Givi Didava

Givi Didava

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-03-21) 21 March 1976
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	41	(0)
1994–2000	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	154	(3)
1999	→ K.R.C. Mechelen (loan)	4	(0)
2000–2002	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4	(0)
2001–2002	→ FC Torpedo Kutaisi (loan)	66	(17)
2003–2006	Kocaelispor	78	(0)
2006	FK Ventspils-2	3	(1)
2006–2008	FC Ameri Tbilisi	42	(3)
2008–2009	FC Sioni Bolnisi
2009–	Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi
International career‡
1998–2003	Georgia	21	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2008

Givi Didava (Georgian: გივი დიდავა; born 21 March 1976) is a Georgian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Spartaki-Tskhinvali Tbilisi. He was capped 21 times for the national team between 1998 and 2003.

Didava was a regular in the Dinamo Tbilisi defence from 1994 to 2000, during which period the club won five league titles. He was transferred to Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv FC in 2000, but played only 4 games before falling out with the coach. He promptly returned to Georgia and Torpedo Kutaisi, who took over the league hegemony. On 29 January 2003 he signed a contract with Turkish team Kocaelispor, moving there with teammate Revaz Kemoklidze. However, Kocaelispor was relegated, but while Kemoklidze left the club, Didava chose to see through his contract.

In summer 2006, Didava back to Georgian football.

External links

• Givi Didava at National-Football-Teams.com
• TFF statistics