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Lado Akhalaia
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Chișinău, Moldova
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Swift Hesperange (on loan from Torino)
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2018 Dacia Chișinău
2019–2021 Inter
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Torino 0 (0)
2022Virton (loan) 3 (0)
2023–Swift Hesperange (loan) 20 (2)
International career
2020 Moldova U-19 1 (0)
2021 Moldova U-21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

Lado Akhalaia (born 1 July 2002) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a striker for Luxembourgish club Swift Hesperange on loan from the Italian club Torino.

Career[edit]

As a youth player, Akhalaia joined the youth academy of Moldovan second tier side Dacia Buiucani.[1][2][3] In 2019, he joined the youth academy of Inter in the Italian Serie A after trialing for the youth academies of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting in Portugal.[4][5]

In 2021, he signed for Italian Serie A team Torino.[6] In 2022, Akhalaia was sent on loan to Virton in the Belgian second tier. On 14 January 2023, he moved on a new loan to Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg.[7]

Personal life[edit]

He is the son of Georgia international Vladimir Akhalaia and the grandson of Moldova international and manager Alexandru Spiridon.[8][9]

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