Last update 12 August, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
Gyorgy Demetradze, “Magic Georgian”. Thus they defined this Georgian striker who came to the Royal Society in December 2000 with the distinction of being one of the best scorers soccer eastern Europe.
donostiarras, made at the time the largest investment in its history, 800 million pesetas to sign the Georgian for the second round of the League 2000/01 and three. Of course, but would not be in this list, it did not comply.
Gyorgy Demetradze: Una mala operación para la Real Sociedad
At that time, el fútbol georgiano no estaba ni de lejos cerca del nivel del que llegó en 2024 con su buena participación en la Eurocopa 2024 ni tenía esa cantidad de jugadores profesionales. That's why, sorprendía y mucho las cantidades ofrecidas por los realistas.
Born in 1976, Demetradze, llegó a San Sebastián como la esperanza para la delantera de un equipo que por aquel entonces dirigía el galés John Benjamin Toshack. He made his debut on the opening day of the 2001, and 7 January and the result could not be worse. Out of shape, as he had reached donostiarras lands, He was injured and from January to June only played 4 parties confirming that their recruitment, In addition to a figure as high, It could not have been a worse fiasco.
As he had signed a long contract, something very common in the Spanish teams in the late 90, the beginning of the XXI century, He began the following season, the 2001/02, and he came to play 10 It matches in the first round but never win the starting job. That same winter market, the real, He made one of the most successful operations in its history. He decided to bring back to Kovacevic and Nihat Turkish hire, a lead that would then team history in Anoeta.
Y ahí acabó el periodo de Demetradze en la Real Sociedad
Obviously, for the Serbian and Turkish formed in front of the Royal, había que hacer hueco. Por lo que Demetradze, which at that time it was the most expensive player who had never signed the Royal Society, It was the first candidate to leave the club.
As often happens in these cases where fiascos and over long contracts are signed with, el jugador acabó cedido y dando tumbos por equipos rusos hasta que fue mal vendido confirmando que no sólo fue un error pagar esa cantidad por él sino que también uno de los peores fichajes que se han hecho en la Liga española.
Tuvo problemas con la justicia
Georgian btw, again into the limelight in 2011 when he was convicted in his country's affairs as murky as extortion and gambling. A sentence of six years and ended his career at the time of the sentence, He was still active in football in Georgia.