Beka Bitsadze (born March 24, 1991) is a Georgian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

number 8 playing for

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. He has played for the Georgia national team twenty times.

Biography

Bitsadze was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

and played for the youth Rugby Club Iveria under Mikheil Chachua before moving up to play in the

Georgia Championship The Didi 10 (, "Big 10") is a semi-professional domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia. It is the top tier of rugby competitions in the country. Current Table 2018–19 Didi 10 season: List of Champions Teams 2019-20 Didi 10 ( ...

for

RC Army Tbilisi Rugby Club Armia Tbilisi is a Georgian professional rugby union club from Tbilisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby. The team was Champion in 2011. Achievements *Georgia Championship: **Winners (1): ...

(2010-2014), then in the

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for

FC Locomotive Tbilisi FC Locomotive Tbilisi is a Georgian football club from the capital, Tbilisi. During the existence of the USSR the club was a part of the Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society. The club has strong connections with the Georgian Railways. History ...

(2014-2015).

External links

It's Rugby France bio

All Rugby bio

References

1991 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Rugby union number eights Georgia international rugby union players RC Narbonne players Rugby union players from Tbilisi Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Romania Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France Expatriate rugby union players in Romania {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub