Bachana Tskhadadze

Bachana Tskhadadze (Georgian: ბაჩანა ცხადაძე; born 23 October 1987) is a Georgian former footballer who played as a forward. He works as a football manager.

Bachana Tskhadadze

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Sioni Bolnisi	23	(4)
2007–2008	WIT Georgia Tbilisi	2	(0)
2008	Ameri Tbilisi	13	(7)
2008–2009	Standard Sumgayit	8	(0)
2009	Gagra	13	(3)
2009–2010	Spartaki Tskhinvali	15	(5)
2010–2015	Inter Baku	117	(47)
2010	→ Simurq (loan)	8	(5)
2015	Flamurtari Vlorë	11	(5)
2016	Locomotive Tbilisi	11	(1)
2016–2017	Samtredia	1	(1)
2017	Chikhura	9	(0)
2018	Bastia	1	(0)
International career
2014–2018	Georgia	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Inter Baku

Tskhadadze signed for Inter Baku in May 2010, where he spent 5 seasons and managed to score 47 goals which is the club's all-time record until present.^[1]

Flamurtari Vlorë

On 10 August 2015, Tskhadadze signed a one-year deal with Albanian Superliga side Flamurtari Vlorë with an option to extend for another year.^[2] He was presented to the media the very same day, and was given number 28 for the upcoming 2015–16 season.^[3]

Bastia

Tskhadadze joined Corsican club Bastia in the summer of 2018 just a year from recovery of an Achilles tendon surgery. He announced his retirement in January 2019 because of the multiple injuries he was suffering.^[4]

International career

Tskhadadze debuted for Georgia's national team in a friendly match against Liechtenstein on 5 March 2014.^[5]

Post-playing career

After retiring from professional football as a player, Bachana Tskhadadze founded an international sports agency; Football Business Consulting, where he was the CEO from 2019 to 2022.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2022, Tskhadadze was appointed as the sports director of FC RUSTAVI and from April 2022 until present he is the General director of FC RUSTAVI.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Bachana Tskhadadze is the son of former Georgian international football player and current football coach Kakhaber Tskhadadze.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 January 2016^{[6][citation needed]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sioni Bolnisi	2006–07	Umaglesi Liga	19	1	3	1	0	0	—		22	2
WIT Georgia	2007–08	Umaglesi Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Ameri Tbilisi	2007–08	Umaglesi Liga	3	0	6	4	—		—		9	4
Standard Sumgayit	2008–09	Azerbaijan Premier League	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
Gagra	2008–09	Umaglesi Liga	9	2	2	0	—		—		11	2
Spartaki Tskhinvali	2009–10	Umaglesi Liga	15	3	0	0	—		—		15	3
Inter Baku	2010–11	Azerbaijan Premier League	1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	2011–12		29	8	3	1	—		—		32	9
	2012–13		29	7	3	2	3	2	—		35	11
	2013–14		29	14	2	0	4	2	—		35	16
	2014–15		28	7	5	2	4	2	—		37	11
	Total		116	36	20	10	11	6	0	0	147	47
Simurq (loan)	2010–11	Azerbaijan Premier League	8	5	0	0	—		—		8	5
Flamurtari Vlorë	2014–15	Albanian Superliga	11	4	2	1	—		—		13	5
Career total			192	51	21	11	11	6	0	0	224	68

International

As of 15 January 2016^[7]

Georgia
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	2	0
2014	3	0
Total	5	0

Honours

Ameri Tbilisi

• Georgian Super Cup: 2007^[8]

Inter Baku

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2011

Samtredia

• Erovnuli Liga: 2016

Chikhura Sachkhere

• Georgian Cup: 2017