Rati Aleksidze
Personal information
Full name Rati Aleksidze
Date of birth (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Dinamo Tbilisi 71 (33)
1999–2001 Chelsea 2 (0)
2002–2003 Dinamo Tbilisi 36 (17)
2004 Rostov 9 (0)
2008–2009 Lokomotiv Tbilisi 23 (15)
2009–2012 Győri ETO 86 (23)
2012–2014 FC Dila Gori (0)
International career
1993–1995 Georgia U-17 19 (5)
1997–1998 Georgia U-21 19 (2)
1998–2009 Georgia 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rati Aleksidze (Georgian: რატი ალექსიძე; born 3 August 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a former football striker from Georgia.

Career

His club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi in the 1996/97 season. His goal-scoring abilities helped them win the league titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999 as well as the 1997 cup. During his Dinamo career Aleksidze scored 33 goals in 71 appearances, and especially the 12 goals in 14 games in the 1999/00 season attracted the interest of bigger European clubs. He was taken on trial to English team Chelsea, who decided to buy him. Aleksidze found first team opportunities at Chelsea hard to come by, however, as he only played in two league games and one European match, all as substitute.[1] Released by Chelsea in September 2001, he eventually returned to Dinamo where he scored nine goals in his first season. In 2004, he was bought by Russian team FC Rostov, then retired from his professional career and returned to Georgia.[2] In July 2008 he made a comeback, playing for FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi. Then in January 2009 he joined the Hungarian club Győri ETO FC.[3]

International

Due to career difficulties he lost his place on the national team, for which he scored 2 goals in 19 caps between 1998 and 2004.

References

  1. ↑ "Players Appearances Aa-Az".
  2. ↑ "WebCite query result". Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. ↑ "Nyugat.hu > Átigazolás 2008/09 Tél". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
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