Otar Kakabadze (Georgian: ოთარ კაკაბაძე, romanized: otar k'ak'abadze, pronounced [ɔtʰɑɾ kʼɑkʼɑbɑdzɛ]; born 27 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Polish club Cracovia and the Georgia national team.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cracovia | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi II | 17 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 40 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Gimnàstic | 44 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Esbjerg (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Luzern | 33 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Tenerife | 16 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cracovia | 28 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Cracovia II | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Georgia U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Georgia U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2015– | Georgia | 53 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:25, 24 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:55, 26 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Tbilisi, Kakabadze was a FC Dinamo Tbilisi youth graduate. He made his debut with the reserves on 27 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against FC Racha Ambrolauri, and scored his first senior goal in a 6–0 home routing of FC Kakheti Telavi on 19 October 2013.
Kakabadze was promoted to the main squad in 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 September of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Irakli Dzaria in a 6–0 home thrashing of FC Shukura Kobuleti.[1]
Kakabadze quickly established himself as a starter at Dinamo, and scored his first professional goal on 23 October 2015, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over FC Tskhinvali.
On 7 July 2016, Kakabadze signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2]
On 4 January 2017, it was confirmed, that Kakabadze had signed a loan-deal with Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB for the rest of the season.[3] Upon returning, he became a regular starter for Nàstic.
On 30 August 2018, Kakabadze was transferred to Swiss side FC Luzern.[4]
On 25 September 2020, Kakabadze returned to Spain and its second division after agreeing to a contract with CD Tenerife.[5]
After representing Georgia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels, Kakabadze made his debut for the full squad on 8 October 2015, starting in a 4–0 home win against Gibraltar for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.[6]
Dinamo Tbilisi
MKS Cracovia – current squad | |
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