Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 August 2007 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
Youth career | |||
Dinamo Tbilisi | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023 | Dinamo-2 Tbilisi | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Dinamo Tbilisi | 13 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Georgia U17 | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) |
Vakhtang Salia (Georgian: ვახტანგ სალია; born 30 August 2007) is a Georgian footballer. The striker is playing for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Erovnuli Liga and is considered one of the country's biggest talents.[1][2]
Vakhtang Salia made his professional soccer debut on 24 November 2023, in the Erovnuli Liga in a 2–2 draw against FC Torpedo Kutaisi.[3] In the following 2024 season, the 16-year-old regularly featured in the starting team of his club. Salia scored his first goal in the Georgian top flight on 10 March 2024, against Torpedo Kutaisi. He scored the winning 1–0 in this game.[4]
Salia made his debut for Georgia's under-17 national team in a 3–1 defeat against Israel on October 25, 2022.[5]