Tsotne Nadaraia

Tsotne Nadaraia
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Torpedo Kutaisi
Number 5
Youth career
Saburtalo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Saburtalo 73 (0)
2019– Torpedo Kutaisi 130 (2)
International career
2013–2014 Georgia U17 6 (0)
2015 Georgia U19 3 (0)
2017–2018 Georgia U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024

Tsotne Nadaraia (Georgian: ცოტნე ნადარაია; born 21 February 1997) is a Georgian football player who currently plays for Torpedo Kutaisi as a defender.

He has played in all national youth teams and won several trophies with Saburtalo and Torpedo, including the national league.

Career

Nadaraia started his professional career at second division club Saburtalo. He made his first appearance in a 1–1 home draw against Betlemi as a substitute on 3 April 2014.[1]

After the team secured promotion to the top division in 2015, Nadaraia spent five more seasons at Saburtalo who claimed the champion's title in 2018.[2] Around the same time, he was regularly called up to national youth teams.

Nadaraia joined Torpedo Kutaisi initially as a loanee in 2019[3] and has since been a member of the team.

Before the start of Torpedo's home match against Samtredia on 21 November 2021, a ceremony was held to mark Nadaraia's 100th game in the Erovnuli Liga.[4]

Nadaraia contributed with three appearances to Torpedo's victorious cup campaign in 2022.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2024[5]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saburtalo 2013/14 Pirveli Liga 6 0 – – – 6 1
2014/15 22 0 – – – 22 0
2015/16 Umaglesi/
ErovnuliLiga 		9 0 2 0 2[a] 0 – 11 1
2016 5 0 1 0 – – 6 0
2017 13 0 – – – 13 0
2018 14 0 1 0 – – 15 0
2019 4 0 – – – 4 0
Total 73 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 79 0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2019 Erovnuli Liga 12 0 1 0 2[b] 0 – 15 0
2020 16 0 2 0 – 2[c] 1 20 1
2021 29 0 1 0 – 2[c] 0 32 0
2022 25 1 3 0 – – 28 1
2023 18 1 1 0 4[d] 0 2[e] 0 25 1
2024 30 0 1 0 4[f] 0 2[e] 0 37 0
Total 130 2 9 0 10 0 8 1 157 3
Career total 203 2 13 0 12 0 8 1 236 3
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Youth League
  2. ^ Appearances in 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifiers
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
  4. ^ 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
  5. ^ a b Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
  6. ^ 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers

Honours

Torpedo Kutaisi

References

  1. ^ "Saburtalo vs Betlemi". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "ისტორიაში პირველად - საბურთალო საქართველოს ჩემპიონია!". europop.ge (in Georgian). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ ""ტორპედომ" გუნდის შემადგენლობა განაახლა" (in Georgian). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ "ორი იუბილე - ნადარაიამ და კვერნაძემ ელიგაში 100 მატჩი ჩაატარეს". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 24 November 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  5. ^ "T.Nadaraia". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2024.