Iuri Tabatadze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 November 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iberia 1999 | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Saburtalo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Iberia 1999 | 147 | (38) |
| 2023–2024 | → Zlate Moravce (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Georgia U21 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 May 2025 | |||
Iuri Tabatadze (Georgian: იური ტაბატაძე; born 29 November 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999.
Tabatadze is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup. He has also won the Georgian Cup three times and played for a national youth team.
Club career
[edit]Tabatadze entered a football school in Tbilisi at the age of 7 before joining Saburtalo four years later.[1] He made his debut for the senior team as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home win over Dila on 20 August 2019.[2]
Tabatadze opened his goal-scoring account in his very first full-time appearance for the team in which Saburtalo beat Locomotive 4–0 the next month.[3] Following a 3–1 win in a cup final over the same opponents on 9 December 2019, Tabatadze won the first trophy of his career.[4]
In 2021, he netted a winner in another cup final as Saburtalo prevailed over Samgurali.[5] The team secured the 3rd cup title two years later with Tabatadze taking part in all five ties.
Tabatadze scored his first goal in a UEFA club competition in 2022. He equalized against Romanian club FCSB to give Saburtalo an aggregate lead, but his team conceded two late goals and crashed out of the 2nd round of UEFA Conference League.[6]
In January 2024, Tabatadze among three Saburtalo players loaned to Slovak side Zlate Moravce until the end of June.[7] After his return to Saburtalo, now renamed as Iberia 1999, he won the first league title.[8] In a final game of the season, Tabatadze featured in a Liga 2/3 play-off tie and helped the reserve team gain promotion to the 2nd division.[9]
In early 2025, Tabatadze topped the leading goalscorers' chart with five goals after the first part of the four-phase Erovnuli Liga season was completed[10] and received the Player of the Month award from Georgian media outlet LaGazzetta for his performance in April 2025.[11]
International
[edit]Tabatadze was called up to the U21 team for its 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign. He made his first appearance for the team in a 3–2 loss to France on 15 November 2019.[12] Later, Tabatadze played three more official games.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 7 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | European | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saburtalo / Iberia 1999 | 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |
| 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 35 | 9 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 40 | 12 | |||
| 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4[d] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 11 | |
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 10 | |||
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2025 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 6 | |||
| Total | 147 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 46 | ||
| Zlate Moravce | 2023–24 | Nike Liga | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Iberia 1999 B | 2024 | Liga 3 | — | — | — | 1[e] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 158 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 189 | 47 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League qualifier
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League qualifier
- ^ a b c Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers
- ^ Appearance in Liga 2/3 playoffs
Honours
[edit]Saburtalo / Iberia 1999
- Erovnuli Liga: 2024
- Georgian Cup: 2019, 2021, 2023
- Georgian Super Cup: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "იური ტაბატაძე: ნაკრები ჩემთვის ჯერ ცოტა ადრეა, მაგრამ ეს არის მიზანი!." [Iuri Tabatadze: "The national team seems a bit early for me but this is my aim"]. Lelo (in Georgian). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Saburtalo vs Dila match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "წაგებათა სერია გრძელდება" [Losing streak continues]. fcloco.ge (in Georgian). 27 September 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ ""საბურთალო" – ორ წელიწადში მოპოვებული ორი ტიტული" [Saburtalo win 2nd title in two years]. atiani.ge (in Georgian). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "საქართველოს თასი "საბურთალომ" მოიგო და კონფერენს ლიგის საგზურიც მოიპოვა" [Saburtalo secure the Georgian Cup and book a Conference League spot]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "FCSB vs Saburtalo match report". espn.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ ""საბურთალოს" სამი ფეხბურთელი "ზლატე მორავცეში" გადავიდა". worldsport.ge. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "ისტორიაში მეორედ - იბერია ეროვნული ლიგის გამარჯვებული გახდა!" [For the second time in history Iberia win the Erovnuli Liga]. sportline.ge (in Georgian). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Aragvi vs Iberia 1999 B match report". Soccerway. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "ეროვნულ ლიგაში პირველი წრის საუკეთესო ბომბარდირი, ასისტენტი და მეკარე გამოავლინეს" [Best players of Erovnuli Liga 1st round named]. 1tv.ge. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "აპრილის თვის ტოპ 5 გოლი და საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი" [Top five goals of April and best players]. lagazzetta.ge (in Georgian). 7 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "France U21 vs Georgia U21 match report". worldfootball.net. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Iuri Tabatadze at Soccerway
- Profile on Eliga
- Profile on national U21 page (in Georgian)