Otar Kakabadze (born 27 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Polish club Cracovia and the Georgia national team.
Born in Tbilisi, Kakabadze was a Dinamo Tbilisi youth graduate. He made his debut with the reserves on 27 November 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Racha Ambrolauri, and scored his first senior goal in a 6–0 home routing of Kakheti Telavi on 19 October 2013.
Kakabadze was promoted to the main squad in 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 September of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Irakli Dzaria in a 6–0 home thrashing of Shukura Kobuleti.
Kakabadze quickly established himself as a starter at Dinamo, and scored his first professional goal on 23 October 2015, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over FC Tskhinvali.
On 7 July 2016, Kakabadze signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda Division side Gimnastic de Tarragona.
On 4 January 2017, it was confirmed, that Kakabadze had signed a loan-deal with Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB for the rest of the season. Upon returning, he became a regular starter for Nastic.
On 30 August 2018, Kakabadze was transferred to Swiss side FC Luzern.
On 25 September 2020, Kakabadze returned to Spain and its second division after agreeing to a contract with CD Tenerife. |
