Khatia Tchkonia

Khatia Tchkonia

Khatia Tchkonia for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013-14 season.
Personal information
Date of birthOctober 16, 1989
Place of birthTbilisi, Georgia
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Kdz. Ereğlispor
Number10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
2009-2010Trabzonspor20(10)
2010-2012Trabzon İdmanocağı49(34)
2013-presentKdz. Ereğlispor31(13)
National team‡
2010-presentGeorgia8(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 13, 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 8, 2011
Khatia Tchkonia playing for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013-14 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Khatia Tchkonia driving the ball for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2014-15 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Khatia Tchkonia, aka Khatia Chkonia, (Georgian: ხატია ჭყონია, born October 16, 1989) is a Georgian women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Kdz. Ereğlispor with jersey number 10.[1] She is a member of the Georgia women's national football team since 2010.[2][3]

Playing career

Club

Khatia Tchkonia played in her hometown club FC Dinamo Tbilisi. She made her first international appearance at the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup Group A7 matches. She netted two goals against the Serbian team ŽFK Napredak Kruševac.[4]

She joined the Turkish club Trabzonspor July 16, 2009 right before the qualification matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League. She scored a goal in her first match in the tournament against the Sloven team ŽNK Krka.[5] She participated also in the two following matches.[6][7] After playing one season and scoring nine goals in 17 league matches, she transferred the rival team Trabzon İdmanocağı in the same city. She played three seasons capping 49 times and netting 34 goals. For the 2012–13 season, she moved to another Black Sea club, Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she continues to play.[1]

International

Tchkonia debuted in the Georgia women's national team playing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 match against Greece on April 15, 2010,[8] and appeared also in the match against the Bulgarian women.[9] She participated at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying matches against Malta, Armenia and Faroe Islands.[2] She was called up to play at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) - Group 2 matches. She played in the group against Lithuania, Montenegro and Faroe Islands, and scored one goal.

Career statistics

As of March 13, 2015
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trabzonspor 2009–10 First League 17 9 3 1 20 10
Total 17 9 3 1 20 10
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2010–11 First League 21 19 - - 3 0 24 19
2011–12 First League 21 15 - - 21 15
2012–13 First League 7 0 - - 3 1 10 1
Total 49 34 6 1 55 35
Kdz. Ereğlispor 2012–13 First League 9 5 - - 9 5
2013–14 First League 11 3 - - 11 3
2014–15 First League 11 5 - - 11 5
Total 31 13 - - 31 13
Career total 97 56 3 1 6 1 106 58

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Player Details - Khatia Tchkonia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Khatia Tchkonia". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. ↑ "K. Tchkonia". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Women's Cup 2007/08 - Group A7". Archive. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. ↑ "ZNK KRKA 0-2 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  6. ↑ "ASD Torres Calcio 9-0 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  7. ↑ "Trabzonspor 1-2 FK Slovan Duslo Sala" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  8. ↑ "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Greece". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  9. ↑ "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Bulgaria". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
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