Khatia Tchkonia, (, born 16 October 1989) is a Georgian women's football midfielder, who lately played in the Turkish Women's Super League for Hatayspor with jersey number 9. She is a member of the Georgia women's national football team since 2010.
Club career
Khatia Tchkonia played in her hometown club FC Dinamo Tbilisi. She made her first international appearance at the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup Group A7 matches. She netted two goals against the Serbian team ŽFK Napredak Kruševac.
She joined the Turkish club Trabzonspor July 16, 2009 right before the qualification matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League. She scored a goal in her first match in the tournament against the Slovene team ŽNK Krka. She participated also in the two following matches. After playing one season and scoring nine goals in 17 league matches, she transferred the rival team Trabzon İdmanocağı in the same city. She played three seasons capping 51 times and netting 34 goals. For the 2012–13 season, she moved to another Black Sea club, Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she continues to play. She transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehr Belediyespor in the second half of the 2016–17 season.
On January 4, 2018, Tchkonia transferred to İlkadım Belediyesi.
After relegation of her club to the Second League, she left her club, and transferred to the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2018–19 First League season.
On 2 July 2019, Tchkonia left her club Konak Belediyespor, and returned to her country to join WFC Lanchkhuti. In January 2023, she moved again to Turkey, and joined Hatayspor to play in the second half of the 2022–23 Super League. On 10 March 2023, she left Turkey for home as her team suffered from the earthquake in Turkey, which took place on 6 February 2023.
International career Tchkonia debuted in the Georgia women's national team playing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 match against Greece on April 15, 2010, and appeared also in the match against the Bulgarian women. She participated at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying matches against Malta, Armenia and Faroe Islands. She was called up to play at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 2 matches. She played in the group against Lithuania, Montenegro and Faroe Islands, and scored one goal.
Career statistics .
ClubSeasonLeagueContinentalNationalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTrabzonspor2009–10First League17 9 3 1 20 10Total17 9 3 1 20 10Trabzon İdmanocağı2010–11First League21 19 – – 3 0 24 192011–12First League21 15 – – 21 152012–13First League9 0 – – 3 1 10 1Total51 34 6 1 57 35Kdz. Ereğlispor2012–13First League7 5 – – 7 52013–14First League17 4 – – 17 42014–15First League14 7 – – 14 72015–16First League17 15 – – 17 15Total55 31 – – 0 0 55 31Ataşehir Belediyespor2016–17First League17 7 – – 0 0 17 72017–18First League4 0 – – 0 0 4 0Total21 7 – – 0 0 21 7İlkadım Belediyespor2017–18First League11 5 – – 0 0 11 5Konak Belediyespor2018–19First League13 1 – – 0 0 13 1Hatayspor2022–23Super League3 0 – – 0 0 3 0Career total171 87 3 1 6 1 180 89
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 9 April 2015 Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta 4–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 2. 5–0 3. 6–0 4. 7–0 5. 8 April 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 2–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 6. 14 June 2019 Davit Petriashvili Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 2–0 5–1 Friendly 7. 3–0 8. 5 March 2020 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 1–2 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 9. 13 July 2023 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 3–0 5–0 Friendly 10. 1 December 2023 2–2 4–2 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
Honours Turkish Women's First Football League Trabzonspor Winners (1): 2009–10
Kdz. ereğlispor Third places (1): 2012–13
Ataşehir Belediyespor Third places (1): 2016–17
Konak Belediyespor Third places (1): 2018–19
WFC Lanchkhuti Winners (1): 2021
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