Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kakhaber Makharadze | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Lokomotiv Tashkent | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003 | Dinamo Batumi | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 29 | (2) |
2007 | Chikhura Sachkhere | 7 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Dinamo Batumi | 12 | (3) |
2008–2009 | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | 27 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 24 | (2) |
2011–2015 | Pakhtakor | 121 | (26) |
2016– | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 13 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2004 | Georgia U19 | 1 | (0) |
2005–2007 | Georgia U21 | 6 | (0) |
2006–2015 | Georgia | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2016 |
Kakhaber 'Kakhi' Makharadze (Georgian: კახაბერ 'კახი' მახარაძე; born 20 October 1987) is a Georgian footballer currently playing for Uzbek League club Lokomotiv Tashkent as a midfielder.
His father Malkhaz Makharadze (also known as Makho Makharadze) and younger brother Boris Makharadze are also professional footballers.
He joined Lokomotiv Tashkent in 2009 and, according to a club official site survey, was chosen as the clubs "Best Player of The Year 2009" with 40% of total votes.
On February 26, 2011 it was announced that Kakhi Makharadze had signed for Pakhtakor among other new signings for the club. He moved to Pakhtakor from another capital club Lokomotiv Tashkent. He was captain of the club until 2016, when he returned to Lokomotiv.
Makharadze made his official debut in UEFA tournaments as a national player in a match for Georgia U20 against Slovakia U-19 on October 18, 2004. This was won by Georgia with a scoreline of 4-2.