liga 33 3 1 0 4[e] 0 2[c] 0 40 3
2025 Erovnuli Liga 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 111 5 8 0 8 0 3 0 130 5
Career total 323 15 25 0 23 0 5 0 376 15
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifier
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifers

Honours

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Dinamo Tbilisi

Iberia 1999

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "ცხინვალის "სპარტაკი": ახალწვეულთა მოლოდინი და დაგეგმილი შეკრება" [Spartaki Tskinvali: Expectations from new players and a planned training camp]. sportall.ge (in Georgian). 2015-01-06. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  2. ^ "Botosani vs Tskhinvali match report". UEFA. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ "ახალწვეულები დინამოში" [Newcomers in Dinamo]. FC Dinamo Tbilisi (in Georgian). 23 December 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ "ბაქარ ქარდავა კარიერას "საბურთალოში" განაგრძობს" [Bakar Kardava set to continue his career at Saburtalo]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  5. ^ "CRYSTALBET ELIGA AWARDS 2024". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 10 December 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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