# Giorgi Chanturia (footballer)

Giorgi Chanturia (Georgian: გიორგი ჭანტურია, romanized: giorgi ch'ant'uria, pronounced; born 11 April 1993) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

## Club career
### Spain

Chanturia began his career on Saburtalo Tbilisi, and was loaned to Barcelona in June 2009. He was filled into Barça's Juvenil B squad, and scored 11 goals to help the Catalans to the league title.

### Vitesse

In August 2010, after being linked with Chelsea, Chanturia signed with Vitesse Arnhem. In April 2011 he signed a three-year deal with the club.
Chanturia made his competitive debut for Vitesse on the opening day of the 2011–12 Eredivisie season, as a starter in their 0–0 away draw against ADO Den Haag on 7 August. He scored his first goal for the Arnhem side in his second official match, against VVV-Venlo in a 4–0 win.
In December 2012, Chanturia was loaned to Alania Vladikavkaz until the end of the season. He returned to Vitesse at the end of the season, and was reintegrated to first-team squad for the 2013–14 season.

### CFR Cluj

On 19 February 2014, CFR Cluj confirmed the signing of Chanturia from Vitesse for an undisclosed fee.

### Hellas Verona

On 12 June 2014, Chanturia joined Hellas Verona from Cluj.

#### Return to Cluj on loan

However, in September Chanturia returned to Cluj on loan with Hellas sporting director Scala Sogliano stating that the club had "decided to give [Chanturia] the opportunity to find his best form" and that Chanturia wanted "his debut with the Verona [to live] up to expectations".

### MSV Duisburg

On 25 September 2015, 2. Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg announced their signing of free agent Chanturia on a contract running until the end of the season including the option for further two years.

### Ural Yekaterinburg

On 5 July 2016, Chanturia moved to Russia, signing with Ural Yekaterinburg. In April 2018 he suffered an ACL injury, it took him six months to recover and he could not regain his squad position after that. On 18 January 2019, he was released from his Ural contract by mutual consent.

## International career

Chanturia made his first international appearance for Georgia in a friendly match against Liechtenstein on 5 March 2014. He scored only 25 minutes into his debut.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 9 December 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 2011–12 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | 2013–14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Vitesse Arnhem | Total | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 6 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz (loan) | 2012–13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| CFR Cluj | 2013–14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 |
| CFR Cluj | 2014–15 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 6 |
| CFR Cluj | Total | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| Verona | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2015–16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 4 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2016–17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 4 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2017–18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 3 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Ural Yekaterinburg | Total | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | 124 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 24 |

### International

    Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chanturia goal.
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Chanturia :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 5 March 2014 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 November 2015 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | Albania | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |