Giorgi Chanturia (footballer)

For the Georgian politician, see Giorgi Chanturia.

Giorgi Chanturia
Chanturia with Ural Yekaterinburg
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2004–2010 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2009–2010 → Barcelona (loan)
2010–2011 Vitesse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Vitesse 37 (5)
2012–2013 → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 6 (0)
2014 CFR Cluj 7 (1)
2014–2015 Verona 0 (0)
2014–2015 → CFR Cluj (loan) 25 (5)
2015–2016 MSV Duisburg 22 (4)
2016–2018 Ural Yekaterinburg 30 (5)
2020 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Georgia U-17 9 (5)
2010–2012 Georgia U-19 6 (4)
2011–2014 Georgia U-21 14 (5)
2014–2017 Georgia 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giorgi Chanturia (Georgian: გიორგი ჭანტურია, romanized: giorgi ch'ant'uria, pronounced [ɡioɾɡi tʃʼantʼuɾia]; born 11 April 1993) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Spain

Chanturia began his career on Saburtalo Tbilisi, and was loaned to Barcelona in June 2009.[1] He was filled into Barça's Juvenil B squad, and scored 11 goals to help the Catalans to the league title.[2]

Vitesse

In August 2010, after being linked with Chelsea,[3] Chanturia signed with Vitesse Arnhem.[4] In April 2011 he signed a three-year deal with the club.[5]

Chanturia made his competitive debut for Vitesse on the opening day of the 2011–12 Eredivisie season, as a starter in their 0–0 away draw against ADO Den Haag on 7 August.[6] He scored his first goal for the Arnhem side in his second official match, against VVV-Venlo in a 4–0 win.

In December 2012, Chanturia was loaned to Alania Vladikavkaz until the end of the season.[7] He returned to Vitesse at the end of the season, and was reintegrated to first-team squad for the 2013–14 season.

CFR Cluj

On 19 February 2014, CFR Cluj confirmed the signing of Chanturia from Vitesse for an undisclosed fee.[8]

Hellas Verona

On 12 June 2014, Chanturia joined Hellas Verona from Cluj.[9]

Return to Cluj on loan

However, in September Chanturia returned to Cluj on loan with Hellas sporting director Scala Sogliano stating that the club had "decided to give [Chanturia] the opportunity to find his best form" and that Chanturia wanted "his debut with the Verona [to live] up to expectations".[10]

MSV Duisburg

On 25 September 2015, 2. Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg announced their signing of free agent Chanturia on a contract running until the end of the season including the option for further two years.[11][12]

Ural Yekaterinburg

On 5 July 2016, Chanturia moved to Russia, signing with Ural Yekaterinburg.[13] In April 2018 he suffered an ACL injury,[14] it took him six months to recover and he could not regain his squad position after that. On 18 January 2019, he was released from his Ural contract by mutual consent.[15]

International career

Chanturia made his first international appearance for Georgia in a friendly match against Liechtenstein on 5 March 2014. He scored only 25 minutes into his debut.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 December 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitesse Arnhem 2011–12 28 4 3 0 0 0 31 4
2012–13 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
2013–14 8 1 2 1 2 0 12 2
Total 37 5 5 1 5 0 47 6
Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 2012–13 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
CFR Cluj 2013–14 7 1 0 0 — 7 1
2014–15 22 4 4 2 — 26 6
Total 29 5 4 2 0 0 33 7
Verona 2014–15 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
MSV Duisburg 2015–16 22 4 0 0 — 22 4
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 12 2 2 2 — 14 4
2017–18 18 3 0 0 — 18 3
2018–19 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 30 5 3 2 0 0 33 7
Career total 124 19 12 5 5 0 141 24

International

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chanturia goal.
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Chanturia[16]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 March 2014 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 16 November 2015 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania  Albania 2–0 2–2 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "Giorgi Chanturia (15 años) ya es nuevo jugador del FC Barcelona" [Giorgi Chanturia (15 years old) is new FC Barcelona's player] (in Spanish). joinFutbol. 23 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Introducing Giorgi Chanturia - 'The Georgian Lionel Messi' who left Barcelona for Vitesse". Goal.com. 20 August 2011.
  3. ^ Chelsea To Seal Chanturia Deal?; The Chels, 8 August 2010
  4. ^ Official: Giorgi Chanturia joins Dutch outfit Vitesse Archived 2 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine; TotalBarca, 19 August 2010
  5. ^ "Giorgi 'Gio' Chanturia eindelijk Vitessenaar" [Giorgi 'Gio' Chanturia finally to Vitesse] (in Dutch). Vitesse. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
  6. ^ "ADO Den Haag 0-0 Vitesse". Voetbal International. Weekbladpers Groep. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Vitesse verhuurt Chanturia aan Alania Vladikavkaz" [Vitesse loans Chanturia to Alania Vladikavkaz] (in Dutch). de Gelderlander. 22 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Giorgi Chanturia la CFR" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj Official Website. 19 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Chanturia makes Verona switch". sportal.com.au. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Chanturia ancora non-si sente pronto per il Verona: andrà nuovamente in prestito al Cluj". goal.com/it (in Italian). 6 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  11. ^ "MSV: Der neue Hoffnungsträger heißt Chanturia" (in German). Kicker Online. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Offensiv-Verstärkung: Giorgi Chanturia wird ein Zebra!" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  13. ^ ГЕОРГИЙ ЧАНТУРИЯ - НОВИЧОК «УРАЛА»! (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ^ ""Урал": у Чантурии диагностировано повреждение крестообразной связки колена" [Chanturia diagnosed with an ACL injury]. Championat. 2 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Георгий Чантурия покидает "Урал"" [Giorgi Chanturia leaves Ural] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 18 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Chanturia, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

https://sportall.ge/fekhburthi/fekhburthii/legionerebi/125156-tcanturia-serkhi-roberto-ikardi-rafinia-vin-iyvnen-da-sad-arian-dghes-barseloneli-thanagundelebi.html