Giorgi Chanturia (footballer)

Giorgi Chanturia
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ural Yekaterinburg
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2010 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2009–2010 → Barcelona Juvenil B (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– Ural Yekaterinburg 29 (5)
National team‡
2008–2009 Georgia U-17 9 (5)
2010–2012 Georgia U-19 6 (4)
2011–2014 Georgia U-21 14 (5)
2014– Georgia 12 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2016

Giorgi Chanturia (Georgian: გიორგი ჭანტურია, translit.: giorgi ch'ant'uria, pronounced [ɡiɔrɡi t͡ʃʼɑntʼuriɑ]; born 11 April 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a right winger for FC Ural Yekaterinburg.

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 have confirmed the signing of Vitesse midfielder Giorgi Chanturia 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, he moved to Russia, signing with FC Ural Yekaterinburg.[13]

International career

He 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

As of match played 13 May 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitesse Arnhem 2011–12 2843000314
2012–13 10003040
2013–14 812120122
Total 3755150476
Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) 2012–13 60000060
CFR Cluj
2013–14 7100—71
2014–15 22442—266
Total 2954200337
Verona 2014–15 0000—00
MSV Duisburg 2015–16 22400—224
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 12222—144
2017–18 18300—183
Total 3052200327
Career Total 124191155014024

International goals

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first.[14]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 March 2014Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Liechtenstein1–02–0Friendly
2.16 November 2015Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Albania2–02–2Friendly

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.
  13. ↑ ГЕОРГИЙ ЧАНТУРИЯ - НОВИЧОК «УРАЛА»! (in Russian). fc-ural.ru. 5 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Chanturia, Giorgi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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