Budu Zivzivadze
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Karlsruher SC
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2011 School No. 35 Tbilisi
2011–2012 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 (0)
2012–2014 → Dinamo-2 Tbilisi 50 (47)
2015 Torpedo Kutaisi 8 (0)
2015–2016 Samtredia 44 (29)
2017–2019 Esbjerg 13 (1)
2018 → Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) 35 (22)
2019 Torpedo Kutaisi 20 (13)
2019–2020 Mezőkövesd 32 (8)
2020–2023 Fehérvár 53 (12)
2022 → Újpest FC (loan) 12 (11)
2023– Karlsruher SC 26 (6)
International career‡
2011 Georgia U17 3 (0)
2013 Georgia U19 9 (2)
2014–2016 Georgia U21 4 (0)
2017– Georgia 23 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023

Budu Zivzivadze (Georgian: ბუდუ ზივზივაძე; born 10 March 1994) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and the Georgia national team.

Being the winner of the Umaglesi Liga and the Georgian Super Cup, he was named the Georgian Player of the Year in 2016.[1]

Club career

At age 8, Budu Zivzivadze entered the Imedi football school in Kutaisi. He was a midfielder during the initial two years.[2]

In 2011, he joined Dinamo Tbilisi. During the four seasons at this club he mainly played for its reserve team taking part in Pirveli Liga. With 23 goals netted in 21 matches for Dinamo-2 in 2013–14, Zivzivadze became the topscorer. He made a professional debut with the senior team on 11 September 2014 in an away game against Metalurgi Rustavi as a second-half substitute.[3]

In 2015, Zivzivadze moved to the top-tier club Samtredia, where he displayed his goalscoring abilities and played a crucial role in winning their first ever champion's title. The striker was named the best player of the 2016 season.[4]

Budu signed with Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB in January 2017, but did not play much until he was loaned out to Dinamo Tbilisi for the 2018 season.[5] He did very well, scoring 28 goals in all competitions. Zivzivadze shared a topscorer's award with Giorgi Gabedava. Also, he was included in symbolic team of the season.[6] After returning to Esbjerg, the club announced on 29 January 2019, that he had left the club, this time permanently, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[7]

Two days later, it was announced, that he had re-joined Torpedo Kutaisi.[8] Zivzivadze was named by Erovnuli Liga as the best player of part 2 of the four-phase championship after netting eight goals in nine games.[9] Due to Torpedo's financial troubles, his second tenure with this team lasted six months.

In July 2019, he signed for Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Mezőkövesd.[10]

On 11 February 2022, Zivzivadze was loaned by Fehérvár to Újpest until the end of the season.[11]

On 31 January 2023, the last day of the 2022–23 winter transfer window, Zivzivadze signed with 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC until 2025.[12] His contract with Fehérvár had been due to run out in the summer.[12]

International career

Zivzivadze made his debut for the Georgia national team in a friendly match against Uzbekistan on 23 January 2017.[13] He scored his first goal for the senior national team on 25 March 2022, the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 December 2023[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi B 2012–13 1914―——1914
2013–14 2123―——2123
2014–15 1010―——1010
Total 5047―——5047
Dinamo Tbilisi 2014–15 10―——10
Torpedo Kutaisi 2014–15 8020——100
Samtredia 2015–16 291652―—3418
2016 14132121—1815
Total 43297321―5233
Esbjierg 2016–17 7021―—91
2017–18 40―——40
Total 11021―—131
Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) 2018 35223422—4028
Total 36223422—4128
Torpedo Kutaisi 2019 201310—1[lower-alpha 1]02213
Total 281330―103213
Mezőkövesd 2019–20 32862——3810
Fehérvár 2020–21 3194330—3811
2021–22 122―20—142
Újpest FC (loan) 2021–22 121120——1411
Fehérvár 2022–23 101―66—167
Total 531243116—6821
Karlsruher SC 2022–23 101――—101
2023–24 16510―—175
Total 26610——276
Career total 291148281315910335170

International

Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zivzivadze goal.
List of international goals scored by Budu Zivzivadze
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 25 March 2022 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–0 Friendly [16]
2 5 June 2022 Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 3–1 5–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C [17]
3 9 June 2022 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 1–0 3–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C [18]
428 March 2023Adjarabet Arena, Batumi, Georgia Mongolia6–16–1Friendly[19]
512 September 2023Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway1–21–22024 UEFA Euro qualifiers[20]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "GFF AWARDS 2016: საქართველოში საუკეთესოები აღიარეს". fortuna.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ ""მთავარია, რომ ტრანსფერის დროს ფულზე ფიქრმა არ გაჯობოს"". sportall.ge (in Georgian). 4 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Metalurgi Rustavi vs Dinamo Tbilisi". soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "ბუდუ ზივზივაძე - საქართველოს ჩემპიონატის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი". worldsport.ge (in Georgian). 28 December 2016.
  5. ↑ EfB-angriber vender hjem til Tbilisi på leje, bold.dk, 9 January 2018
  6. ↑ "GFF AWARDS 2018". 28 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Esbjerg fritstiller georgisk angriber, bold.dk, 29 January 2019
  8. ↑ ბუდუ ზივზივაძე უკვე "ტორპედოშია", sportall.ge, 31 January 2019
  9. ↑ "ეროვნულმა ლიგამ მეორე წრის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელი, მწვრთნელი და გუნდი დაასახელა" (in Georgian). 17 June 2019.
  10. ↑ Mezőkövesd: válogatott csatár érkezett, gólkirály is volt, nso.hu, 12 July 2019
  11. ↑ "Budu Zivzivadze continues on loan at Újpest" (Press release). Fehérvár. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Nationalspieler Zivzivadze stürmt für den KSC". kicker (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  13. ↑ Uzbekistan - Georgia (Report) Soccerway.
  14. ↑ "90 MINUTES FOR DZEKO WITH BOSNIA". inter.com. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  15. ↑ Budu Zivzivadze at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA VS. GEORGIA 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "BULGARIA VS. GEORGIA 2 - 5". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  18. ↑ "NORTH MACEDONIA VS. GEORGIA 0 - 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Georgia vs Mongolia". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Norway vs Georgia". UEFA. Retrieved 16 September 2023.


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