Levan Mchedlidze

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Personal information
Levan Mchedlidze
Date of birth	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24) (age 18)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Empoli FC
Number	90
Youth clubs
2005-2006 2006-2007	FC Dila Gori Empoli
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-	Empoli	0 (0)
National team²
2007-	Georgia	3 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Levan Mchedlidze (Georgian: ლევან მჭედლიძე – IPA: [lɛvan mʧʼɛdlɪʣɛ]) (born March 24, 1990 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian professional football player who is currently on the books of Italian Serie A team Empoli FC.

Originally noted in the spring of 2006 by Empoli scout Gianni Carnevali, he joined the Tuscan side on September 2006, following his impressive performances with the Georgia under-19 national team in a youth competition in Belgium, and despite some interest from FC Bayern Munich. He was officially signed only one year later, on July 2007, due to burocratic issues concerning his non-EU citizen status.^[1]

Despite having never played in his team also because of a knee injury during the pre-season training, he was capped for the Georgia national football team at the age of 17, for the Euro 2008 qualifying match against Italy.^[2] Although his young age, the coach Klaus Toppmöller made him play against the World Champions.

In the following match, Mchedlidze, being featured together with other two teenagers teammates (Levan Kenia and Georgi Makaridze in the starting lineup^[3]), scored the first goal in the 2-0 victory against Scotland, thus marking his first goal of his professional career.^[4]