Budu Zivzivadze

Zivzivadze's current-season form is level with last season (Season 24→24), while his Rating held around 27. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 43).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	1. FC Heidenheim · 3rd	4	2	0	6.87	27	24
2025/26	1. FC Heidenheim · 17th	20	6	0	6.62	27	24
2024/25	1. FC Heidenheim · 16th	17	2	2	6.89	36	15
2024/25	Karlsruher SC · 8th	17	12	3	7.59	35	43
2023/24	Karlsruher SC · 5th	30	12	1	6.93	40	39
2022/23	Karlsruher SC · 7th	10	1	0	6.44	36	4

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 3 youth-team spells in the full career.

Georgia · international

Side	Apps	G
Georgia	42	8
Georgia U21	3	0
Georgia U19	6	1
Georgia U17	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

B. Zivzivadze is a 32-year-old centre-forward at 1. FC Heidenheim, rated 27.4 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (37.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.47 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zivzivadze.

On the season, Zivzivadze graded 24 for current form (age-blind), on 6 goals and 0 assists in 20 appearances (0.471 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27. At 32 Zivzivadze is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2025/26Injury-hit 2025/26

27.4

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

24.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.47

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · 1. FC Heidenheim finished 17th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.3

Goals / app

6 goals in 20 appearances (0.3 per game), a meaningful share of the load for a relegation-threatened side.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.47 goal contributions per 90 (0.47 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 27.4 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.47 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.471

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.471

Defensive actions / 901.335

Player flow

Goal involvements6

Cards / 900.236

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~16), then tapers with age. At 32, Zivzivadze sits on 9.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Zivzivadze's projected Rating — 27.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the 2. Bundesliga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals6

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles14

Interceptions1

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards1

Transfer history

1. FC HeidenheimJan 2025 – now

Karlsruher SCJan 2023 – Jan 2025

FFehérvár FCuntil Jan 2023

About B. Zivzivadze

Budu Zivzivadze is a 32-year-old centre-forward who plays for 1. FC Heidenheim, born on March 10, 1994 in Tbilisi, standing 189 cm tall. He is from Georgia.

This season

In the current season, B. Zivzivadze has made 4 appearances with 2 goals and 0 assists across 331 minutes, averaging a 6.45 match rating over his last 4 rated games.

Recent matches

August 29, 2026: 5-3 win at home vs Dynamo Dresden (80 minutes, 6.6 rating)
August 23, 2026: 2-5 loss away at SSV Jeddeloh (45 minutes, 6 rating)
August 15, 2026: 1-4 loss away at Hertha BSC (78 minutes, 6 rating)
August 8, 2026: 4-3 win at home vs VfL Osnabrück (88 minutes, 1 goal, 7.2 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates B. Zivzivadze at 27.4 with a Season form score of 24.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 10 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the Erovnuli Liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, B. Zivzivadze has totalled 353 club appearances with 176 goals and 6 assists for 10 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2018/19, with 35 appearances for Dinamo Tbilisi.

B. Zivzivadze's career has also included time at Karlsruher SC and FFehérvár FC.

On the international stage, B. Zivzivadze has represented Georgia, Georgia U21, Georgia U19, Georgia U17 — 53 caps and 9 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.