Kristina_Bakarandze
Kristina Bakarandze
Georgian-born Azerbaijani footballer (born 1998)
Kristina Bakarandze (Georgian: კრისტინა ბაკარანძე, born 19 May 1998) is a footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Women's Super League club Galatasaray. Born in Georgia, she is a member of the Azerbaijan women's national team.[2][1]
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Kristina Bakarandze of Galatasaray (September 2023) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Georgia[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | FK Zaqatala | ||
| 2015–2016 | Neftçi PFK | ||
| 2016–2017 | FK Zaqatala | ||
| 2017–2018 | FC Okzhetpes | ||
| 2018–2020 | Hakkarigücü Spor | 27 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | ALG Spor | 26 | (6) |
| 2022– | Galatasaray | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | Azerbaijan U-17 | 13 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Azerbaijan U-19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2015 | Azerbaijan U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Azerbaijan | 25 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2023 | |||
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Kristina Bakarandze was born in Georgia. She studied economics at Shota Meskhia Zugdidi State University (ZSU) in Zugdidi.[3]
Bakarandze moved to Azerbaijan and was a member of the FK Zaqatala team from 2013 to 2015.[4] For the 2015–16 season, she moved to the Baku-based club Neftçi PFK.[5][6] She then returned to her previous club FK Zaqatala, where she played in 2016 and 2017.[7][8][9]
In July 2017, she signed a contract for six months with the Kazakhstani team FC Okzhetpes.[10]
Hakkarigücü Spor
She joined Hakkarigücü Spor in southeastern Turkey on 18 October 2018 to play in the Turkish Women's First Football League.[2][11]
ALG Spor
Bakaradze transferred to the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor end October 2021.[12] She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[13]
Galatasaray
On 13 September 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[14]
Bakarandze became part of the Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team, and debuted in the match against Austria of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 8 on 2 August 2013.[15] She appeared in two matches of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 3.[1] She scored one goal in the 2015 UEFA Development Tournament held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.[16] She capped in total 13 times and scored two goals for the national U-17 team.[15]
She then became a member of the Azerbaijan women's national under-19 football team. She participated in the 2015 Baltic Women's U-19 Cup.[7] She played in three matches of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 3,[1] in two matches of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round,[1] and in three matches of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 8.[1][17] She scored two goals for the national U-19 team.[1]
She was selected to the Azerbaijan women's national under-21 football team for two friendly matches in 2015.[18]
In June 2017, she was called up to the training camp of the Azerbaijan women's national football team.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20 February 2022 | Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan |  United Arab Emirates | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 28 June 2022 | TFF Riva Facility, Riva, Turkey |  Turkey | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| 3. | 2 September 2022 | Centenary Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta |  Malta | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 27 October 2023 | Við Djúpumýrar, Klaksvík, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
- As of match played 117 December 2022.
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Neftçi PFK, FK Zaqatala |
2013–17 | – | – | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | |||
| Total | – | – | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | ||||
| FC Okzhetpes | 2017–18 | – | – | |||||||
| Total | – | – | ||||||||
| Hakkarigücü Spor | 2018–19 | First League | 16 | 2 | – | – | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | First League | 11 | 3 | – | – | - | - | 11 | 3 | |
| Total | 27 | 5 | – | – | - | - | 27 | 5 | ||
| ALG Spor | 2021–22 | Super League | 26 | 6 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| Total | 26 | 6 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Galatasaray S.K.r | 2022–23 | Super League | 9 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
- Turkish Women's Super League
- ALG Spor
- Winners (1): 2021-22
- "K. Bakarandze". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Kristina Bakarandze". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Kristina Bakarandze" (in Russian). VK. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Azərbaycanın U-17 komandası Bosniya və Herseqovina, Makedoniya və Monteneqro yığmaları ilə qarşılaşacaq". İfman TV (in Azerbaijani). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Kristina, Dilgə, Mərvə, Miray... – Maltayla oynayacaqlar". Komanda (in Azerbaijani). 13 November 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Yığmamızın heyəti açıqlandı". Futbol Info (in Azerbaijani). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Azərbaycanın qızlardan ibarət U-19 yığması "Baltic Cup" turnirində iştirak edəcək". Azertag (in Azerbaijani). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ""Samsunspor"dan millimizə futbolçu çağırıldı". Komanda (in Azerbaijani). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Millimizə klubsuz futbolçu çağırıldı". Sport Net (in Azerbaijani). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Футбол Окжетпес подписал двух игроков сборной Азербайджана" (in Russian). Azeri Sport. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Hakkari'de kadın futbol takımına 4 yabancı transfer". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 29 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "ALGspor'a Azerbaycanlı golcü". Çağdaş (in Turkish). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- "Son olarak Alg forması giyen Kristina Bakarandze Galatasaray da". twitter.com. KadınFutbolHaberleri 🇹🇷 (@Futbolkadin) _ Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- "Kristina Bakarandze". UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Стартовал Турнир Развития УЕФА в Шымкенте" (in Russian). Zakon. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- "Кристина Бакарандзе" (in Russian). UEFA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- "U-21 (qızlar) yoldaşlıq oyunları keçirəcək" (in Azerbaijani). Azərbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
