Rati Aleksidze

Rati Aleksidse in 2009

Rati Aleksidse (Georgian რატი ალექსიძე; born August 3, 1978 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian football player. He is currently Gyori ETO FC in Hungary under contract.

Club career

Start time

Aleksidse began his career in the youth of Dinamo Tbilisi. In the 1994/95 season he signed the second division Mretebi Tbilisi his first professional contract. In Mretebi he became the valuable complement to the former star of the team Mikheil Sadschaia and was able to celebrate the end of the season the champion in the second Georgian League and the associated rise.

Then he was brought back from his hometown club Dinamo. Despite his playful versatility, he could for the time being at the former " non plus ultra" of the Georgian football not prevail against the established offensive forces, such as Aleksandre Iaschwili, Giorgi Demetradse or Gocha Dschamarauli. Only after the disposal of Iaschwili for season 1996/97 he made his debut for Dinamo's first team. This was followed by two seasons in which he alternated between regular place and Reserve Bank back and forth. At that time he had already, made ​​a name as a great talent due to good performance in the Georgian youth national teams. 1998 saw the long-awaited performance explosion. Aleksidse formed together with David Mujiri, which also was considered a great offensive talent, a preeminent strike partnership. Together you could achieve 31 league goals this season. At the end Tbilisi was with a goal difference of 86:15 Georgian champion. After he was able to achieve in the 1999/2000 season twelve goals in 14 games, he caught the attention of several international associations.

Move to Chelsea

Among other Aleksidse was invited by the former Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli on trial in the fall of 1999, in which he knew to convince. After at Chelsea by the long-term failure of Pierluigi Casiraghi and shape weakness of George Weah and Chris Sutton with Gianfranco Zola and Tore Andre Flo had only two reliable striker to disposal, they sought desperately for alternatives. This saw Vialli in Aleksidse and signed him. However, towards the expectations Aleksidse could not integrate into the team and came under Vialli only in cup games for use in the sequence. Only under coach Claudio Ranieri he was allowed to accumulate in the 2000 /01 season twice in the Premier League, without, however, recommend with Nachhalt. Then in 2001 his contract was dissolved.

Return & convalescence

Then Aleksidse returned to Georgia to get back to play for Dinamo, which, however, were not interested in a renewed commitment. Despite several offers from other Georgian clubs he streubte be aground for another club as Dinamo, and asked to be allowed to just me exercising with Dinamo. In 2002, he became then but still has a contract with his hometown club. This was followed by another strong one and a half seasons in which he achieved a total of 17 goals this season and again took to its former strength. In 2004, he ventured then another move abroad to the Russian Premjer League club FK Rostov. Again, however, no success for Aleksidse turned on. He completed only nine games without scoring before he was involved in a serious car accident, from which he never recovered over three years. Despite several attempts comeback he did not seem to fit, which is why he posted his early career end.

Comeback

In the 2007 /08 season Aleksidse was a surprising comeback for Locomotive Tbilisi. The big doubts about his physical condition, he answered with a sensational rate of nine goals in his first season eleven appearances by nearly three -year hiatus. After a further 13 games he was able to achieve six goals in 2008, he moved once again abroad to Hungary Gyori ETO FC to. In Győr he instantly won a regular place and became one of the leading players of the team. After the ninth place in the standings in the 2008 /09 season, one is currently with 20 points from ten games of the season at the top in Hungary.

National

In the Georgian youth choices he made on the side of players like Levan Kobiaschwili, Aleksandre Iaschwili, Kacha Kaladse and his later congenial strike partner at Dinamo, David Mujiri stir.

On 18 November 1998 he made his debut in the Georgian national football team, where he was a regular player in 2004 until his serious injury in the year. Simultaneous to his comeback in club football, he found again the inclusion in the Georgian national team, which he belongs to date.

Achievements

• Georgian champion: 1997, 1998, 1999
• Georgian Cup winner: 1997
• Georgian second division champions: 1995
• FA Cup: 2000
• Community Shield: 2000