Giorgi Chakvetadze ( ka, გიორგი ჩაკვეტაძე; born 29 August 1999) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as an

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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, and the Georgia national team. Chakvetadze has earned the Player of the Year award in Georgia. He has also won the

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with Slovan Bratislava.

Club career

Early career and Dinamo Tbilisi

Born in

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, Chakvetadze started his career with Norchi Dinamo. His first manager was former footballer

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, who described Chakvetadze as a hardworking player. In 2010, after some successful seasons in the youth championships of Georgia, Chakvetadze moved to

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, where he won U15 and U17 championships. In 2015, Chakvetadze signed a three-year deal with Dinamo. Chakvetadze was promoted to the first team in 2016, making his debut against

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on 18 November 2016, replacing

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. That season the young midfielder made 5 appearances for Dinamo. In the following season, Chakvetadze became a key figure of the club, scoring 5 goals in 24 appearances with the club, with two of them against Dila Gori.

Gent

At the end of summer 2017, Chakvetadze signed with

. The president of the Georgian club,

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confirmed that the Belgian club was not the only one interested in signing the young player, declaring that

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and Bayer Leverkusen tried to sign him as well. Following the 2017 season, Georgian Football Federation named Giorgi Chakvetadze the best young player of the year after his prolific performance both at the club and U19 Euro Championship. In April 2018, he topped the list of seven young distinguished players based on votes from Belgian football fans. Early next year Chakvetadze was included by

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in the list of 50 perspective players of 2019 among U21 players. Also, he was named in the symbolic team of Belgium's top division following the first half of the 2018-19 season. Around the same time, Giorgi Chakvetadze received the Best Player of the Year award in Georgia, especially given his several impressive games in the 2018-19 UEFA Nations League campaign. In December 2018, Chakvetadze suffered a knee injury, which later required a surgery. It saw him out of action for a long time. His surname is transliterated as ''Tsjakvetadze'' in Dutch.

Loan to Hamburger SV

On 27 January 2022, Chakvetadze joined Hamburger SV on loan.

Loan to Slovan Bratislava

On 4 July 2022, Slovan Bratislava signed Giorgi Chakvetadze on a one-year loan. He debuted with his new club as a second-half substitute on 6 July during the

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1st qualifying round game against

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. During this season Chakvetadze took part in 47 matches in all competitions and became a champion with Slovan. He played in eight UEFA Conference League games, providing four assists. Before the start of the next season Slovan intended to purchase him, but the sides failed to reach an agreement on his transfer fee.

Loan to Watford

In July 2023, Chakvetadze joined

on a year-long loan.

International career

Chakvetadze scored his debut goal of his senior career in a friendly match against

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on 24 March 2018 in

, where Georgia achieved a 4–0 win over its guests. On 6 September 2018, Chakvetadze opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over

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, the first goal in the history of the

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. On 19 November 2018, he assisted and scored again for Georgia in his country's 2–1 win over Kazakhstan which confirmed the country as the winner of its group. On 25 March 2023, he bagged a brace in a 6–1 win over

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chakvetadze goal''.

Honours

Individual * Player of the Year in Georgia: 2018 Team *

Winner:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakvetadze, Giorgi 1999 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Men's association football midfielders Georgia (country) men's international footballers Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers Erovnuli Liga players Belgian Pro League players 2. Bundesliga players Slovak First Football League players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players K.A.A. Gent players Hamburger SV players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia English Football League players