Aleksandre Kalandadze

Georgian footballer

Aleksandre Kalandadze
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia^[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Dinamo Tbilisi
Number	3
Youth career
	Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–	Dinamo Tbilisi	60	(3)
2020–2021	→Diósgyőri II (loan)	21	(0)
2023	Dinamo Tbilisi II	3	(0)
International career^‡
2018	Georgia U17	7	(0)
2019–2020	Georgia U19	13	(0)
2021–2023	Georgia U21	15	(0)
2023–	Georgia	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:31, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Aleksandre Kalandadze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე კალანდაძე; born 9 May 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi, and the Georgia national team.

Club career

Kalandadze is a youth product of the Georgian club Dinamo Tbilisi. He began his senior career on a loan with the Hungarian club Diósgyőri for the 2020–21 season, where he played with their reserves.^[2] He returned to Dinamo Tbilisi the following season, where he became their starting centre-back and helped them win the 2022 Erovnuli Liga and 2023 Georgian Super Cup. On 25 January 2022 he extended his contract with the club until the end of 2024.^[3]

International career

Kalandadze is a youth product of Georgia, having played up to the Georgia U21s.^[4] On 12 September 2023, he debuted with the senior Georgia national team in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying loss to Norway national team on 12 September 2023.^[5]^[6]

Honours

Club

Dinamo Tbilisi

Erovnuli Liga: 2022
Supercup: 2023

References

^ "Aleksandre Kalandadze - Dinamo Tbilisi - Aktuelles Spielerprofil". sport.bild.de.
^ "თუკი ტალანტებს საქართველოში ვერ გვიზრდიან, იქნებ, წასვლა სჯობდეს!.. უნგრეთში ორი ქართველი ახალგაზრდა წარადგინეს". Lelo.Ge.
^ "[დინამო თბილისი] ახალი კონტრაქტები და მზადება უკრაინელებთან ამხანაგური მატჩისთვის..." Lelo.Ge.
^ "Trabzonspor'a Gürcü defans mı geliyor!". Trabzon Haber, Son dakika Trabzon Haberleri. 20 July 2023.
^ "სანდრო კალანდაძე - საქართველოს ნაკრებში გამოძახებით ძალიან ვამაყობ #1TVSPORT". 1TV.
^ "Live Commentary - Norway vs Georgia | 12.09.2023". Sky Sports.