Zurab Tsiskaridze

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Zurab Tsiskaridze
Tsiskaridze with Amkar Perm in 2011
Personal information
Full name Zurab Tsiskaridze Jr.
Date of birth (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)
Centre-back
Youth career
Agrykola Warszawa[1]
2000–2003 Legia Warsaw
2004 Inter de Limeira
2005–2006
Barueri
2007–2008 Sète 34
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Sète 34 7 (0)
2009
Miami FC
 17 (1)
2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 (0)
2011
Montreal Impact
 10 (0)
2011–2012 Amkar Perm 3 (0)
2012–2014 Jönköpings Södra 31 (1)
2014–2015
Bangkok Glass
 4 (0)
2015 San Antonio Scorpions 17 (1)
2016–2017 FK Teplice 11 (0)
2017–2019 Eskilstuna 48 (1)
2019
Al-Hazem
 13 (1)
2019–2020 Al-Jabalain 21 (1)
2020 RoPS 15 (1)
2021 Vasalund 12 (1)
2022–2023 Åtvidaberg 3 (0)
2023 Husqvarna FF
International career
2016 Georgia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zurab Tsiskaridze[2] (Georgian: ზურაბ ცისკარიძე; born 8 September 1986)[3] is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[4]

Early life

Tsiskaridze was born in the Georgian SSR prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.[5] During early childhood, he moved to Poland where he lived for 10 years in the city of Warsaw with his family. Later on he moved around the globe pursuing his professional career.[citation needed]

Career

Youth

He began his career 2004 in

college soccer. Instead, Tsiskaridze left school to pursue a professional soccer career, travelling to Brazil and France, among other countries.[5]

Professional

Tsiskaridze spent time with the

FC Sète, and in 2008 played seven games in the French third division Championnat National.[3]

Tsiskaridze was signed by

Miami FC in April 2009, after impressing Zinho and the coaching staff during an open tryout. Tsiskaridze had traveled all the way from France for the event.[2][8] He played 18 games and scored one goal for Miami in his first season in the league.[9] On 2 December 2009, he signed a one-year contract with Vancouver Whitecaps.[10]

On 19 October 2010, the Vancouver Whitecaps released Tsiskaridze, along with five fellow players, citing their need to purge certain players in preparation for their upcoming promotion to Major League Soccer.[11]

On 17 February 2011, he signed a new contract with

Montreal Impact for the last season of the club in NASL, before the entry of the Impact in the MLS in 2012.[12] After spending a season in the Russian Premier League he signed a short-term contract with Swedish Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF in the summer of 2012.[13] At the end of the season he extended his contract for one more year.[14]

Personal life

He speaks 7 languages, and ironically, Georgian isn't one of them, as he barely speaks it. He speaks Russian, which he learnt from his stepdad; Polish; English; Portuguese; Spanish; Czech; and French.[15]

His mother was a ballerina, while his father was an opera singer. He is relatives with the ballet dancer Nikolay Tsiskaridze.[15]

During the perestroika, he moved to Poland with his mum and stepdad, while his biological father moved to the United States. Later, he moved to live with his biological father, and graduated school in American.[15]

Career stats

Team Season League Domestic
League 		Domestic
Playoffs 		Domestic
Cup1 		Concacaf
Competition2 		Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Miami FC
 		2009 USL-1 18 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 18 1 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 2010
USSF D2
 26 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 - - - 31 0 1
Montreal Impact
 		2011
NASL
 10 0 1 - - - 2 0 0 - - - 12 0 1
Total
NASL
 54 1 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 – – – 57 1 2

References

  1. ^ "Niezwykłe losy gruzińskiego piłkarza, wychowanka Agrykoli Warszawa". eurosport.onet.pl (in Polish). 4 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Miami FC announces latest roster moves". MiamiFC.com. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Zourab 'Zee' Tsiskaridze
  3. ^ a b "Zourab Tsiskaridze". WhitecapsFC.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Rutinerad försvarare klar för AFC Eskilstuna". afc-eskilstuna.myclub.se (in Swedish).
  5. ^ a b "Miami FC's Zourab Tsiskaridze Jr.'s journey full of twists and turns". MiamiHerald.com. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Whitecaps Add Defender Zourab Tsiskaridze". teamradio.ca. [dead link]
  7. ^ "Win, draw in split-squad scrimmages". kc.wizards.mlsnet.com.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Miami FC sets its roster". AmericanChronicle.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  9. ^ "Meet 'Caps defender Zourab Tsiskaridze". WhitecapsFC.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Whitecaps add Zourab Tsiskaridze". WhitecapsFC.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009.
  11. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps release six players as franchise clears room for MLS-worthy talent". VancouverSun.com. [permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Tsiskaridze and Kreamalmeyer Join Impact". OurSportsCentral.com. 17 February 2011.
  13. ^ "Tsiskaridze klar för J-Södra och Corea är spelklar". j-sodra.se (in Swedish). [dead link]
  14. ^ "Christer och Zourab klara för J-Södra". j-sodra.se (in Swedish). [dead link]
  15. ^ a b c "Поговорили с нетипичным футболистом: знает 7 языков, критикует русских игроков за раздутое эго, ненавидит политиков, ел стрекозу".

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