Levan Kharabadze

Levan Kharabadze (Georgian: ლევან ხარაბაძე; 26 January 2000) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.

Levan Kharabadze
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Batumi
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2014 Torpedo Kutaisi
2014–2018 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Dinamo Tbilisi 76 (6)
2019–2020 → Zürich (loan) 24 (1)
2022–2023 Pafos 3 (0)
2023– Dinamo Batumi 33 (3)
International career‡
2015–2017 Georgia U17 24 (7)
2016–2018 Georgia U19 12 (0)
2019– Georgia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019

Club career

Kharabadze started his football career in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi, before moving to Dinamo Tbilisi in 2014.[1] He scored his first top-league goal in a 4–1 win over Kolkheti 1913 on 27 April 2018.[2]

In January 2019, Kharabadze signed a year-and-a-half loan deal with Zürich.[3][4]

In February he made his debut in Swiss Super League, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–3 against FC St. Gallen.[5]

In summer 2022 he moved to Pafos.[6]

A year later Kharabadze returned to Georgia to join Dinamo Batumi.[7]

International

Kharabadze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 26 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Ireland, as a 65th-minute substitute for Davit Khocholava.[8] Later in June he played the whole match in a 3–0 win over Gibraltar.[9]

Statistics
As of match played 1 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 314402[lower-alpha 1]0–374
2021 282104[lower-alpha 2]0–332
2022 170–2[lower-alpha 3]1–191
Total 766508100897
Zürich (loan) 2018–19 Swiss Super League 161202[lower-alpha 1]0–201
2019–20 80–––80
Total 241202000281
Pafos 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 30–––30
Dinamo Batumi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 16220––182
2024 17100––171
Total 333200000353
Career total 13610901010015511
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League qualifiers
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers and two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League qualifiers

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

  • Erovnuli Liga: 2020
  • Super Cup: 2021

Dinamo Batumi

References
  1. "ლევან ხარაბაძე: არ მაინტერესებს არც მანქანა და არც ფული" [Interview with Levan Kharabadze] (in Georgian). Sports newspaper Lelo. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. "Dinamo Tbilisi vs Kolkheti 1913". soccerway.com. 27 April 2018.
  3. "Levan Kharabadze in Zurich". Dinamo Tbilisi. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. "FC Zurich sign left-back Levan Kharabadze". FC Zurich. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  5. "St. Gallen - Zurich (Match Report)". soccerway.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  6. "LEVAN KHABADZE JOINS PAFOS FC". pafosfc.com.cy. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  7. "კონფერენსლიგის დაწყებამდე ბათუმის "დინამომ" ლევან ხარაბაძე დაიმატა". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 7 July 2023.
  8. "Ireland v Georgia game report". UEFA. 26 March 2019.
  9. "Georgia vs Gibraltar game report". uefa.com. 7 June 2019.

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