Luka Latsabidze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 March 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Khashuri, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chornomorets | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Iveria | ||
| 2013–2022 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 22 | (0) |
| 2023– | Shakhtar | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Chornomorets (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022–2023 | Georgia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Georgia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||
Luka Latsabidze (Georgian: ლუკა ლაცაბიძე; born 18 March 2004) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Ukrainian Premier League club Chornomorets, on loan from Shakhtar.
Latsabidze is the winner of Georgian top league with Dinamo Tbilisi.
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Latsabidze joined his hometown club Iveria at age 7. After two years he was signed by Dinamo Tbilisi where he spent the rest of his youth career.[1] Having played for Dinamo's reserve team in the 2nd and 3rd divisions, Latsabidze made a debut with the senior team in a Georgian Cup match against Samtredia on 7 August 2022.[2] He was a member of the squad that won the national league in 2022.[3]
At the end of this season, Latsabidze received a first broad recognition. Nominated by GFF as U19 Player of the Year at its annual awards ceremony, he won the relevant Aleksandre Chivadze golden award.[4]
On 4 February 2024, Ukrainian Premier League champions Shakhtar Donetsk announced that they had signed Latsabidze on a deal until 31 December 2028.[5] He did not appear in official matches, though, before joining Chornomorets in the summer window on a year-long loan.[6]
International
[edit]Latsabidze made his debut with U19s in a 2023 UEFA Championship qualifier against Croatia on 29 March 2022.[7] On 15 November 2024, he played a full match for the first time at U21 level against the same opponents in 2025 UEFA Championship play-offs.[8]
Statistics
[edit]- As of match played 15 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi-2 | 2023 | Liga 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chornomorets (loan) | 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]Team
[edit]• Dinamo Tbilisi
Individual
[edit]• U19 Player of the Year in Georgia: 2022[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "ხაშურელი ფეხბურთელის დებიუტი "დინამოს" შემადგენლობაში". mozaikanews.ge (in Georgian). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "Samtredia vs Dinamo Tbilisi match report". gff.ge (in Georgian). 7 August 2022.
- ^ "დინამო თბილისი საქართველოს ჩემპიონია". setantasports.com. 3 December 2022.
- ^ "GFF AWARDS - 2022 წლის საუკეთესოები". goal.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Luka Latsabidze is a Shakhtar player". shakhtar.com. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "ოფიციალურად - ლაცაბიძე "ჩერნომორეცში" გადავიდა" (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Georgia U19 vs Croatia U19 match report". UEFA. 29 March 2022.
- ^ ""Моряки" зіграли за збірні". FC Chornomorets (in Ukrainian). 16 November 2024.
- ^ "GFF Awards 2022". gff.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Luka Latsabidze at Soccerway