Tamaz Makatsaria
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Samtredia | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Tbilisi academy | |||
| Avaza | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Tskhinvali | 50 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Dinamo Batumi | 12 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Tskhinvali | 40 | (22) |
| 2018 | Rustavi | 10 | (1) |
| 2018 | Samtredia | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sioni | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | WIT Georgia | 11 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Gagra | 33 | (26) |
| 2022 | Dila | 14 | (3) |
| 2022 | Gagra | 15 | (3) |
| 2023 | Kyzylzhar | 13 | (1) |
| 2023 | Zhenis | 14 | (11) |
| 2024 | Niki Volos | 7 | (0) |
| 2024–25 | Sioni | 43 | (12) |
| 2026– | Samtredia | 16 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 July 2026 | |||
Tamaz Makatsaria (Georgian: თამაზ მაქაცარია) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an attacker for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Samtredia.
Makatsaria is the winner of the Georgian Cup with Gagra. Individually, he was a shared topscorer of the 2021 Erovnuli Liga 2 season.
Career
Тamaz Makatsaria spent a part of his youth career at Dinamo's academy and Avaza before moving to Tskhinvali's reserve team in 2012. On 14 November 2012, Makatsaria made his debut in the 2nd division when he came off the bench and five minutes later scored an injury-time goal to seal a 4–1 win over Samtredia.[2] In 2013, his team won the title race with a 14-point margin and earned promotion to the Umaglesi Liga.
In January 2015, Makatsaria joined Dinamo Batumi where his father Davit had played in the mid-1990s as a midfielder.[3] On 7 November 2015, Makatsaria scored the first top-flight goal in a 1–0 away win over Shukura.[4] The next summer, he reunited with Tskhinvali, who had suffered relegation to the Pirveli Liga the previous season, to display his goal-scoring skills in full. With 21 goals he ended up as his team's topscorer in 2017. Overall, Tskhinvali was the club Makatsaria made most appearances for during his career (100 games in both competitions).
In 2020, Makatsaria won the first trophy of his career following Gagra's victorious cup campaign.[5] Makatsaria had another memorable season with this 2nd division team the next year as he netted 23 times in 24 league games, sharing topscorer's award with Merani's Cheikne Sylla. He also bagged a winner against Shukura in playoffs which ensured Gagra's return to the top flight after a ten-year absence. Besides, Makatsaria scored his first European goal in a 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League game against Montenegrin side Sutjeska.[6]
In mid-December 2021, Erovnuli Liga bronze medal holders Dila announced the signing a two-year deal with Makatsaria,[7] but after six months the sides terminated the contract by mutual consent which enabled the player to return to Gagra now in the top division. At the end of this season, Makatsaria netted a brace in another relegation/promotion playoff tie in which Gagra managed to beat Spaeri on penalties and retain their top-tier place.[8]
Makatsaria spent the 2023 season in Kazakhstan. Kyzylzhar became his first foreign club in February,[9] although at half season he joined lower league club Zhenis on a six-month deal and contributed to their promotion with 11 goals scored in 14 appearances.[10]
Following another short spell at Greek Super League 2 club Niki Volos, Makatsaria moved to Georgian 2nd division club Sioni in September 2024. In November alone, he netted five times, helping the team to reach playoffs. Makatsaria gave Sioni the lead in a two-legged tie against Gagra on 12 December 2024,[11] but eventually after a 3–3 aggregate score his team failed to prevail in the penalty shoot-out.[12]
Statistics
- As of match played 23 June 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tskhinvali | 2012–13 | Pirveli Liga | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 7 | ||
| 2013–14 | Umaglesi Liga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Dinamo Batumi | 2015–16 | Umaglesi Liga | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | |||
| Tskhinvali | 2016 | Umaglesi Liga | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 29 | 21 | – | – | – | 29 | 21 | ||||
| Total | 90 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 32 | ||
| Rustavi | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| Samtredia | 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 9 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Sioni | 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||
| WIT Georgia | 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Gagra | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 3[d] | 1 | 30 | 25 | |
| Dila | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| Gagra | 2022 | Erovnuli Liga | 15 | 3 | – | – | 2[b] | 2 | 17 | 5 | ||
| Total | 48 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 34 | ||
| Kyzylzhar | 2023 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| Zhenis | 2023 | Kazakhstan First Division | 14 | 11 | – | – | – | 14 | 11 | |||
| Niki Volos | 2023–24 | Super League Greece 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Sioni | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 18 | 7 | – | – | 2[b] | 1 | 20 | 8 | ||
| 2025 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 5 | |||
| Total | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | ||
| Samtredia | 2026 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 16 | 7 | – | – | – | 16 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 298 | 95 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 335 | 102 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Two appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs and one appearance in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
Team
Individual
- Erovnuli Liga 2 topscorer: 2021 (shared)
References
- ↑ "Tamaz Makatsaria" (in Georgian). eliga.ge. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ↑ "Tskhinvali vs Samtredia match report". soccerway.com. 14 November 2012.
- ↑ "თამაზ მაქაცარია: მალხაზ ლაცაბიძე მენდობოდა და გვერდში მედგა, ამიტომაც ავთამაშდი". lelo.ge (in Georgian). 10 May 2018.
- ↑ "Shukura vs Dinamo Batumi match report". flashscore.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ "საქართველოს თასი "გაგრამ" მოიგო და უეფას კონფერენს ლიგაზე გავიდა". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ↑ "Gagra vs Sutjeska match report". UEFA. 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "თამაზ მაქაცარია გორის "დილასთვის" შეუტევს". atiani.ge (in Georgian). 16 December 2021.
- ↑ "თრილერი ფლეი-ოფში 3:3 და გაგრას გამარჯვება პენალტებში" [3:3 thriller in playoffs and Gagra's win on penalties]. crystalsport.ge. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ↑ "თამაზ მაქაცარია ყაზახეთის პრემიერლიგაში ითამაშებს" [Tamaz Makatsaria set to play in Kazakhstan Premier League]. 1tv.ge. 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "Клуб КПЛ объявил об уходе иностранного бомбардира". sports.kz (in Russian). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ↑ "Sioni vs Gagra match report". eliga.ge (in Georgian). 12 December 2024.
- ↑ ""გაგრამ" და "თელავმა" ადგილი შეინარჩუნეს". sportline.ge (in Georgian). 16 December 2024.
External links
- Tamaz Makatsaria at Soccerway
- Tamaz Makatsaria at Sofascore
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- FC Gagra players
- FC Tskhinvali players
- FC Dinamo Batumi players
- FC Samtredia players
- FC Dila Gori players
- FC Sioni Bolnisi players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan Premier League players