Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ural Yekaterinburg | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2010 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | ||
2009–2010 | → Barcelona (loan) | ||
2010–2011 | Vitesse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Vitesse | 37 | (5) |
2012–2013 | → Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2014 | CFR Cluj | 7 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Verona | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 25 | (5) |
2015–2016 | MSV Duisburg | 22 | (4) |
2016– | Ural Yekaterinburg | 11 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Georgia U-17 | 9 | (5) |
2010–2012 | Georgia U-19 | 6 | (4) |
2011–2014 | Georgia U-21 | 14 | (5) |
2014– | Georgia | 12 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2016 |
Giorgi Chanturia (Georgian: გიორგი ჭანტურია; born 11 April 1993) is a Georgian footballer who plays as a winger for FC Ural Yekaterinburg.
Chanturia began his career on Saburtalo Tbilisi, and was loaned to Barcelona in June 2009. He was filled into Barça's Juvenil B squad, and scored 11 goals to help the Catalans to the league title.
In August 2010, after being linked with Chelsea, Chanturia signed with Vitesse Arnhem. In April 2011 he signed a three-year deal with the club.
Chanturia made his competitive debut for Vitesse on the opening day of the 2011–12 Eredivisie season, as a starter in their 0–0 away draw against ADO Den Haag on 7 August. He scored his first goal for the Arnhem side in his second official match, against VVV-Venlo in a 4-0 win.
In December 2012, Chanturia was loaned to Alania Vladikavkaz until the end of the season. He returned to Vitesse at the end of the season, and was reintagrated to first-team squad for the 2013–14 season.
On 19 February 2014, CFR Cluj have confirmed the signing of Vitesse midfielder Giorgi Chanturia for an undisclosed fee.
On 12 June 2014, Chanturia joined Hellas Verona from Cluj.
However, in September Chanturia returned to Cluj on loan with Hellas sporting director Scala Sogliano stating that the club had "decided to give [Chanturia] the opportunity to find his best form" and that Chanturia wanted "his debut with the Verona [to live] up to expectations".
On 25 September 2015, 2. Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg announced their signing of free agent Chanturia on a contract running until the end of the season including the option for further two years.