Kakhi Makharadze

Kakhi Makharadze
Personal information
Full name	Kakhaber Makharadze
Date of birth	20 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2003	Dinamo Batumi
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Dinamo Tbilisi
2007	Chikhura Sachkhere
2007–2008	Dinamo Batumi
2008–2009	Lokomotivi Tbilisi
2009–2010	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2011–2015	Pakhtakor Tashkent
2016–2018	Lokomotiv Tashkent
2019	Sogdiana Jizzakh
2020–2022	Lokomotiv Tashkent
International career
2004	Georgia U19
2005–2007	Georgia U21
2006–2015	Georgia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:28, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Kakhaber 'Kakhi' Makharadze (Georgian: კახაბერ 'კახი' მახარაძე; born 20 October 1987) is a Georgian football midfielder who is currently banned.

His father Malkhaz Makharadze (also known as Makho Makharadze) and younger brother Boris Makharadze are also professional footballers.

Career

Lokomotiv Tashkent

He joined Lokomotiv Tashkent in 2009 and, according to a club official site survey, was chosen as the clubs "Best Player of The Year 2009" with 40% of total votes.^[1]

Pakhtakor

On 26 February 2011 it was announced that Kakhi Makharadze had signed for Pakhtakor among other new signings for the club. He moved to Pakhtakor from another capital club Lokomotiv Tashkent. He was captain of the club until 2016, when he returned to Lokomotiv.

National team

Makharadze made his official debut in UEFA tournaments as a national player in a match for Georgia U20 against Slovakia U-19 on 18 October 2004. This was won by Georgia with a scoreline of 4–2.^[2]

Match fixing

In September 2022, Makharadze was handed a five-year ban for match-fixing after accepting money to fix the Uzbekistan Super League game between his club Lokomotiv Tashkent and Navbahor Namangan in the March 2022.^[3]