Giorgi Chkhaidze

Giorgi Chkhaidze

Date of birth	(1981-08-20) August 20, 1981
Place of birth	Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Flanker, Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-2008 2008-2009 2009-2011 2011-2012 2012-2014 2014- Massy Racing Métro Montpellier Saint-Junien Tarbes Lille MR 22 12 22 13 37 17 (5) (5) (10) (10) (5) (10) Correct as of 4 September 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002-2017 Georgia 100 (78) Correct as of 14 May 2019

Giorgi Chkhaidze (born 20 August 1981 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a flanker.

He moved to France, where he has played for six clubs—Massy (2006–07), Racing 92 (at the time Racing Métro 92; 2007–2009), where he won the Pro D2 in 2008–09; Montpellier (2009–2011); Saint-Junien (2011–12); Tarbes (2012–14); and currently with Fédérale 1 side Lille (2014–present).

He has 101 caps for Georgia, since his debut, an 88-0 win over Netherlands, in Tbilisi, at 3 February 2002, aged only 19 years old, for the Six Nations B. He counts 4 tries scored, 20 points in aggregate. He was called for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, playing in three matches, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in four matches, and the 2011 Rugby World Cup, once again in four matches. Chkhaidze appeared in his fourth World Cup in 2015.

External links

• Giorgi Chkhaidze at ESPNscrum