# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilia-zedginidze
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:50.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilia-zedginidze"
name: "Ilia Zedginidze"
slug: "ilia-zedginidze"
description: "Ilia Zedginidze is a Georgian former rugby union player. He played as a lock, number 8, and flanker and was a lineout specialist. A member of their inaugural World Cup side in 2003, he captained the Georgia national rugby union team in the 2007 tournament, but was forced out of the squad because of an injury. This injury ultimately led to his announcement of his retirement from international rugby, after gaining 48 caps. He returned to the squad in late 2008, playing against Scotland A and taking part in the 2009 European Nations Cup, where he scored a game-saving try against Portugal on 14 February 2009."
tagline: "Georgian rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilia_Zedginidze_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1977-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.38
  momentum:             4.5
  historical:           5.269474666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Zedguinidze"
    title: "Ilia Zedguinidze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%87"
    title: "اليا زيدجينيدزه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Zedginidze"
    title: "Ilia Zedginidze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5"
    title: "Илија Зедгинидзе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BC%E3%83%89%E3%82%AE%E3%83%8B%E3%82%BC"
    title: "イリア・ゼドギニゼ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94"
    title: "ილია ზედგინიძე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump