Jemal Tabidze

Jemal "Jimmy" Tabidze (, ; born 18 March 1996) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Kayserispor and the Georgia national team.

Club career After beginning his career in Pirveli Liga with FC Saburtalo Tbilisi, Tabidze joined the Belgian club K.A.A. Gent in July 2015. He played for the reserves team, not making any first-team appearances.

On 14 February 2017, Tabidze joined the Russian Premier League club FC Ural Yekaterinburg on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.

On 1 July 2017, Tabidze signed a long-term contract with FC Ufa. On 30 March 2022, Tabidze terminated his contract with Ufa by mutual consent.

On 11 June 2022, Tabidze returned to Belgium and signed a two-year contract with Kortrijk. On 15 July 2022, his contract with Kortrijk was terminated by mutual consent before the season started, with the club explaining it by lack of match fitness, allowing Tabidze to join FC Dinamo Tbilisi. On 12 September 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced that Tabidze had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

In January 2024, Tabidze joined Super League Greece club Panetolikos on an eighteen-month contract with the option for a further year.

On 30 July 2024, Tabidze returned to the Russian Premier League and signed with FC Dynamo Makhachkala. He left Dynamo Makhachkala in June 2026 as his contract expired.

On 7 August 2026, Tabidze transferred to Kayserispor in Turkey for two seasons.

International career Tabidze made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.

Career statistics Club

International Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tabidze goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Jemal Tabidze No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 27 March 2018 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–0 2–0 Friendly