Irakli Zoidze (born 21 March 1969) is a Georgian footballer.

Irakli Zoidze
Personal information
Full name Irakli Zoidze
Date of birth (1969-03-21) 21 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Soviet Union
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Mertskhali Ozurgeti 29 (0)
1991–1992 Kutaisi 33 (0)
1992–1998 Dinamo Tbilisi 117 (0)
1998–1999 Maccabi Jaffa 22 (0)
1999 FBK Kaunas 1 (0)
2000–2001 Torpedo Kutaisi 36 (0)
2002–2006 Dinamo Tbilisi 79 (0)
International career
1994–1997, 2001 Georgia 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

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Zoidze has played for clubs in Georgia, Israel and Lithuania. He often compete with Davit Gvaramadze during his career at Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi.

International career

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Zoidze played for Georgia since 8 February 1994. He played once at UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying before lost first choice place to Akaki Devadze. He then played the last two matches in the qualifying after Georgia certainly finished 2nd or below in the 8th round, and have to complete with Germany. He is the regular starter at 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), but the last three games was given to Nikoloz Togonidze. He returned to the national team in 2001, played once in friendly and two in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA).

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