Zakaria Beglarishvili ( ka, ზაქარია ბეგლარიშვილი; born 30 April 1990) is a Georgian professional

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who plays as an

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and winger for

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n club Nõmme United.

International career

In November 2015, Beglarishvili was called up by

Kakhaber Tskhadadze Kakhaber Tskhadadze ( ka, კახაბერ ცხადაძე; born 7 September 1968) is a Georgian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Azerbaijani club Gabala. As a player he was defender who notably pla ...

for the

Georgia national football team The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents Georgia (country), Georgia in men's international association football, foo ...

against

and

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. On 11 November 2015, he made his debut in the match against Estonia, coming on from the bench in the 79th minute. He expressed his desire to play for the national team of

, country where he has played since 2009. In December 2018, after 8 years of living in Estonia, he passed the Estonian language exam and applied for the citizenship. He received an Estonian passport in September 2019. Eventually

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did not allow him to represent Estonia, due to not meeting the requirements.

Honours

;Levadia Tallinn *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Estonian Supercup The Estonian Supercup () is Estonian football's annual super cup, contested between the champions of the previous Meistriliiga season and the holders of the Estonian Cup. If the Meistriliiga champions also won the Estonian Cup, then the league ...

: 2022 ;Flora *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup () is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Finals ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: 2011, 2012, 2014 ;KTP *

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

: Runner-Up

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

Individual

Player of the Month: May 2012, October 2012, May 2021, November 2021, June/July 2022 *

Goal of the Month: June/July 2022, September 2022 *

Player of the Year:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Top Assist Provider:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Top Score:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beglarishvili, Zakaria 1990 births Living people Footballers from Tbilisi Estonian men's footballers Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Meistriliiga players Esiliiga players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players FC Flora players Budapest Honvéd FC players FC Tbilisi players FC Dila Gori players FC Locomotive Tbilisi players FC Sioni Bolnisi players Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players FCI Levadia Tallinn players FK Turon Yaypan players Uzbekistan Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in the Netherlands Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Finland Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Hungary Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Estonia Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Uzbekistan Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Naturalised citizens of Estonia 21st-century Estonian sportsmen