Great puffs from the Spanish League: Gyorgy Demetradze

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: A bad operation for the Royal Society

At that time, Georgian football was not even far close to the level of which it arrived in 2024 With his good participation in the Eurocup 2024 nor had that number of professional players. That's why, The amounts offered by the royalists were surprised and much.

Born in 1976, Demetradze, He arrived in San Sebastián as the hope for the front of a team that at that time directed the Welsh 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.

And there ended the Demetradze period in the Real Sociedad

Obviously, for the Serbian and Turkish formed in front of the Royal, had to do hole. So 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, The player ended up yielding and giving tumbos by Russian teams until he was misunderstood confirming that it was not only a mistake to pay that amount for him but also one of The worst signings that have been made in the Spanish League.

He had problems with justice

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.