Giorgi Kutsia
Full name in native alphabet: გიორგი კუცია
Country: Georgia
Date of birth: 27/10/1999 (18 years old)
Place of birth: Tbilisi (Georgia)
Height: 176cm
Youth career: Dinamo Tbilisi
Current club: Dinamo Tbilisi
Squad number: 27
Current national team: Georgia U-21
Position: defensive midfielder, central midfielder
Preferred foot: right
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 300.000 €
Tournaments participated in: 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round (3/0), UEFA Youth League 2016/2017 (2/0), 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (3/0)
Contract until: unknown
Player’s agent: unknown
Transfer rumours: —
Similar type of player: Luka Modrić
Strengths:
– passing 
– vision
– teamwork
– technique
– creativity 
– ball control 
– defensive contribution
– pace
– tactical intelligence 
Weaknesses:
– aerial duels
– excellent passer, but his passing game might be a bit too risky at times, which can lead to losing possession in dangerous areas
Style of play:
– roaming playmaker/deep-lying playmaker
– midfield controller
– able to play deeper in midfield as the man who will be able to control the tempo of the game
– tactically intelligent, versatile and charismatic midfielder, gifted with good ball skills, mobility, distribution, vision, and ability to read the game
– likes to play through balls
– likes to spread play with good long-range diagonals
– highly technical and creative player
– very good in combination play
– impacts the game at both the ends of the pitch
– provides many key interceptions, clearances and tackles for his team thanks to his good anticipation sense and defensive reliability
– knows how to dictate tempo, he’s creative and has the natural ability of an ‘orchestrator’ midfielder who can perform at all of midfield positions, linking up the team’s midfield and attack with ease and effectiveness
– great composure and confidence on the ball
– constantly asking for the ball and often is an additional passing option
– finds himself best in positional attack
– high number of touches and passes per game
– decent ambidexterity using his left weaker foot
He is best suited to playing as:
Central midfielder in 4-2-3-1.
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League summary (as for 17 December 2017):
Erovnuli Liga 2016: 1 match/0 goals (Dinamo)
Erovnuli Liga 2017 (ongoing): 22 matches/1 goal (Dinamo)
Description:
Giorgi Kutsia is a product of Dinamo Tbilisi youth academy. He is considered to be one of the most talented youngsters in Georgia. He is a part of a very interesting generation of Georgian players born in 1998 and 1999 which includes, among others, Shalva Burjanadze, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Nikoloz Mali, Davit Samurkasovi, Giorgi Arabidze and Giorgi Kokhreidze. He showed himself to a wider crowd at the 2017 European Under-19 Championship, where he was one of the best players of Georgian national team, which unfortunately failed to advance from a group containing Portugal, Sweden & Czech Republic.
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Football Talent Scout potential rating:
7/10 
Country-scale star with top European club ambition.
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