Beka Bitsadze

{{short description|Georgia international rugby union player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Beka Bitsadze | image = | image_size = | birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgia | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|24|df=yes}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.93|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|105|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}} | position = Number 8 | amatyears1 = 2010–2014 | amatteam1 = RC Army Tbilisi<ref name=baia>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbybaiamare.ro/gruzinul-beka-bitsadze-se-intoarce-in-hexagon/ |title=Gruzinul Beka Bitsadze se intoarce in Hexagon |date=23 June 2021 |publisher=CSM Stiinta Baia Mare |language=ro |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714062216/http://www.rugbybaiamare.ro/gruzinul-beka-bitsadze-se-intoarce-in-hexagon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | amupdate = | years1 = 2014–2015 | clubs1 = FC Locomotive Tbilisi | app1 = | points1 = | years2 = 2015–2017 | clubs2 = Chambérien | apps2 = 40 | points2 = 40 | years3 = 2017–2019 | clubs3 = RC Narbonne | apps3 = 21 | points3 = 10 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = Baia Mare | apps4 = | points4 = | years5 = 2021– | clubs5 = Niort | apps5 = | points5 = | repteam1 = Georgia | repyears1 = 2013– | repcaps1 = 27 | reppoints1 = 30 | repupdate = 28 June 2015 | clubupdate = 16 November 2018 }} {{Update after|2022|07|14}}

'''Beka Bitsadze''' (born 24 March 1991) is a Georgian rugby union number 8 playing for Niort.<ref name=france2021>{{cite web |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/niort/rugby-federale-1-un-international-georgien-s-engage-avec-le-niort-rc |title=Rugby (Fédérale 1) : un international géorgien s'engage avec le Niort RC |date=22 June 2021 |publisher=la Nouvelle Republique |language=fr |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> He has played for the Georgia national team twenty times.<ref name=france2021/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/165557.html |title=Beka Bitsadze |website=ESPN |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209193522/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/165557.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://site.rugby.ge/en/national-team/ |title=The Lelos of Georgia |website=site.rugby.ge |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916004838/http://site.rugby.ge/en/national-team/ |archive-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Biography== Bitsadze was born in Tbilisi and played for the youth Rugby Club Iveria under Mikheil Chachua before moving up to play in the Georgia Championship for RC Army Tbilisi (2010-2014), then in the National League for FC Locomotive Tbilisi (2014-2015).<ref name=baia/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{ESPNscrum|165557}} * {{ItsRugby profile|beka-bitsadze-23426}} * {{All.Rugby profile|beka-bitsadze}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bitsadze, Beka}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Category:Rugby union number eights Category:Georgia (country) international rugby union players Category:RC Narbonne players Category:Rugby union players from Tbilisi Category:Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Romania Category:Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France Category:Expatriate rugby union players in Romania Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)