Irakli Komakhidze
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kobuleti, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gonio | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shukura | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Shukura | 47 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Locomotive | 58 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Shukura | 65 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Iberia 1999 | 42 | (1) |
| 2024– | Gonio | 27 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Georgia U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Georgia U19 | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2025 | |||
Irakli Komakhidze (Georgian: ირაკლი კომახიძე, born 26 March 1997) is a Georgian footballer who plays as an left back for Erovnuli Liga 2 club Gonio.
Komakhidze has spent most of his career at his hometown club Shukura. Being the winner of the Georgian Cup with Iberia 1999, he was a member of national youth teams.
Career
Club
Irakli Komakhidze started his career at Shukura in 2013. In his initial season, Komakhidze played for both the senior and reserve teams respectively in the 2nd and 3rd divisions. On 30 April 2014, he gave Shukura the lead in a 5–1 win over Skuri, bagging his first goal in an official match.[2] As Shukura sealed promotion to the Umaglesi Liga the next month, Komakhidze made his top-tier appearance on 24 August 2014 against Chikhura.
After three seasons at Shukura, Komakhidze moved to Locomotive. In 2019, he came close to winning his first national trophy. Komakhidze took part in all four games of the cup campaign and played the final in full, but Locomotive failed to beat Saburtalo.[3]
Komakhidze returned to Shukura in 2020 for another three-year period. As his team gained their fourth promotion to the top division this season, Komakhidze was named in Team of the Year by the Lelo sport newspaper.[4] The next year, with Shukura back in the Erovnuli Liga, he wore the team armband.
In January 2023, Saburtalo announced the signing of Komakhidze.[5] The same year, they won the cup competition with Komakhidze taking part in four games.
On 28 June 2024, Liga 3 club Gonio confirmed that they signed the Georgian Cup holder, calling it the most successful transfer in their history.[6] At the end of the season, they secured the third successive promotion and progressed to the 2nd division.
International
Komakhidze was first called up to the national U14 team in 2011 for an international tournament held in Sweden.[7] Two years later, he joined U17s for 2014 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. He also took part in all six games of U19s both in the first and elite rounds of 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
When Gia Geguchadze took over the national U21 team in 2016, Komakhidze was also regarded as a candidate,[8] although he did not feature in official games.
Statistics
- As of match played 1 June 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shukura II | 2013–14 | Meore Liga | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Shukura | 2013–14 | Pirveli Liga | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15 | Umaglesi Liga | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Umaglesi Liga | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Umaglesi Liga | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Locomotive | 2017 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Erovnuli Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Erovnuli Liga | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Shukura | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Erovnuli Liga | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 3 | |||
| Total | 112 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 9 | ||
| Saburtalo | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Gonio | 2024 | Liga 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Erovnuli Liga 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 250 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 278 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Erovnuli Liga playoffs
Honours
Shukura
- Erovnuli Liga 2: 2022
Saburtalo
- Georgian Cup: 2023
Gonio
- Liga 3: 2024
References
- ^ "Irakli Komakhidze" (in Georgian). eliga.ge. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Shukura vs Skuri match report". soccerway.com. 30 April 2014.
- ^ "ისტორიაში პირველად - "საბურთალომ" საქართველოს თასი მოიგო" [Saburtalo win their first Georgian Cup]. worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "სეზონის სიმბოლური ნაკრები ლელოს ვერსიით" [Lelo names symbolic team of the year]. Lelo (in Georgian). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "თბილისის საბურთალომ კიდევ ორი ტრანსფერი დაადასტურა" [Saburtalo confirm two more transfers]. goal.ge (in Georgian). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "საფეხბურთო კლუბ გონიოს ისტორიაში ყველაზე წარმატებული ტრანსფერი, ამავდროულად 2024 წლის მიმდინარე საუკეთესო ტრანსფერი" [Most successful transfer in Gonio's history]. FC Gonio. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "შვედეთში 14-წლამდელებიც წავლენ". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 14 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "გია გეგუჩაძე ახალგაზრდული ნაკრების კანდიდატებს "ბასაზე" შეკრებს" (in Georgian). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2025.