Bidzina Samkharadze


Bidzina Samkharadze (Georgian: ბიძინა სამხარაძე, born 2 October 1983 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for professional SuperLiga club Timișoara Saracens.

Bidzina Samkharadze
Bidzina Samkharadze playing for CSM Baia Mare in 2017
Full nameBidzina Samkharadze
Date of birth (1983-10-02) 2 October 1983
Place of birthTbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 180 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Timișoara Saracens
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
?–2004 Locomotive Tbilisi ()
2004–05 Walsall ()
2005–06 Locomotive Tbilisi ()
2006–11 Farul Constanța ()
2011–12 Armia Tbilisi ()
2012–13 Timișoara Saracens 2 (10)
2013–19 Știința Baia Mare 53 (60)
2019–Present Timișoara Saracens 7 (5)
Correct as of 28 March 2020
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–Present Georgia 61 (30)
Correct as of 28 March 2020

Clubs career

During his career, Samkharadze played for Locomotive Tbilisi and Armia Tbilisi in Georgia, Walsall RFC in England and mostly in Romania for Farul Constanţa, Știința Baia Mare and Timișoara Saracens.[1][2][3]

International career

He has currently 61 caps for Georgia, since his first game at the 14–19 loss to Portugal, on 14 February 2004, in Tbilisi, for the Six Nations B. He has scored 6 tries for the "Lelos", with an aggregate of 30 points. Samkharadze was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in four games, and for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games. He remained scoreless on both occasions.[4]

References
  1. www.super-liga.ro (5 December 2013). "Noua achizitie a baimarenilor, Bidzina Samkharadze".
  2. www.rugby.ro (27 February 2006). "BIDZINA SAMKHARADZE: PE 15 MARTIE VIN SA JOC LA FARUL".
  3. stiri.tvr.ro (9 March 2012). "Rugby: "Stejarii" români vor revanşa în faţa Georgiei".
  4. Bidzina Samkharadze International Statistics


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