Irakli Zoidze
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Irakli Zoidze is a Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 footballer.

Football career

Zoidze has played for clubs in Georgia, Israel and Lithuania. He often compete with Davit Gvaramadze
Davit Gvaramadze
Davit Gvaramadze is a retired Georgian footballer.-Career:Gvaramadze started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi. During spells at Torpedo Kutaisi, he was compete with former international footballer Irakli Zoidze. Later he re-joined Zoidze in Dinamo Tbilisi.-International career:Gvaramadze made his...

 during his career at Dinamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Kutaisi
FC Torpedo Kutaisi
FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former...

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International career

Zoidze played for Georgia
Georgia national football team
The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...

 since 8 February 1994. He played once at UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying before lost first choice place to Akaki Devadze
Akaki Devadze
Akaki Devadze is a retired Georgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.He played for the Georgian national team between 1992 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2005, and was capped 20 times.-External links:*...

. He then played the last two matches in the qualifying after Georgia certainly finished 2nd or below in the 8th round, and have to complete with Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

. He is the regular starter at 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone .A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places in the final tournament...

, but the last three games was given to Nikoloz Togonidze
Nikoloz Togonidze
Nikoloz Togonidze is a former Soviet and Georgian footballer.-International career:Togonidze made his Georgia debut on 8 May 1996, replacing Irakli Zoidze in 22 minutes. Togonidze became a regular since September 1997, but later compete with Davit Gvaramadze, made his senior team career end at...

. He returned to the national team in 2001, played once in friendly and two in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....

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