Zourab Tsiskaridze

Zourab Tsiskaridze

Personal information
Full name	Zourab Tsiskaridze Jr.
Date of birth	(1986-09-08) 8 September 1986
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FK Teplice
Number	23
Youth career
	Agrykola Warszawa[1]
2000-2003	Legia Warszawa
2004	Inter de Limeira
2005-2006	Barueri
2007	Sporting Kansas City
2007–2008	FC Sète
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	FC Sète	7	(0)
2009	Miami FC	17	(1)
2010	Vancouver Whitecaps	27	(0)
2011	Montreal Impact	10	(0)
2011–2012	Amkar Perm	3	(0)
2012–2014	Jönköpings Södra IF	31	(1)
2014–2015	Bangkok Glass	4	(0)
2015	San Antonio Scorpions	17	(1)
2016–	FK Teplice	9	(0)
National team‡
2016–	Georgia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2016

Zourab Tsiskaridze (born 8 September 1986 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian footballer who plays for FK Teplice in the Czech First League.^[2]

Early life

Tsiskaridze was born in the Georgian SSR prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.^[3] During early childhood, he moved to the United States, receiving citizenship and pursuing his career.

Career

Youth

Tsiskaridze attended high school in McLean, Virginia, where he was a standout soccer player. He began his career 2004 in Brazil with the U-20 team with Limeira based club Associação Atlética Internacional and played then the first six months in 2005 with the U-20 side of Grêmio Recreativo Barueri.^[4] He earned himself a tryout with D.C. United before his senior year of high school, but was not offered a contract by the team, who advised him to play college soccer. Instead, Tsiskaridze left school to pursue a professional soccer career, travelling to Brazil and France, among other countries.^[3]

Professional

Tsiskaridze spent time with the Kansas City Wizards reserves in 2007,^[5] but when offered the minimum salary contract, he decided to pursue his dream of playing in Europe. He spent eighteen months with the reserve and first team of FC Sète, and in 2008 played seven games in the French third division Championnat National.^[6]

Tsiskaridze was signed by USL First Division side Miami FC in April 2009, after impressing Zinho and the coaching staff during an open tryout. Tsiskaridze had traveled all the way from France for the event.^[7][8] He played 18 games and scored one goal for Miami in his first season in the league.^[9] On 2 December 2009, he signed a one-year contract with Vancouver Whitecaps.^[10]

On 19 October 2010, the Vancouver Whitecaps released Tsiskaridze, along with five fellow players, citing their need to purge certain players in preparation for their upcoming promotion to Major League Soccer.^[11]

On 17 February 2011, he signed a new contract with Montreal Impact for the last season of the club in NASL, before the entry of the Impact in the MLS in 2012.^[12] After spending a season in the Russian Premier League he signed a short term contract with Swedish Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF in the summer of 2012.^[13] At the end of the season he extended his contract for one more year.^[14]

Career stats

References

External links

• Vancouver Whitecaps bio
• Miami FC bio
• Swedish FA profile