Jemal Tabidze
{{short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jemal Tabidze
| image = Jemal Tabidze 2020.jpg
| caption = Tabidze with FC Ufa in 2020
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Samtredia, Georgia
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Dynamo Makhachkala
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = 2011–2013
| youthclubs1 = Saburtalo Tbilisi
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = Gent
| years1 = 2013–2015
| clubs1 = Saburtalo Tbilisi
| caps1 = 37
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2015–2017
| clubs2 = Gent
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = → Ural Yekaterinburg (loan)
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017–2022
| clubs4 = Ufa
| caps4 = 79
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2022
| clubs5 = Kortrijk
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = Dinamo Tbilisi
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2024
| clubs7 = Panetolikos
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Dynamo Makhachkala
| caps8 = 18
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2012–2013
| nationalteam1 = Georgia U17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015
| nationalteam2 = Georgia U19
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2016–2017
| nationalteam3 = Georgia U21
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2017–
| nationalteam4 = Georgia
| nationalcaps4 = 15
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 10 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 1 May 2023
}}
Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze ({{post-nominals|post-noms=Order of Honor}}) ({{lang-ka|ჯემალ "ჯიმი" ტაბიძე|tr}}, {{IPA|ka|dʒemal dʒimi tʼabidze|pron}}; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Makhachkala 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.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ural Yekaterinburg|url=http://www.fc-ural.ru/main/news/ural/5360/|script-title=ru:«УРАЛ» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ ГРУЗИИ|date=14 February 2017|language=Russian|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095859/http://www.fc-ural.ru/main/news/ural/5360/|archive-date=9 September 2017|url-status=dead}}
On 1 July 2017, Tabidze signed a long-term contract with FC Ufa.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ufa|url=http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/61-klub/4257-dzhemal-tabidze-ofitsialno-igrok-fk-ufa|script-title=ru:Джемал Табидзе – официально игрок ФК «Уфа»!|date=1 July 2017|language=Russian|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704075655/http://www.fcufa.pro/allarticle/lenta/61-klub/4257-dzhemal-tabidze-ofitsialno-igrok-fk-ufa|archive-date=4 July 2017|url-status=dead}} On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Ufa|url=https://www.fcufa.pro/news-new/dzhemal-tabidze-pokidaet-fk-ufa|title=Джемал Табидзе покидает ФК "Уфа"|date=30 March 2022|access-date=30 March 2022|language=ru}}
On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk.{{cite web|publisher=Kortrijk|url=https://www.kvk.be/nieuws/vierde-aanwinst-voor-kvk/|title=JIMMY TABIDZE IS VIERDE AANWINST|date=11 June 2022|access-date=23 August 2022|language=nl}} 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.{{cite web|publisher=Kortrijk|url=https://www.kvk.be/nieuws/versterking-voor-kvk-defensie/|title=JOÃO SILVA VERSTERKT KVK-DEFENSIE|date=15 July 2022|access-date=23 August 2022|language=nl}}
On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.{{cite web |date=12 September 2023 |title=Jimi Tabidze left Dinamo |url=https://fcdinamo.ge/en/news?n=104714 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=fcdinamo.ge |publisher=FC Dinamo Tbilisi}}
In January 2024, Tabidze joined Super League Greece club Panetolikos on an eighteen-month contract with the option for a further year. {{cite web|url=https://www.panetolikos.gr/%e1%83%9b%e1%83%9d%e1%83%92%e1%83%94%e1%83%a1%e1%83%90%e1%83%9a%e1%83%9b%e1%83%94%e1%83%91%e1%83%98%e1%83%97-2/|trans-title=welcome|title=მოგესალმებით|language=Greek|website=www.panetolikos.gr|date=18 January 2024|accessdate=18 January 2024}}
On 30 July 2024, Tabidze returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with FC Dynamo Makhachkala.{{cite web|publisher=FC Dynamo Makhachkala|url=https://dinamo-mx.ru/blog/2024/07/30/dzhemal-tabidze-podpisal-kontrakt-s-dinamo/|title=Джемал Табидзе подписал контракт с "Динамо"|date=30 July 2024|language=ru}}
International career
Tabidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.{{cite web|publisher=The Tashkent Times|url=http://www.tashkenttimes.uz/sports/474-uzbekistan-draws-with-georgia-in-friendly|title=Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly|date=24 January 2017}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 10 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Saburtalo Tbilisi
|2013–14 |rowspan="2"|Erovnuli Liga 2 |18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15
|19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 38 | 2 | ||
| Ural Yekaterinburg
|3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="6"|Ufa
|Russian Premier League |20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|Russian Premier League |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6{{efn|Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2019–20
|Russian Premier League |25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|Russian Premier League |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Russian Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!79 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Dinamo Tbilisi
|2022 |12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023
|Erovnuli Liga |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearance(s) in the Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Kortrijk (loan)
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Panetolikos
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 0 | |||
| Dynamo Makhachkala
|18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!171 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 3 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tabidze goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Jemal Tabidze{{NFT player|66462}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 27 March 2018 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | {{fb|EST}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | Friendly |
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|jemal-tabidze/275751}}
- {{NFT player|66462}}
{{FC Dynamo Makhachkala squad}}
{{Georgia squad UEFA Euro 2024}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabidze, Jemal}}
Category:People from Samtredia
Category:Footballers from Imereti
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Category:Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Georgia (country) men's youth international footballers
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players
Category:Erovnuli Liga players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:FC Ural Yekaterinburg players
Category:K.V. Kortrijk players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:Panetolikos F.C. players
Category:FC Dynamo Makhachkala players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Belgium
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Greece