Giorgi Demetradze

Giorgi Demetradze, born on 26 September 1976 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker and made 56 appearances for the Georgia national team, scoring 12 goals. He began at Dinamo Tbilisi, after two seasons with Kakheti Telavi, and became the Georgian league top scorer. He then played for Feyenoord, Alania Vladikavkaz, where he was Russian Top Division top scorer in 1999, Dynamo Kyiv, Real Sociedad, Lokomotiv Moscow, Metalurh Donetsk, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Arsenal Kyiv and FC Baku. With Dynamo Kyiv he became Ukrainian champion, and he is remembered for missing an open goal against Manchester United in the Champions League. In 2011 he was convicted of extortion and later released.