Tornike Kapanadze
{{Short description|Georgian footballer}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tornike Kapanadze
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kutaisi, Georgia
| image =
| height = 1.68 m
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| currentclub = Samtredia
| clubnumber = 9
| years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = Samtredia | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Samgurali | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 29
| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Torpedo Kutaisi | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Zestaponi | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = Samtredia | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2015–2019 | clubs6 = Torpedo Kutaisi | caps6 = 128 | goals6 = 47
| years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = Dinamo Tbilisi | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Dila Gori | caps8 = 55 | goals8 = 19
| years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = Dinamo Batumi | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2024 | clubs10 = Sioni | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 12
| years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = Samtredia | caps11 = 1 | goals11 = 0
| pcupdate = 10 March 2025
}}
Tornike Kapanadze ({{lang-ka|თორნიკე კაპანაძე}}; born 4 June 1992), nicknamed Elva, is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Samtredia.
Kapanadze has won seven trophies in all three domestic competitions and received individual recognition with different clubs.
Career
Kapanadze started his professional career at Samtredia in 2009, although his first achievement came with Samgurali in 2012–13, when he became the Pirveli Liga top goalscorer with 27 goals.
In 2013, Kanapadze netted his first two European goals in Torpedo Kutaisi's 3–3 draw against Žilina.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2012273--zilina-vs-torpedo-kutaisi/ |title=Žilina vs Torpedo Kutaisi |website=UEFA |date=11 July 2013}}
Early next year he moved to fellow Imeretian club Zestaponi.{{cite web |url=https://sportall.ge/fexburti/qarthuli-fekhburthi/chempionati/59483-qzestafonisq-kidev-erthi-akhaltsveuli-thornike-kapanadzea.html |website=sportall.ge (in Georgian) |title="ზესტაფონის" კიდევ ერთი ახალწვეული თორნიკე კაპანაძეა |date=16 January 2014}}
Kapanadze enjoyed a long-time prolific period at his hometown team Torpedo Kutaisi. Apart from winning the league and the Cup, twice in a row he became the top goalscorer. In its inaugural 2017 year, the Erovnuli Liga named Kapanadze in Team of the Season.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/163182_gff-awards-2017 |website=worldsport.ge |title=GFF AWARDS 2017 |date=27 December 2017 |language=KA}} Following the 2018 season, he received the Player of the Season, Best Forward and Goal of the Year awards from the club.{{cite web |url=https://1tv.ge/news/torpedom-sauketesoebi-gamoavlina-sezonis-fekhburteli-kapanadzea/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |title="ტორპედომ" საუკეთესოები გამოავლინა - სეზონის ფეხბურთელი კაპანაძეა |date=10 December 2018}} His scissor kick goal scored against Chikhura Sachkhere on 21 November 2018 was also widely recognized.{{cite web |url=https://www.live.ge/fexburti/thornike-kapanadzem-chikhuras-ulamazesi-makratela-gautana-video/ |website=live.ge (in Georgian) |title=თორნიკე კაპანაძემ ჩიხურას ულამაზესი მაკრატელა გაუტანა (ვიდეო) |date=21 November 2018}}
Kapanadze spent the 2020 season at Dinamo Tbilisi{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsport.ge/ge/page/193118_oficialurad-kapanadze-dinamos-fexburtelia |website=worldsport.ge (in Georgian) |title=ოფიციალურად: კაპანაძე "დინამოს" ფეხბურთელია |date=11 January 2020}} and the next year joined Dila Gori{{cite web |url=https://fanebi.com/elva-da-andro-dilashi/ |title=ელვა და ანდრო "დილაში" |website=fanebi.com (in Georgian) |date=31 January 2021}} where he became the top scorer for two consecutive seasons.
In January 2023, Dinamo Batumi announced the signing of contract with Kapanadze.{{cite web |url=https://1tv.ge/news/batumis-dinamom-diladan-tornike-kapanadze-daimata-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |title=ბათუმის "დინამომ" "დილადან" თორნიკე კაპანაძე დაიმატა |date=9 January 2023}} At the end of this season, he lifted the champion's trophy for the third time in his career.
As his contract expired in January 2024, the striker moved to Liga 2 side Sioni.{{cite web |title="სიონმა" "გაგრის" მცველი და ბათუმის "დინამოს" თავდამსხმელი დაიმატა |url=https://1tv.ge/news/sionma-gagras-mcveli-da-batumis-dinamos-tavdamskhmeli-daimata-1tvsport/ |website=1tv.ge (in Georgian) |access-date=15 January 2024}} Having played in 38 games across all competitions, he finished as the team's topscorer with 12 goals.
In early February 2025, Kapanadze signed for Samtredia to start his third stint.{{cite web |title=თორნიკე კაპანაძე კარიერას "სამტრედიაში" გააგრძელებს |trans-title=Kapanadze set to continue his career at Samtredia |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF28PQOM7Jl/ |publisher=Geo Goal |date=9 February 2025 |access-date=10 March 2025 |language=KA}}
Statistics
{{updated|match played 9 March 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/tornike-kapanadze/109612/|title=Tornike Kapanadze statistics |website=soccerway.com}}
| 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"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"| Samtredia
| 2009–10 |rowspan="3"| Umaglesi Liga |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15
|13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 17 | 7 | |||
| rowspan="3"| Samgurali
| 2011–12 |rowspan="2"| Pirveli Liga |13 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13
|30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 32 | 28 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 30 | |
| rowspan="8"| Torpedo Kutaisi
| 2011–12 | rowspan="7"| Umaglesi/ | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 2 | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 8 | ||
| 2015–16
| 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2016
| 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 19 | 5 | |||
| 2017
| 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|name=GSC|Appearances in Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 39 | 14 | |
| 2018
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6{{efn|Five appearances in UEFA Europa League and one appearance in Champions League}} | 3 | 1{{efn|name=GSC|Appearances in Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 39 | 21 | |
| 2019
| 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=GSC|Appearances in Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 34 | 8 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!145 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 181 | 68 | |
| rowspan="3"| Zestaponi
| 2013–14 | rowspan="2"| Umaglesi Liga |7 | 3 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 7 | 3 | ||||
| 2014–15
|15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 16 | 3 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi
| 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Europa League and one appearance in Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Dila
| 2021 | rowspan="2"|Erovnuli Liga |27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 10 | ||
| 2022
|28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 32 | 10 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!55 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 20 | |
| Dinamo Batumi
| 2023 | Erovnuli Liga |25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | 2{{efn|name=GSC|Appearances in Georgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 32 | 4 | |
| Sioni
| 2024 |35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2{{efn|name=PO|Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs}} | 0 | 38 | 12 | ||
| rowspan="2"|Samtredia
| 2025 | Erovnuli Liga 2 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!351 | 129 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 415 | 150 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|tornike-kapanadze/109612}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapanadze, Tornike}}
Category:Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:FC Torpedo Kutaisi players
Category:FC Dinamo Batumi players
Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
Category:FC Sioni Bolnisi players