Saba Khvadagiani

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Saba Khvadagiani
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Maccabi Netanya
Number 3
Youth career
2013–2021 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Dinamo Tbilisi 81 (3)
2023 Dinamo Tbilisi 2 1 (1)
2024– Maccabi Netanya 8 (0)
International career‡
2018–2020 Georgia U17 13 (1)
2021– Georgia U21 11 (0)
2021– Georgia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Saba Khvadagiani (Georgian: საბა ხვადაგიანი; born 30 January 2003) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya.

Career[edit]

Khvadagiani is a product of Dinamo Tbilisi academy. He made an Erovnuli Liga debut with this club on 27 February 2021 in an opening match of the season against Samgurali.[1] His first league goal scored against Telavi on 16 May 2021 turned out a winner.[2]

In January 2022, the player signed a new two-year contract with Dinamo.[3] Overall, during four seasons between 2020 and 2024, he twice won the league.

On January 30, 2024, Khvadagiani joined Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya for a transfer fee of €500,000, which is the highest transfer fee Netanya has ever paid for a foreign player.[4]

International career[edit]

Khvadagiani took part in all four matches of the national U21 team in 2023 European championship. As the team began a new 2023–24 qualifying campaign, he was selected as the captain.

Khvadagiani made his Georgia national football team debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against Bulgaria, a 1–4 away loss.[5]

Statistics[edit]

As of match played 19 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2020 Erovnuli Liga 0 0 1 0 – – 1 0
2021 26 1 – 4[a] 0 – 30 1
2022 24 0 2 0 – – 26 0
2023 31 2 2 0 4[b] 0 – 37 2
Total 81 3 5 0 8 0 0 0 94 3
Dinamo Tbilisi 2 2023 Erovnuli Liga 2 1 1 – – – 1 1
Netanya 2023–24 Israeli Premier League 8 0 2 0 – – 10 0
Career total 90 4 7 0 8 0 0 0 105 4
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers

Honours[edit]

Dinamo Tbilisi

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Samgurali". soccerway.com. 27 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Telavi". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ ""დინამო თბილისმა" შვიდ ფეხბურთელთან კონტრაქტი გაახანგრძლივა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ^ "היכרות ראשונה" [First acquaintance]. www.fcmn.co.il (in Hebrew). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria v Georgia game report". ESPN. 8 September 2021.

External links[edit]

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