Zurab Ionanidze

Zurab Ionanidze
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-12-02) 2 December 1971
Place of birth Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1990 Samgurali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Samgurali 67 (15)
1992–1993 Torpedo Kutaisi 29 (14)
1993–1996 Samtredia 71 (49)
1996–1997 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi 24 (7)
1997 Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod 7 (1)
1997–2003 Torpedo Kutaisi 142 (90)
2003–2005 Tavriya Simferopol 28 (5)
2005–2010 Zestaponi 112 (48)
International career
1996–2006 Georgia 4 (1)
Managerial career
2014 Merani Martvili
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zurab Ionanidze (Georgian: ზურაბ იონანიძე; born 2 December 1971) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ionanidze spent most of his nearly 22-year career in Georgia where he won three league titles as well as three national cups. Being the all-time Georgian topscorer with 216 goals, he also set a number of other individual records in the national league and won nominations for Player of the Year three times.

Ionanidze played several games for the national team.