Tengiz Zamtaradze (born 2 January 1998) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays for Black Lion in the Rugby Europe Super Cup, and Challenge Cup.[1][2]
| Full name | Tengiz Zamtaradze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 January 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career edit
He began his career at Lelo Saracens, before joining Black Lion for their debut season. Making his debut against Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat, coming off the bench in a 33–10 win. He came off the bench in both the 2021-22 and 2022 Rugby Europe Super Cup Finals.[3]
International career edit
He featured for Georgia in the 2016 and 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[4]
He made his international debut coming off the bench against Germany in the 2023 Rugby Europe Championship, he was named in the Georgian squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[5] In the fixture against Portugal he scored in the 78th minute, to draw the match level.[6] He started against Fiji however was injured in the 11th minute, fracturing a bone and dislocating his elbow.[7][8][9]
Honors edit
Georgia Under-18 edit
- Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship: 2016 (runners-up)
Georgia edit
- Rugby Europe Championship: 2023 (champions)
Black Lion edit
- Rugby Europe Super Cup: 2021-22, 2022 (champions)
References edit
- ^ "Tengiz ZAMTARADZE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Tengiz Zamtaradze". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Tengiz ZAMTARADZE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Tengiz ZAMTARADZE - Player statistics - international stats - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ world.rugby. "Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool C squads: Os Lobos and Lelos confirm line-ups | Rugby World Cup". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Georgia and Portugal share spoils as both miss last-gasp chances to win". The Independent. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Georgia rue early injuries after Fiji defeat". Reuters. 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "თენგიზ ზამთარაძე Archives". 1TV (in Georgian). 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "'ოპერაციებმა წარმატებით ჩაიარა' - როდის დაბრუნდებიან ბორჯღალოსნები". europop (in Georgian). 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2023-10-20.