Rati Aleksidze
Personal information
Full name	Rati Aleksidze
Date of birth	August 3, 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 31)
Place of birth	Tbilsi, Georgia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacker
Club information
Current club	Győri ETO FC
Number	28
Youth career
1994-1995 1995–1996	FC Dinamo Tbilisi Nacional
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1999 1999-2002 2002-2003 2004 2007-09 2009-	FC Dinamo Tbilisi Chelsea F.C. FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Rostov FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi Győri ETO FC	71 (33) 2 (0) 36 (17) 9 (0) 23 (15) 13 (7)
National team2
1993-1995 1997-1998 1998-	Georgia U-17 Georgia U-21 Georgia	19 (5) 19 (2) 28 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Rati Aleksidze (born August 3, 1978 in Tbilsi) is a football striker from Georgia, who plays for Győri ETO FC.

[edit] Career

His club career started in Dinamo Tbilisi in the 1996/97 season. His goalscoring abilities helped them win the league titles in 1997, 1998, 1999 as well as the 1997 cup. During his Dinamo career Aleksidze scored 33 goals in 71 appearances, and especially the 12 goals in 14 games in the 1999/00 season attracted the interest of bigger European clubs. He was taken on trial to English team Chelsea, who decided to buy him. Aleksidze found first team opportunities at Chelsea hard to come by, however, as he only played in two league games. Released by Chelsea in September 2001, he eventually returned to Dinamo where he did score 9 goals in his first season. In 2004 he was bought by Russian team FC Rostov then retired from professional career and returned to Georgia^[1]. In July 2008 gived his comeback and plays for FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, in January 2009 joined than to Hungary club Győri ETO FC^[2].

[edit] International

Due to career difficulties he lost his place on the national team, where scored 2 goals in 19 caps between 1998 and 2004.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.oocities.com/georgiasoccer/AleksidzeNew.html
2. ^ http://forum.nyugat.hu/lofiversion/index.php/t1829.html

[edit] External links

• GeorgianSoccer.com
• Rati Aleksidze at National-Football-Teams.com
• Rati Aleksidze FIFA competition record

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