Giorgi Chakvetadze

Early career and Dinamo Tbilisi

Born in Tbilisi, Chakvetadze started his career with Norchi Dinamo. His first manager was former footballer Tamaz Kostava, who described Chakvetadze as a hardworking player. In 2010, after some successful seasons in the youth championships of Georgia, Chakvetadze moved to Dinamo Tbilisi, 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 Locomotive Tbilisi on 18 November 2016, replacing Otar Kiteishvili. That season the young midfielder made 5 appearances for Dinamo. In the following season, Chakvetadze became a key figure of the club, scoring five goals in 24 appearances with the club, with two of them against Dila Gori.

Gent

At the end of summer 2017, Chakvetadze signed with Gent. The president of the Georgian club, Roman Pipia confirmed that the Belgian club was not the only one interested in signing the young player, declaring that Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen tried to sign him as well. Following the 2017 season, the 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 UEFA in the list of 50 perspective…

Chakvetadze scored his debut goal of his senior career in a friendly match against Lithuania on 24 March 2018 in Tbilisi, where Georgia achieved a 4–0 win over its guests. On 6 September 2018, Chakvetadze opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over Kazakhstan, the first goal in the history of the UEFA Nations League. 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, Chakvetadze bagged a brace in a 6–1 win over Mongolia. A year later he took part in both UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches and made a vital contribution to Georgia's first major international achievement. He participated in all four games that the national team held in the tournament. On 2 July 2024, Chakvetadze was awarded the Order of Honour along with his teammates.

Club

As of match played 2 May 2026

International

As of matches played on 23 March 2025

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

Individual

Player of the Year in Georgia: 2018 Order of Honour Team

Slovak First League Winner: 2022–23 Belgian Cup Winner: 2022; Runner-Up 2019