Khatia Tchkonia

Khatia Tchkonia, (Georgian: ხატია ჭყონია, born October 16, 1989) is a Georgian women's football midfielder, who lately played in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor with jersey number 29.[1] She is a member of the Georgia women's national football team since 2010.[2][3]

Khatia Tchkonia

Khatia Tchkonia for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 season.
Personal information
Date of birth	October 16, 1989
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	WFC Lanchkhuti 2016
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
2009–2010	Trabzonspor	17	(9)
2010–2012	Trabzon İdmanocağı	51	(34)
2013–2016	Kdz. Ereğlispor	55	(31)
2017	Ataşehir Belediyespor	21	(7)
2018	İlkadım Belediyespor	11	(5)
2018–2019	Konak Belediyespor	13	(1)
2019-present	WFC Lanchkhuti 2016
National team^‡
2010–	Georgia	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 21, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 8, 2011

Playing career

Club

Khatia Tchkonia (lila) playing for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2013–14 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Khatia Tchkonia (lila) driving the ball for Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2014–15 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Khatia Tchkonia played in her hometown club FC Dinamo Tbilisi. She made her first international appearance at the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup Group A7 matches. She netted two goals against the Serbian team ŽFK Napredak Kruševac.[4]

She joined the Turkish club Trabzonspor July 16, 2009 right before the qualification matches of the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League. She scored a goal in her first match in the tournament against the Slovene team ŽNK Krka.[5] She participated also in the two following matches.[6][7] After playing one season and scoring nine goals in 17 league matches, she transferred the rival team Trabzon İdmanocağı in the same city. She played three seasons capping 51 times and netting 34 goals. For the 2012–13 season, she moved to another Black Sea club, Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she continues to play.[1] She transferred to the Istanbul-based club Ataşehr Belediyespor in the second half of the 2016–17 season.[1]

On January 4, 2018, Tchkonia transferred to İlkadım Belediyesi Yabancılar Pazarı Spor.[1][8]

After relegation of her club to the Second League, she left her club, and transferred to the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2018–19 First League season.[1]

On 2 July 2019, Tchkonia left her club Konak Belediyespor, and returnedto her country.[1]

International

Tchkonia debuted in the Georgia women's national team playing at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 match against Greece on April 15, 2010,[9] and appeared also in the match against the Bulgarian women.[10] She participated at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying matches against Malta, Armenia and Faroe Islands.[2] She was called up to play at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 2 matches. She played in the group against Lithuania, Montenegro and Faroe Islands, and scored one goal.

Career statistics

As of April 21, 2019.[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Trabzonspor	2009–10	First League	17	9	3	1			20	10
	Total		17	9	3	1			20	10
Trabzon İdmanocağı	2010–11	First League	21	19	–	–	3	0	24	19
	2011–12	First League	21	15	–	–			21	15
	2012–13	First League	9	0	–	–	3	1	10	1
	Total		51	34			6	1	57	35
Kdz. Ereğlispor	2012–13	First League	7	5	–	–			7	5
	2013–14	First League	17	4	–	–			17	4
	2014–15	First League	14	7	–	–			14	7
	2015–16	First League	17	15	–	–			17	15
	Total		55	31	–	–	0	0	55	31
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2016–17	First League	17	7	–	–	0	0	17	7
	2017–18	First League	4	0	–	–	0	0	4	0
	Total		21	7	–	–	0	0	21	7
İlkadım Belediyespor	2017–18	First League	11	5	–	–	0	0	11	5
	Total		11	5	–	–	0	0	11	5
Konak Belediyespor	2018–19	First League	13	1	–	–	0	0	13	1
	Total		13	1	–	–	0	0	13	1
Career total			168	87	3	1	6	1	177	89

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Trabzonspor

Winners (1): 2009–10

Kdz. ereğlispor

Third places (1): 2012–13

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Third places (1): 2016–17

Konak Belediyespor

Third places (1): 2018–19

References

1. "Player Details – Khatia Tchkonia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
2. "Khatia Tchkonia". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
3. "K. Tchkonia". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
4. "UEFA Women's Cup 2007/08 – Group A7". Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-01-19.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. "ZNK KRKA 0–2 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
6. "ASD Torres Calcio 9–0 Trabzonspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
7. "Trabzonspor 1–2 FK Slovan Duslo Sala" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
8. Kenan, recep (2018-01-08). "Ataşehir Belediyespor'da Transferler Sürüyor". ITV Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-01-20.
9. "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Greece". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
10. "Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Georgia-Bulgaria". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-19.