Rati Aleksidze

Rati Aleksidze
Personal information
Full name	Rati Aleksidze
Date of birth	3 August 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1999	Dinamo Tbilisi
1999–2001	Chelsea
2002–2003	Dinamo Tbilisi
2004	Rostov
2008–2009	Lokomotiv Tbilisi
2009–2012	Győri ETO
2012–2014	FC Dila Gori
International career
1993–1995	Georgia U-17
1997–1998	Georgia U-21
1998–2009	Georgia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rati Aleksidze (Georgian: რატი ალექსიძე; born 3 August 1978 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a former football striker from Georgia.

Career

His club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi in the 1996/97 season. His goal-scoring abilities helped them win the league titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999 as well as the 1997 cup. During his Dinamo career Aleksidze scored 33 goals in 71 appearances, and especially the 12 goals in 14 games in the 1999/00 season attracted the interest of bigger European clubs. He was taken on trial to English team Chelsea, who decided to buy him. Aleksidze found first team opportunities at Chelsea hard to come by, however, as he only played in two league games and one European match, all as substitute.^[1] Released by Chelsea in September 2001, he eventually returned to Dinamo where he scored nine goals in his first season. In 2004, he was bought by Russian team FC Rostov, then retired from his professional career and returned to Georgia.^[2]^{[better source needed]} In July 2008 he made a comeback, playing for FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi. Then in January 2009 he joined the Hungarian club Győri ETO FC.^[3]^{[better source needed]}

International

Due to career difficulties he lost his place on the national team, for which he scored 2 goals in 19 caps between 1998 and 2004.

References

^ "Players Appearances Aa-Az". bounder.friardale.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ "Rati Aleksidze". Geocities. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.
^ "Átigazolás 2008/09 Tél". Nyugat.hu. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.

External links

GeorgianSoccer.com
Rati Aleksidze at National-Football-Teams.com
Rati Aleksidze – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] "Players Appearances Aa-Az". bounder.friardale.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

[2] "Rati Aleksidze". Geocities. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.

[3] "Átigazolás 2008/09 Tél". Nyugat.hu. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2009.

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