Otar Barkalaia (born 17 February 1984 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

) 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 its m ...

player who plays as a fly-half. Barkalaia played for Figeac, in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He currently plays for

VPC Andorra XV Voluntaris de Protecció Civil Andorra Rugby XV (commonly known as VPC Andorra XV) is a rugby union team based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Nowadays the Andorran rugby club plays in the French Championship since 1986 after being participated in ...

, in

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. He has 37 caps for Georgia, since 2002, with 8 conversions, 10 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, 49 points in aggregate. He was called for the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

, playing two games. His greatest success as a player was the win at the

Six Nations B The Rugby Europe International Championships is the European Championship for tier 2 and tier 3 rugby union nations. The tournament is split into 5 levels, each with 5 or 6 teams. Its highest level is now called the Rugby Europe Championship an ...

for the 2008 edition.Otar Barkalaia International Statistics
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* 1984 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Rugby union fly-halves Expatriate rugby union players in Andorra Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Andorra Rugby union players from Tbilisi Georgia international rugby union players 2007 Rugby World Cup players {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub