Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ჯემალ "ჯიმი" ტაბიძე, romanized: jemal "jimi" t'abidze, pronounced [dʒemal dʒimi tʼabidze]; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Makhachkala and the Georgia national team.

Jemal Tabidze
Tabidze with FC Ufa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Samtredia, Georgia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Dynamo Makhachkala
Number 5
Youth career
2011–2013 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2015–2017 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Saburtalo Tbilisi 37 (2)
2015–2017 Gent 0 (0)
2017Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2022 Ufa 79 (1)
2022 Kortrijk 0 (0)
2022–2023 Dinamo Tbilisi 28 (0)
2024 Panetolikos 6 (1)
2024– Dynamo Makhachkala 10 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Georgia U17 6 (0)
2015 Georgia U19 3 (0)
2016–2017 Georgia U21 8 (0)
2017– Georgia 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Club career

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After beginning his career in Pirveli Liga with FC Saburtalo Tbilisi, Tabidze joined the Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in July 2015. He played for the reserves team, not making any first-team appearances.

On 14 February 2017, Tabidze joined the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[1]

On 1 July 2017, Tabidze signed a long-term contract with FC Ufa.[2] On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent.[3]

On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk.[4] On 15 July 2022, his contract with Kortrijk was terminated by mutual consent before the season started, with the club explaining it by lack of match fitness, allowing Tabidze to join FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[5] On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[6]

In January 2024, Tabidze joined Super League Greece club Panetolikos on an eighteen-month contract with the option for a further year.[7]

On 30 July 2024, Tabidze returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with FC Dynamo Makhachkala.[8]

International career

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Tabidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 26 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2013–14 Erovnuli Liga 2 18 0 0 0 18 0
2014–15 19 2 1 0 20 2
Total 37 2 1 0 0 0 38 2
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 3 0 1 0 4 0
Ufa 2017–18 Russian Premier League 20 0 1 0 21 0
2018–19 Russian Premier League 12 0 1 0 6[a] 0 0 0 19 0
2019–20 Russian Premier League 25 1 1 0 26 1
2020–21 Russian Premier League 22 0 2 0 24 0
2021–22 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 79 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 90 1
Dinamo Tbilisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 12 0 3 0 15 0
2023 Erovnuli Liga 16 0 0 0 3[b] 0 2[c] 0 21 0
Total 28 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 36 0
Kortrijk (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panetolikos 2023–24 Super League Greece 6 0 1 0 7 0
Dynamo Makhachkala 2024–25 Russian Premier League 10 0 1 0 11 0
Career total 163 3 12 0 9 0 2 0 186 3
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Georgian Super Cup

International

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Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tabidze goal.
List of international goals scored by Jemal Tabidze[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2018 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia   Estonia 1–0 2–0 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ «УРАЛ» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ ГРУЗИИ (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ Джемал Табидзе – официально игрок ФК «Уфа»! (in Russian). FC Ufa. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Джемал Табидзе покидает ФК "Уфа"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Ufa. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "JIMMY TABIDZE IS VIERDE AANWINST" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ "JOÃO SILVA VERSTERKT KVK-DEFENSIE" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Jimi Tabidze left Dinamo". fcdinamo.ge. FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ^ "მოგესალმებით" [welcome]. www.panetolikos.gr (in Greek). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Джемал Табидзе подписал контракт с "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Makhachkala. 30 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.
  10. ^ Jemal Tabidze at National-Football-Teams.com
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