Valeri Abramidze

Valeri Abramidze
Personal information
Full name Valeri Burduyevich Abramidze
Date of birth 17 January 1980 (1980-01-17) (age 32)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club FC Olimpi Rustavi
Youth career
?-1998 FC Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 FC Torpedo Kutaisi
2002–2004 FC Spartak Moscow 15 (0)
2003 FC Uralan Elista (loan) 7 (0)
2004 FC Khimki 14 (1)
2005–2006 FC Torpedo Kutaisi
2006–2007 FK Khazar Lenkoran
2007–2008 FC Anzhi Makhachkala 39 (3)
2009 FC Dynamo Barnaul 12 (1)
2009– FC Olimpi Rustavi
National team
2001– Georgia 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 September 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2008

Valeri Abramidze (Georgian: ვალერი ბურდის ძე აბრამიძე; born 17 January 1980 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian footballer. As of September 2009, he plays for FC Olimpi Rustavi. He also holds Russian citizenship.

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Spartak Moscow

Abramidze joined FC Spartak Moscow during summer 2002, signed 5-year contract.[1] He made 15 league appearances for Spartak, and 4 2002 UEFA Champions League as well, scoring no goals.

Being loaned out to FC Uralan Elista in 2003, he left Spartak for FC Khimki in 2004.

Khazar scandal

During 2007 summer mid-season, Abramidze had major issues leaving FK Khazar Lenkoran. While Abramidze was sure he had signed one-year contract in 2006 and now he is free agent, FK Khazar Lenkoran authorities told that he'd signed contract that is 2-year long. The problem seemed to be with contract in Azeri language while Abramidze had not knew Azeri and had not have a translated version.[2]

As a result, Abramidze had lost a lot of time while trying to be transferred to Anzhi, so the club could not include him into the signing list for Russian First Division in 2007. That's why Abramidze was out of football during from September 2007 to the season 2008.

References

  1. ^ Spartak news [1] August 2002
  2. ^ Article on Azeri resource (Russian) [2] 4th June 2007

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