nationalcaps birth_date alt years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
57 6 july 1973 portrait of a man in his 30s 1979 -- 1998 1998 -- 2000 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- -- 2003 2004 -- 2005 2005 -- 2006 1989 1991 -- 1995 1993 1994 1995 1979 -- 1989 80 13 65 11 3 106 12 13 80 22 18 2 41 0 0 20 0 1 6 2 200 1992 -- 2005 georgi kinkladze.jpg georgi kinkladze kinkladze at rubin kazan in 2005 tbilisi , soviet union -lrb- now georgia -rrb- georgia 5 9 405 90 9 dinamo tbilisi dinamo → boca juniors -lrb- loan -rrb- manchester city ajax → tbilisi derby county -lrb- loan -rrb- derby county anorthosis rubin kazan dinamo tbilisi → saarbrücken -lrb- loan -rrb- midfielder georgi kinkladze

georgi kinkladze

georgi kinkladze -lrb- ; born 6 july 1973 -rrb- , also spelled as georgiou , or giorgi , or shortened to gio , is a georgian former footballer , who played as a playmaking midfielder .
born in the georgian capital tbilisi , his first professional club was mretebi tbilisi .
in georgia he won three league titles and two cups with dinamo tbilisi , and was named national player of the year twice .
he first came to international prominence with his performances for the georgian national team against wales in 1994 and 1995 .
kinladze transferred from dinamo tbilisi to english premier league club manchester city in 1995 , where his dribbling ability and spectacular goals made him a cult hero , winning the club 's player of the year award in two consecutive seasons .
kinkladze stayed with manchester city despite relegation to the football league first division in 1996 , but the club continued to decline , and after a second relegation in 1998 he joined dutch champions ajax .
kinkladze was unable to settle in the netherlands , and returned to england with derby county a little over a year later .
he spent four years at derby , making nearly 100 appearances .
after leaving derby in 2003 , he became a journeyman footballer , having unsuccessful trials at several clubs before joining cypriot club anorthosis in 2004 , where he won a league championship medal .
he finished his playing career with russian club rubin kazan in 2006 .
