Giorgi Makaridze

Giorgi Makaridze (Georgian: გიორგი მაკარიძე, romanized: giorgi mak'aridze, pronounced [ɡiɔrgi mɑkʼɑrid͡zɛ]; born 31 March 1990) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, currently for UD Almería in the Segunda División and the Georgia national team. He previously played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Le Mans, Doxa Katokopia, Feirense, Moreirense and F.C Rio Ave.

Giorgi Makaridze
Makaridze playing for Le Mans in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990
Place of birth Tbilisi, USSR
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Almería
Number 1
Youth career
2003–2006 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Dinamo Tbilisi-2 9 (0)
2009–2013 Le Mans 34 (0)
2014 Doxa Katokopia 0 (0)
2014–2016 Feirense 54 (1)
2016–2018 Moreirense 33 (0)
2018–2019 Rio Ave 0 (0)
2019–2020 Vitória Setúbal 43 (0)
2020– Almería 10 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Georgia U-17 10 (0)
2006–2009 Georgia U-19 8 (0)
2009–2012 Georgia U-21 6 (0)
2007– Georgia 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2020

Career

Born in Tbilisi, Makaridze began his career in the Dinamo Tbilisi academy, afterwards moving to Le Mans UC72 on January 10th, 2009 for €800,000 on a four-year contract worth €85,000.[1]

In April 2014, he would leave Le Mans for Doxa Katokopia,[2][3] but would never play a single game for the Cypriot club, leaving them for Feirense in Portugal, who were in Segunda Division Portugal at the time, playing 54 games. After getting promoted to Liga Nos, Makaridze joined Moreirense, playing 33 games and winning the 2017 Taça da Liga with them. In 2018 there was a rumor that Makaridze would join Benfica, but this move would never materialise, and instead he signed with Rio Ave. He would later agree to mutually terminate his contract with them, joining Vitoria FC in January of the same season.

On September 12th, 2020, Makaridze moved away from the Portuguese league to sign a two-year contract with Segunda División side UD Almería.[4]

International

Giorgi Makaridze was a member of Georgia U17 team and played 10 games there. He also participated in Georgia U19 (played 8 games) and Georgia U21 (played 9 games). At age of 17, Makaridze established himself as a great prospect and starter for the Georgia national football team along with other teenagers such as Levan Kenia and Levan Mchedlidze.[5] Currently he has played 14 games in Georgian National Football Team.

Career statistics
As of 14 January 2018[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Mans 2009–10 Ligue 1/Ligue 2 20100030
2010–11 00500050
2011–12 2704000310
2012–13 50100050
Total 34011000450
Doxa Katokopias 2013–14 Cypriot First Division 00000000
Total 00000000
Feirense 2014–15 Segunda Liga/LigaPro 1801000190
2015–16 3614000401
Total 5415000591
Moreirense 2016–17 Primeira Liga 3303000360
2017–18 00000000
Total 3303000360
Career total 1211190001401

Honours

Club
Moreirense

Individual

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Giorgi Makaridze, nuevo portero de la UD Almería" [Giorgi Makaridze, new goalkeeper of UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. "Georgia hails new generation". FIFA. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  6. "G. Makaridze". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. "Sorteio dita Sporting-FC Porto na 3ª Jornada" [Draw states Sporting-FC Porto in the 3rd Round] (in Portuguese). record. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.


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