Georgi Kinkladze

I think of Georgi Kinkladze as one of those players whose magic outshone the trophies. Born in Tbilisi in 1973, he came up at Mretebi before becoming the kind of playmaking midfielder fans remember for the moments rather than the medals. To me he's a reminder that a single piece of skill can outlive a whole career's stats. The fact that his name has so many spellings, Georgiou, Giorgi, the shortened Gio, almost feels fitting for someone who never fit neatly into one box. I'd love to know more about his quiet years, but the Tbilisi origin story is the part I keep coming back to.

Name (English)

Georgi Kinkladze

Name (Japanese)

ゲオルギ・キンクラーゼ

Reading

げおるぎ・きんくらーぜ

Born

July 6, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Tbilisi, Georgia Governorate, Georgia

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC

Tags

• Georgia Governorate
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.