Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2021 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 81 | (3) |
2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi 2 | 1 | (1) |
2024– | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | (0) |
2024– | → Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) | 17 | (1) |
International career | |||
2018–2020 | Georgia U17 | 13 | (1) |
2021– | Georgia U21 | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024 |
Saba Khvadagiani (Georgian: საბა ხვადაგიანი; born 30 January 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi.
Career
Khvadagiani is a product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy. He made an Erovnuli Liga debut with this club on 27 February 2021 in an opening match of the season against Samgurali. His first league goal scored against Telavi on 16 May 2021 turned out a winner.
In January 2022, the player signed a new two-year contract with Dinamo. Overall, during four seasons between 2020 and 2024, he twice won the league.
On January 30, 2024, Khvadagiani joined Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya for a transfer fee of €500,000, which is the highest transfer fee Netanya has ever paid for a foreign player.
International career
Khvadagiani took part in all four matches of the national U21 team in 2023 European championship. As the team began a new 2023–24 qualifying campaign, he was selected as the captain.
Khvadagiani made his Georgia national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against Bulgaria, a 1–4 away loss.
Statistics
- As of match played 19 May 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2021 | 26 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
2022 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
2023 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 37 | 2 | |||
Total | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 3 | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi 2 | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
Maccabi Netanya | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
Dinamo Tbilisi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
Career total | 90 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 4 |
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian Super Cup: 2021, 2023
References
- "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Samgurali". soccerway.com. 27 February 2021.
- "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Telavi". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 16 May 2021.
- ""დინამო თბილისმა" შვიდ ფეხბურთელთან კონტრაქტი გაახანგრძლივა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- "היכרות ראשונה" [First acquaintance]. www.fcmn.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Bulgaria v Georgia game report". ESPN. 8 September 2021.
External links
- Saba Khvadagiani at Soccerway
FC Dinamo Tbilisi – current squad | |
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tbilisi
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Israel
- Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders