Irakli Bugridze

Irakli Bugridze (Georgian: ირაკლი ბუღრიძე, romanized: irak'li bughridze; born 3 January 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays for Kazakhstan top-division club Kyzylzhar.

Irakli Bugridze
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-03) 3 January 1998
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Kyzylzhar
Youth career
2004–2013 Locomotive Tbilisi
2014–2015 Dinamo Tbilisi
2015–2016 Locomotive Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Locomotive Tbilisi 6 (0)
2018 Chikhura Sachkhere 35 (8)
2018–2019 Beerschot Wilrijk 10 (0)
2020 Dinamo Tbilisi 10 (1)
2021 Dila Gori 28 (2)
2022–2023 Torpedo Kutaisi 59 (12)
2024– Kyzylzhar 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Georgia U17 6 (1)
2017–2018 Georgia U20 2 (1)
2018–2020 Georgia U21 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:11, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:33, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Career

Bugridze started his both youth and senior careers at Locomotive Tbilisi. Due to lack of playing time, in 2018 he moved to Chikhura. In an opening game of the season, Bugridze contributed to a 6–1 demolition of Kolkheti 1913 with his first senior league goal.[1] In the summer, he played in all four matches of Chikhura's European campaign.

In January 2019, Bugridze left Chikhura to sign a 1.5-year contract with Belgian second-division club Beerschot, [2] although after making ten appearances he joined Dinamo Tbilisi a year later.[3]

Following a season-long tenure at Dila Gori in 2021, Bugridze spent next two seasons at Torpedo Kutaisi.[4] Being mostly a starting line-up player, he took part in 31 league games in 2023 and with eight goals finished as the second-top scorer behind Giorgi Arabidze. Bugridze also netted two goals in four UEFA Conference League appearances,[5] including a winner against Aktobe.[6]

On 12 February 2024, Kazakhstan Premier League side Kyzylzhar announced the signing of Bugridze.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 6 December 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Locomotive Tbilisi 2016 Umaglesi Liga 3000000030
2017 Erovnuli Liga 3010000040
Total 6010000070
Chikhura Sachkhere 2018 Erovnuli Liga 358104[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]1419
Beerschot 2018–19 Challenger Pro League 0000008[lower-alpha 3]080
2019–20 Challenger Pro League 2000000020
Total 20000080100
Dinamo Tbilisi 2020 Erovnuli Liga 101101[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 2]0121
Dila Gori 2021 Erovnuli Liga 282102[lower-alpha 4]000312
Torpedo Kutaisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 284410010335
2023 Erovnuli Liga 318204[lower-alpha 4]2203910
Total 59126142307215
Kyzylzhar 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League 0000000000
Career total 1402310111212117327
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
  3. Appearances for UEFA Europa League play-offs
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours
Dinamo Tbilisi
Torpedo Kutaisi

References
  1. "Chikhura vs Kolkheti 1913". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 3 March 2018.
  2. OVEREENKOMST MET IRAKLI BUGRIDZE‚ beerschotwilrijk.be, 5 January 2019
  3. "ირაკლი ბუღრიძე "ბეერსხოტიდან" თბილისის "დინამოში" გადავიდა". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 15 January 2020.
  4. "ოფიციალურად: ირაკლი ბუღრიძე ტორპედოს ფეხბურთელია". primetime.ge (in Georgian). 9 January 2022.
  5. "Torpedo vs Sarajevo". uefa.com. 13 July 2023.
  6. "Aktobe vs Torpedo". uefa.com. 3 August 2023.
  7. "Обидчик «Актобе» в еврокубке официально усилил клуб КПЛ". sports.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. "Irakli Bugridze". Soccerway.
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