Budu Zivzivadze

Budu Zivzivadze (Georgian: ბუდუ ზივზივაძე; born 10 March 1994) is Georgian football player who plays for Hungarian club Újpest on loan from Fehérvár and the Georgian national team as a forward.

Budu Zivzivadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Újpest
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2011 School No. 35 Tbilisi
2011–2012 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 (0)
2012–2014 → Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 50 (47)
2015 Torpedo Kutaisi 8 (0)
2015–2016 Samtredia 44 (29)
2017–2019 Esbjerg 13 (1)
2018 → Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) 35 (22)
2019 Torpedo Kutaisi 18 (13)
2019–2020 Mezőkövesd 32 (8)
2020– Fehérvár 43 (11)
2022– → Újpest FC (loan) 10 (10)
National team‡
2011 Georgia U-17 2 (0)
2013 Georgia U-19 6 (1)
2014–2016 Georgia U-21 3 (0)
2017– Georgia 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2022

Career

Budu signed with Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB in January 2017, but didn't play much until he was loaned out to Dinamo Tbilisi for the 2018 season.[1] He did very well, scoring 28 goals in all competitions. After returning to Esbjerg, the club announced on 29 January 2019, that he had left the club, this time permanently, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[2]

Two days later it was announced, that he had re-joined FC Torpedo Kutaisi.[3]

Six months later he signed for Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Mezőkövesd.[4]

On 11 February 2022, Zivzivadze was loaned by Fehérvár to Újpest until the end of the season.[5]

International career

Zivzivadze made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Uzbekistan on 23 January 2017.[6] Zivzivadze scored his first goal for the senior national team on March 25, 2022, the only goal in a 0-1 friendly victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]

Career Statistics

International
List of international goals scored by Budu Zivzivadze
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 25 March 2022 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-1 0-1 Friendly [8]

Honours
Samtredia

References
  1. EfB-angriber vender hjem til Tbilisi på leje, bold.dk, 9 January 2018
  2. Esbjerg fritstiller georgisk angriber, bold.dk, 29 January 2019
  3. ბუდუ ზივზივაძე უკვე "ტორპედოშია", sportall.ge, 31 January 2019
  4. Mezőkövesd: válogatott csatár érkezett, gólkirály is volt, nso.hu, 12 July 2019
  5. "Budu Zivzivadze continues on loan at Újpest" (Press release). Fehérvár. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. Uzbekistan - Georgia (Report) Soccerway.
  7. "90 MINUTES FOR DZEKO WITH BOSNIA". inter.com. March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  8. "BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA VS. GEORGIA 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
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