Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze ( ka, ჯემალ "ჯიმი" ტაბიძე, tr, ; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as

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, most recently for

Erovnuli Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა - lit. National League) is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football F ...

club Dinamo Tbilisi, and the Georgia national team.

Club career

After beginning his career in Pirveli Liga with

FC Saburtalo Tbilisi FC Saburtalo is a Georgian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular w ...

, he joined the Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in July 2015. He played for the reserves team, not making any first-team appearances. On 14 February 2017, he joined the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 200 ...

club

FC Ural Yekaterinburg FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League. History The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...

on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 1 July 2017, he signed a long-term contract with

FC Ufa FC Ufa (russian: ФК «Уфа», ba, Өфө, Öfö) is a Russian football club based in Ufa that will play in the second-tier Russian First League in the 2022–23 season. History During the summer of 2010, Rustem Khamitov, the second Pres ...

. On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent. On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

. On 15 July 2022, his contract with Kortrijk was terminated by mutual consent before the season started, with the club explaining it by lack of match fitness, allowing Tabidze to join

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mo ...

. On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

International career

He made his debut for the

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is ...

on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.''

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References

1996 births People from Samtredia Sportspeople from Imereti Living people Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Men's association football defenders Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers Georgia (country) men's international footballers FC Ufa players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players K.V. Kortrijk players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Russian Premier League players Erovnuli Liga players Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia {{Georgia-footy-bio-stub