Giorgi Makaridze (Georgian: გიორგი მაკარიძე, romanized: giorgi mak'aridze, pronounced [ɡiɔɾɡi mɑkʼɑɾidzɛ]; born 31 March 1990) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club SD Ponferradina and the Georgia national team.
![]() Makaridze playing for Le Mans in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, USSR | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ponferradina | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 9 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Le Mans | 34 | (0) |
2014 | Doxa Katokopia | 0 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Feirense | 54 | (1) |
2016–2018 | Moreirense | 33 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Rio Ave | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Vitória Setúbal | 43 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Almería | 33 | (0) |
2022– | Ponferradina | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2005–2006 | Georgia U-17 | 10 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Georgia U-19 | 8 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Georgia U-21 | 6 | (0) |
2007– | Georgia | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2020 |
He previously played for Dinamo Tbilisi, Le Mans, Doxa Katokopia, Feirense, Moreirense, F.C Rio Ave and Almería.
Born in Tbilisi, Makaridze began his career in the Dinamo Tbilisi academy, afterwards moving to Le Mans UC72 on January 10th, 2009 for €800,000 on a four-year contract worth €85,000.[1]
In April 2014, he would leave Le Mans for Doxa Katokopia,[2][3] but would never play a single game for the Cypriot club, leaving them for Feirense in Portugal, who were in Segunda Division Portugal at the time, playing 54 games. After getting promoted to Liga Nos, Makaridze joined Moreirense, playing 33 games and winning the 2017 Taça da Liga with them. In 2018 there was a rumor that Makaridze would join Benfica, but this move would never materialise, and instead he signed with Rio Ave. He would later agree to mutually terminate his contract with them, joining Vitoria FC in January of the same season.
On 12 September 2020, Makaridze moved away from the Portuguese league to sign a two-year contract with Segunda División side UD Almería.[4] He was released by the club on 3 June 2022 as his contract was due to expire,[5] and joined SD Ponferradina on 4 July.[6]
Giorgi Makaridze was a member of Georgia U17 team and played 10 games there. He also participated in Georgia U19 (played 8 games) and Georgia U21 (played 9 games). At age of 17, Makaridze established himself as a great prospect and starter for the Georgia national football team along with other teenagers such as Levan Kenia and Levan Mchedlidze.[7] Currently he has played 14 games in Georgian National Football Team.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Le Mans | 2009–10 | Ligue 1/Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
Doxa Katokopias | 2013–14 | Cypriot First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Feirense | 2014–15 | Segunda Liga/LigaPro | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
2015–16 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
Total | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
Moreirense | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Career total | 121 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 1 |
SD Ponferradina – current squad | |
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