Jemal Tabidze

Jemal Tabidze
Tabidze with FC Ufa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996
Place of birth Samtredia, Georgia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Number 3
Youth career
2011–2013 Saburtalo Tbilisi
2015–2017 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Saburtalo Tbilisi 37 (2)
2015–2017 Gent 0 (0)
2017 → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2022 Ufa 79 (1)
2022 Kortrijk 0 (0)
2022–2023 Dinamo Tbilisi 28 (0)
2024 Panetolikos 6 (1)
2024–2026 Dynamo Makhachkala 45 (1)
2026– Kayserispor 1 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Georgia U17 6 (0)
2015 Georgia U19 3 (0)
2016–2017 Georgia U21 8 (0)
2017– Georgia 15 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 May 2023

Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze (Order of Honor) (Georgian: ჯემალ "ჯიმი" ტაბიძე, romanized: jemal "jimi" t'abidze, pronounced [dʒemal dʒimi tʼabidze]; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Kayserispor and the Georgia national team.

Club career

After beginning his career in Pirveli Liga with FC Saburtalo Tbilisi, Tabidze joined the Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in July 2015. He played for the reserves team, not making any first-team appearances.

On 14 February 2017, Tabidze joined the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[1]

On 1 July 2017, Tabidze signed a long-term contract with FC Ufa.[2] On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent.[3]

On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk.[4] On 15 July 2022, his contract with Kortrijk was terminated by mutual consent before the season started, with the club explaining it by lack of match fitness, allowing Tabidze to join FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[5] On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[6]

In January 2024, Tabidze joined Super League Greece club Panetolikos on an eighteen-month contract with the option for a further year.[7]

On 30 July 2024, Tabidze returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with FC Dynamo Makhachkala.[8] He left Dynamo Makhachkala in June 2026 as his contract expired.[9]

On 7 August 2026, Tabidze transferred to Kayserispor in Turkey for two seasons.[10]

International career

Tabidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2013–14 Erovnuli Liga 2 18000——180
2014–15 19210——202
Total 3721000—382
Ural Yekaterinburg 2016–17 Russian Premier League 3010——40
Ufa 2017–18 Russian Premier League 20010——210
2018–19 Russian Premier League 120106[a]000190
2019–20 Russian Premier League 25110——261
2020–21 Russian Premier League 22020——240
2021–22 Russian Premier League 0000——00
Total 791506000901
Dinamo Tbilisi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 12030——150
2023 Erovnuli Liga 160003[b]02[c]0210
Total 280303020360
Kortrijk (loan) 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 0000—0000
Panetolikos 2023–24 Super League Greece 6010——70
Dynamo Makhachkala 2024–25 Russian Premier League 19010——200
2025–26 Russian Premier League 26160—2[d]0341
Total 451700020541
Career total 198418090402294
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Georgian Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in relegation play-offs

International

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tabidze goal.
List of international goals scored by Jemal Tabidze[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
127 March 2018Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Estonia1–02–0Friendly

References

  1. ↑ «УРАЛ» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ ГРУЗИИ (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Джемал Табидзе – официально игрок ФК «Уфа»! (in Russian). FC Ufa. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Джемал Табидзе покидает ФК "Уфа"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Ufa. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "JIMMY TABIDZE IS VIERDE AANWINST" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "JOÃO SILVA VERSTERKT KVK-DEFENSIE" (in Dutch). Kortrijk. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jimi Tabidze left Dinamo". fcdinamo.ge. FC Dinamo Tbilisi. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "მოგესალმებით" [welcome]. www.panetolikos.gr (in Greek). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Джемал Табидзе подписал контракт с "Динамо"" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Makhachkala. 30 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "У Джемала Табидзе завершился контракт с "Динамо"" [Jemal Tabidze's contract with Dynamo expired] (in Russian). FC Dynamo Makhachkala. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Kayserispor'da Yasak Kalktı, Lisanslar Çıkmaya Başladı" (in Turkish). Kayserispor. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.
  12. ↑ Jemal Tabidze at National-Football-Teams.com
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