Beka Gotsiridze (born 21 February 1988 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

) is a former Georgian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. The last club he played for was Gareji Sagarejo. He began his career at

FC Zestaponi Football Club Zestaponi is a Georgian football club based in Zestaponi. They play their home games at David Abashidze Stadium. Zestaponi was founded on 18 June 2004 by the initiative of the shareholders of JSC Giorgi Nikoladze Zestaponi Ferro- ...

, in

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

's ''Umaglesi Liga'' before his transfer to

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi. In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced ...

on a €1 million deal in January 2009. In June 2009, he was involved in a car accident while driving to

from a nearby village. His spleen had to be removed due to his injuries. His health condition did not allow Gotsiridze to play in highly ambitious clubs any longer. Although later he was a squad member of several Georgian teams as such

Dila Gori FC Dila ('' Georgian'': საფეხბურთო კლუბი დილა) is a Georgian professional football club based in Gori. The club takes part in the Erovnuli Liga, the first tier of Georgian football, and plays their home ga ...

Merani Martvili FC Merani Martvili is a Georgian association football club based in Martvili. Following the 2024 season, they earned promotion to Erovnuli Liga 2, the 2nd division of Georgian football. Being one of the youngest clubs, Merani have spent five s ...

, Racha Ambrolauri and Gareji Sagarejo, the career of this talented player ended prematurely. As of the summer 2022, Gotsiridze lived in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gotsiridze, Beka Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) FC Ameri Tbilisi players FC Zestaponi players Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Dnipro players FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players Ukrainian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine FC Dila Gori players FC Sasco Tbilisi players FC Merani Martvili players Footballers from Tbilisi 1988 births Living people Men's association football forwards