Tornike Kapanadze (; born 4 June 1992), nicknamed Elva, is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi.
Kapanadze has won six trophies in all three domestic competitions and received individual recognition with different clubs.
Career
Kapanadze started his professional career at Samtredia in 2009, although his first achievement came with Samgurali in 2012–13, when he became the Pirveli Liga top goalscorer with 27 goals.
In 2013, Kanapadze netted his first two European goals in Torpedo Kutaisi's 3–3 draw against Žilina.
Early next year he moved to fellow Imeretian club Zestafoni.
Kapanadze enjoyed a long-time prolific period at his hometown team Torpedo Kutaisi. Apart from winning the league and the Cup, twice in a row he became the top goalscorer. Following the 2018 season, he received the Player of the Season, Best Forward and Goal of the Year awards from the club. His scissor kick goal scored against Chikhura Sachkhere on 21 November 2018 was also widely recognized.
Kapanadze spent the 2020 season at Dinamo Tbilisi and the next year joined Dila Gori where he became the top scorer for two consecutive seasons.
In January 2023, Dinamo Batumi announced the signing of contract with Kapanadze.
Statistics
Honours
Team
Erovnuli Liga (2): 2017, 2020
Georgian Cup (2): 2016, 2018
Georgian Super Cup (2): 2018, 2019
Individual
Pirveli Liga topscorer: 2012–13
References
External links
1992 births
Living people
Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Men's association football forwards FC Torpedo Kutaisi players FC Zestafoni players FC Dila Gori players FC Dinamo Batumi players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players Erovnuli Liga players Place of birth missing (living people)