Giorgi Tabatadze

Giorgi Tabatadze is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Danish Superliga club Vejle.

He has won the Erovnuli Liga with Iberia 1999 and represented his country in the youth national teams.

Club Giorgi Tabatadze is a product of the academy of Iberia 1999. Having played for their youth teams, he was promoted to the senior team in 2024. Tabatadze made his Erovnuli Liga debut against Gagra on 29 May 2024 when he came on the pitch to replace Shota Nonikashvili. As his club won the league title for the second time in history, Tabatadze contributed to this triumph with 11 appearances. In the same season, he helped the reserve team with four goals to gain its first ever promotion to the 2nd division.

On the first day of a new season, Tabatadze opened his goal-scoring account for the team, sealing a 2–0 win over Telavi. Later in August, he bagged a brace against Dila, making it overall three goals and eight assists for the team. He also made three appearances in UEFA European competitions, the first being a Champions League qualifier against Swedish side Malmö FF.

On 19 August 2025, Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub announced the signing of a five-year deal with Tabatadze. On 2 November, he scored his first goal for the team in a 2–1 loss to Sonderjyske.

International Tabatadze has played for each of Georgia's youth teams. He was first called up to the national U17 team for two friendlies against Azerbaijan in June 2021. Tabatadze's curling long-distance shot from a free kick in a 2–1 win was labeled by one of the sport outlets as a masterpiece. In early 2022, he scored in a Development Cup match against Moldova held in Minsk.

After four more appearances for U17s, Tabatadze became a member of the U19 team. He took part in all three games of the 2023 UEFA European under-19 Championship qualifying campaign.

Career statistics

Honours Club Iberia 1999 Erovnuli Liga: 2024

Individual Aleksandre Chivadze silver medal for U17 players: 2021