Iuri Tabatadze

Iuri Tabatadze (; born 29 November 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Cádiz and the Georgia national team.

Tabatadze is the winner of the Erovnuli Liga and Supercup. He has also won the Georgian Cup three times and played for a national youth team.

Club career Iberia 1999 Tabatadze entered a football school in Tbilisi at the age of 7 before joining Saburtalo four years later. He made his debut for the senior team as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home win over Dila on 20 August 2019.

Tabatadze opened his goal-scoring account in his very first full-time appearance for the team in which Saburtalo beat Locomotive 4–0 the next month. Following a 3–1 win in a cup final over the same opponents on 9 December 2019, Tabatadze won the first trophy of his career.

In 2021, he netted a winner in another cup final as Saburtalo prevailed over Samgurali. The team secured the 3rd cup title two years later with Tabatadze taking part in all five ties.

Tabatadze scored his first goal in a UEFA club competition in 2022. He equalized against Romanian club FCSB to give Saburtalo an aggregate lead, but his team conceded two late goals and crashed out of the 2nd round of UEFA Conference League.

In January 2024, Tabatadze was among three Saburtalo players loaned to Slovak side ViOn Zlaté Moravce until the end of June. After his return to Saburtalo, now renamed as Iberia 1999, he won the first league title. In a final game of the season, Tabatadze featured in a Liga 2/3 play-off tie and helped the reserve team gain promotion to the 2nd division.

In early 2025, Tabatadze topped the leading goalscorers' chart with five goals after the first part of the four-phase Erovnuli Liga season was completed and received the Player of the Month award from Georgian media outlet LaGazzetta for his performance in April 2025.

Cádiz On 27 August 2025, Spanish Segunda División side Cádiz announced the signing of Tabatadze on a three-year contract. Four days later, he came off the bench in the 86th minute against Albacete and scored an injury-time goal, helping his team to snatch a 2–1 win. A week later, Tabatadze scored a brace in a 3–3 draw at Real Sociedad, becoming the first debutant of the team in XXI century to amass three goals in two initial games.

In early January 2026, he netted two more goals to help Cadiz pick up four more points, but sustained a knee injury requiring surgery, which saw him out of action for the rest of this season. Tabatadze made 20 appearances for the team, scoring six times.

International Tabatadze was called up to the U21 team for its 2021 UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign. He made his first appearance for the team in a 3–2 loss to France on 15 November 2019. Later, Tabatadze played three more official games.

In November 2025, Tabatadze was called up to the senior national team for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Spain and Bulgaria.

Career statistics

Honours Saburtalo / Iberia 1999 Erovnuli Liga: 2024 Georgian Cup: 2019, 2021, 2023 Georgian Super Cup: 2020