Georges Mikautadze

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Georges Mikautadze
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Lyon, France
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Metz
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2008 FC Gerland
2008–2015 Lyon
2015–2016 Saint-Priest
2016–2018 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Metz B 24 (9)
2019– Metz 41 (24)
2020–2022 Seraing (loan) 49 (28)
International career
2021– Georgia 15 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:13, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:55, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Georges Mikautadze (Georgian: ჟორჟ მიქაუტაძე Zhorzh Mikautadze; born 31 October 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Metz. Born in France, he plays for the Georgia national team.

Club career

Early career

Mikautadze started taking first steps in football at Gerland before he joined Olympique Lyon academy. In 2016, he moved to Metz football academy.[1]

Mikautadze made his professional debut with Metz in a 4–1 Ligue 1 loss to Nice on 7 December 2019.[2] On 10 December 2019, he signed his first professional contract with Metz, for four years.[3] He struggled to make an impact in his first season in France, playing mostly for the reserve team.[4]

Seraing

In June 2020, Mikautadze was one of six Metz players to join Belgian First Division B side Seraing on loan.[5] After his first nine matches with Seraing, he had scored 15 times, including four on his debut against Lommel.[6] Overall, with 19 goals he became a joint topscorer of the season. He netted three goals in an aggregate 6–3 play-off victory over Waasland-Beveren. For his contribution to Seraing's successful league campaign, Mikautadze was named in Team of the Season[7] and awarded Métallo d'Or, the title annually given to the best Seraing player, after the fans had voted for him.[8]

On 30 August 2021, he returned to Seraing on another loan, with the club now promoted to the Belgian top tier.[9] The team ended up in the relegation zone, although it remained in the league due to the only goal scored by Mikautadze in the play-offs against Molenbeek.[10]

Metz

In the summer of 2022, Mikautadze returned to Metz. From the very early stage of the team's league campaign, he emerged as a vital contributor to its promotion battle. By March 2023 Mikautadze was a leading goalscorer of the league. Taking into account his overall performance, the National Union of Professional Players (UNPF) named him Player of the Month.[11] Having added nine more goals in April and May, he was selected in Team of the Week six times in a row during this period.[12] At the end of this season he became the top goalscorer and best player of the league.[13]

His initial contract due to expire in June 2023 has been extended until June 2025.[14]

International career

Mikautadze received a first call-up for the Georgia national team from French coach Willy Sagnol in March 2021. He told the press that he had been dreaming about playing for Georgia since his childhood.[15]

Mikautadze made his debut with the Georgia national team in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Sweden on 25 March 2021.[16] In June 2021, he netted his first international goal in a 2–1 away friendly win against Romania.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz B 2018–19 Championnat National 3 6 1 6 1
2019–20 18 8 18 8
Total 24 9 24 9
Metz 2019–20 Ligue 1 1 0 1 0
2020–21 1 0 1 0
2022–23 Ligue 2 37 23 3 1 40 24
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 1 0 0 2 1
Total 41 24 3 1 0 0 44 25
Seraing
(loan)
2020–21 Belgian First Division B 21 19 1 0 2 3 24 22
2021–22 Belgian First Division A 28 9 3 4 2 1 33 14
Total 49 28 4 4 4 4 57 36
Career total 114 61 7 5 4 4 125 70

International

As of match played 17 June 2023
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mikautadze goal.[18]
List of international goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 June 2021 Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 2 June 2022 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia  Gibraltar 3–0 4–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C
3. 28 March 2023 Batumi Stadium, Batumi, Georgia  Norway 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
4. 17 June 2023 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Individual

References

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