Giorgi Beria
{{short description|French rugby union player (born 1999)}}
{{expand French|topic=bio|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Giorgi Beria
| image = Giorgi Beria 2025.jpg
| caption = Beria with Perpignan in 2025
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|11}}{{cite web|title= Giorgi Beria|accessdate=31 January 2025|url= https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/joueurs/giorgi-beria-44401.html |website=Its Rugby}}
| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}{{cite web|title= Giorgi Beria|accessdate=31 January 2025|url= https://all.rugby/player/giorgi-beria#:~:text=Giorgi%20BERIA%20is%20a%2025,Perpignanais%20in%20France%20as%20prop. |website=All Rugby}}
| weight = {{convert|108|kg|st lbs|abbr=on}}
| position = Prop
| years1 = 2019–2024
| clubs1 = Clermont
| apps1 = 89
| points1 = 30
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Perpignan
| apps2 = 14
| points2 = 0
| clubupdate = 7 February 2025
| repyears1 = 2019
| repteam1 = France U20
| repcaps1 = 10
| reppoints1 = 0
}}
Giorgi Beria (born 11 November 1999) is a French professional rugby union footballer who plays as a prop forward for USA Perpignan.
Early life
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, he arrived in France with his parents into Aurillac at the age of two years-old.{{cite web|url=https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/portrait-giorgi-beria-releve-a-clermont-et-leader-des-bleuets-en-argentine-1605192053.php|website=lerugnynistere|accessdate=31 January 2025|title= PORTRAIT - GIORGI BERIA, SUCCESSOR IN CLERMONT AND LEADER OF THE BLEUETS IN ARGENTINA|date=17 May 2019}}
Club career
He started playing rugby union at Stade Aurillacois, before joining ASM Clermont Auvergne.{{cite web|title= ASM: Giorgi Beria seen by Franck Azéma|url= https://www.lamontagne.fr/clermont-ferrand-63000/asm-clermont/asm-giorgi-beria-vu-par-franck-azema_13695665/|website=lamontagne.fr|accessdate=31 January 2025|date=29 November 2019}} He made his first start for the club in the European Rugby Cup at home against Bath Rugby on 15 December 2019.{{cite web|title=Clermont 52 - 26 Bath|date=15 December 2019|url= https://www.itsrugby.fr/match-176536.html|website=Its Rugby|accessdate=31 January 2025}} In January 2022, he signed a new 18-month contract with the club.{{cite web|date=27 January 2022|title= Top 14 : Clermont prolonge sept joueurs, dont O'Conno|url= https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/rugby/top-14/top-14-clermont-prolonge-cinq-joueurs-dont-o-connor-et-naqalevu-20220127|website=Lefigaro|accessdate=31 January 2025}}
He signed for USA Perpignan ahead of the 2024–25 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyrama.fr/2023/12/19/transferts-top-14-giorgi-beria-clermont-devrait-prendre-la-direction-de-perpignan-11652164.php#|website=Rugbyrama|accessdate=31 January 2025|title= Transfers. Top 14 - Giorgi Beria (Clermont) should head to Perpignan|date=19 December 2023}}
International career
He played for France U20 and was selected for the U20 World Cup in 2019, appearing as a second half replacement in the final in which France beat Australia U20.{{cite web|url= https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/junior-world-championship/2018/coupe-du-monde-u20-2019-les-bleuets-avec-8-champions-du-monde-2018_sto7294490/story.shtml#|website=Rugbyrama|title= The Bleuets with 8 world champions 2018 |date=27 May 2019|accessdate=31 January 2025}}{{cite web|title= Final - World Rugby U20 Championship 2019|date=22 June 2019|url= https://www.world.rugby/match/27150|website=World.rugby|accessdate=31 January 2025}}
In January 2025, he was called up to the France national rugby union team ahead of the 2025 Six Nations Championship.{{cite web|title=Six Nations Tournament: Auradou and Jegou return to the French team, first selection for Nene and Dréan|url= https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Tournoi-des-six-nations-premiere-selection-pour-nene-et-drean-slimani-de-retour-dans-la-liste-de-l-equipe-de-france/1532396|website=Lequipe|accessdate=31 January 2025|date=15 January 2025}}
Honours
; {{Flag icon|France}} France
References
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External links
- {{Sport links}}
- [https://www.ffr.fr/equipe-de-france/haut-niveau-jeune/france-moins-20-ans-masculin/joueurs/beria-giorgi France profile] at FFR
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Category:Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Category:French rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Cantal
Category:ASM Clermont Auvergne players