Georgi Demetradze (; born 26 September 1976) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made 56 appearances for the Georgia national team scoring 12 goals.
Career Born in Tbilisi, Demetradze played for the Dinamo Tbilisi youth team and signed for the club in 1994 after spending two seasons with Kakheti Telavi. He has become the Georgian league top scorer with Dinamo.
In 1997 Demetradze moved to Rotterdam to play for Feyenoord, but an injury limited his playing time. After one season in Netherlands, he moved to Russia to play for Alania Vladikavkaz. With them Demetradze has become Russian Top Division top scorer in 1999. In 2000, he transferred to Dynamo Kyiv to become a Ukrainian champion. While there he famously missed an open goal against Manchester United in the Champions League that would have seen the English side eliminated from the competition.
After a year at Real Sociedad Demetradze returned to Russia where he spent half a season with Lokomotiv Moscow and half a season with Alania.
In 2003, he moved to Ukraine again, to play for Metalurh Donetsk. He spent 2.5 seasons with them. In mid-2005 he went to play for Alania for the third time. After Alania were relegated, Demetradze transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2005 Demetradze participated in three different Leagues. In 2007, he returned to Ukraine and played for Arsenal Kyiv. A year later he signed an annual contract with Azerbaijani football club FC Baku.
Post-retirement Demetradze was arrested by Georgian police in July 2010, and on 23 March 2011 he was found guilty of extortion from people who lost at illegal betting on sports, and sentenced to six years of imprisonment. He was released from prison as a political prisoner on 13 January 2013. Demetradze later married and had a daughter.
Career statistics All data on his participation in the top league of Ukraine can be found at the FFU official website and supplemented by the National Football Teams website.
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueDivisionAppsGoalsKakheti Telavi1992–93Umaglesi Liga921993–942214Total3116–Dinamo Tbilisi1994–95Umaglesi Liga1781995–9626171996–972626Total6951–Feyenoord (loan)1997–98Eredivisie70Alania Vladikavkaz1998Russian Premier League151419992921Total4435–Dynamo Kyiv1999–00Ukrainian Premier League1472000–01128Total2615–Real Sociedad2000–01La Liga402001–0291Total131–Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)2002Russian Premier League60Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)2002Russian Premier League166Metalurh Donetsk2002–03Ukrainian Premier League1582003–0428182004–05235Total6631–Alania Vladikavkaz (loan)2005Russian Premier League111Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)2005–06Israeli Premier League133Metalurh Donetsk2005–06Ukrainian Premier League322006–07162Total194–Arsenal Kyiv2007–08Ukrainian Premier League183FC Baku2008–09Azerbaijan Premier League102FC Tskhinvali2009–10Umaglesi Liga61Career total355169–
References
External links Demetradze moves to Israel, sport.ru, 4 February 2006 Profile at Dynamo Kyiv's fansite Profile at GeorgianSoccer.com Demetradze in Spain