Giorgi Chkhaidze
Date of birth | August 20, 1981 | ||
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Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Number 8, Flanker, Lock | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2006-2008 2008-2009 2009-2011 2011-2012 2012-2014 2014- |
Massy Racing Métro Montpellier Saint-Junien Tarbes Lille MR |
22 12 22 13 37 17 |
(5) (5) (10) (10) (5) (10) |
correct as of 4 September 2015. | |||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2002- | Georgia | 94 | (50) |
correct as of 24 June 2016. |
Giorgi Chkhaidze (born Kitausi, 24 June 1982) is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.
He moved to France, where he has played for six clubs—Massy (2006–07), Racing 92 (at the time Racing Métro 92; 2007–2009), where he won the Pro D2 in 2008–09; Montpellier (2009–2011); Saint-Junien (2011–12); Tarbes (2012–14); and currently with Fédérale 1 side Lille (2014–present).
He has currently 52 caps for Georgia, since his debut, an 88-0 win over Netherlands, in Tbilisi, at 3 February 2002, aged only 19 years old, for the Six Nations B. He counts 4 tries scored, 20 points in aggregate. He was called for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, playing three matches, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four matches, and the 2011 Rugby World Cup, once again in all the four matches. Chkhaidze stands to appear in his fourth World Cup in 2015.