Iuri Tabatadze

Iuri Tabatadze (Georgian: იური ტაბატაძე; born 29 November 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999.

Iuri Tabatadze

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-11-29) 29 November 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Georgia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Iberia 1999
Number	7
Youth career
2010–2018	Saburtalo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Iberia 1999	147	(38)
2023–2024	→ Zlate Moravce (loan)	11	(1)
International career‡
2019–2020	Georgia U21	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 May 2025

Tabatadze is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup. He has also won the Georgian Cup three times and played for a national youth team.

Club career

Tabatadze entered a football school in Tbilisi at the age of 7 before joining Saburtalo four years later.^[1] He made his debut for the senior team as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home win over Dila on 20 August 2019.^[2]

Tabatadze opened his goal-scoring account in his very first full-time appearance for the team in which Saburtalo beat Locomotive 4–0 the next month.^[3] Following a 3–1 win in a cup final over the same opponents on 9 December 2019, Tabatadze won the first trophy of his career.^[4]

In 2021, he netted a winner in another cup final as Saburtalo prevailed over Samgurali.^[5] The team secured the 3rd cup title two years later with Tabatadze taking part in all five ties.

Tabatadze scored his first goal in a UEFA club competition in 2022. He equalized against Romanian club FCSB to give Saburtalo an aggregate lead, but his team conceded two late goals and crashed out of the 2nd round of UEFA Conference League.^[6]

In January 2024, Tabatadze among three Saburtalo players loaned to Slovak side Zlate Moravce until the end of June.^[7] After his return to Saburtalo, now renamed as Iberia 1999, he won the first league title.^[8] In a final game of the season, Tabatadze featured in a Liga 2/3 play-off tie and helped the reserve team gain promotion to the 2nd division.^[9]

In early 2025, Tabatadze topped the leading goalscorers' chart with five goals after the first part of the four-phase Erovnuli Liga season was completed^[10] and received the Player of the Month award from Georgian media outlet LaGazzetta for his performance in April 2025.^[11]

International

Tabatadze was called up to the U21 team for its 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign. He made his first appearance for the team in a 3–2 loss to France on 15 November 2019.^[12] Later, Tabatadze played three more official games.

Career statistics

As of 7 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		European		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saburtalo / Iberia 1999	2019	Erovnuli Liga	8	2	2	0	1[a]	0	—		11	2
	2020	Erovnuli Liga	14	2	1	0	1[b]	0	1[c]	0	17	2
	2021	Erovnuli Liga	35	9	5	3	—		—		40	12
	2022	Erovnuli Liga	34	8	3	2	4[d]	1	1[c]	0	42	11
	2023	Erovnuli Liga	26	8	5	2	—		—		31	10
	2024	Erovnuli Liga	17	3	1	0	4	0	2[c]	0	22	3
	2025	Erovnuli Liga	13	6	0	0	—		—		13	6
	Total		147	38	17	7	10	1	4	0	178	46
Zlate Moravce	2023–24	Nike Liga	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
Iberia 1999 B	2024	Liga 3	—		—		—		1[e]	0	1	0
Career total			158	39	17	7	10	1	5	0	189	47

1. Appearance in UEFA Champions League qualifier
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League qualifier
3. Appearances in Georgian Super Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Conference League qualifiers
5. Appearance in Liga 2/3 playoffs

Honours

Saburtalo / Iberia 1999

• Erovnuli Liga: 2024
• Georgian Cup: 2019, 2021, 2023
• Georgian Super Cup: 2020