Budu Zivzivadze

Missed 9 of 1. FC Heidenheim's ~34 games this season through 6 injury absences and 3 suspensions (knee). He still appeared 2 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.

Performance data · by competition

Competition	Apps	G	A	Min	Match
Bundesliga	20	6	0	1146	6.62
DFB Pokal	2	0	0	72	6.9

Career

Full career & schedule →

Erovnuli Liga×4David Kipiani Cup×3Super Cup×3

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 · 9th	2	1	0	6.6	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 21.2 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (7.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.54 goal contributions per 90 (0.54 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Zivzivadze.

On the season, Zivzivadze graded 5 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 0 assists in 2 appearances (0.542 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 21. At 32 Zivzivadze is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.1 reflects that trajectory.

Read the appearance count in context: Zivzivadze missed 6 games through injury and 3 suspensions (knee) out of roughly 34 this season. The 2 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.

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

21.2

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

5.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

7.4%

Minutes

limited game time

0.54

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

0.5

Goals / app

1 goal in 2 appearances (0.5 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.54 goal contributions per 90 (0.54 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 7.4% 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 21.2 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.54 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 %7.4%

Available fixtures25 of 34

Goals / 900.542

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.542

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %100

Shot accuracy %25

Pass accuracy %68

Dribble success %100

Cards / 900

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 32, Zivzivadze sits on 5.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Zivzivadze's projected Rating — 21.2 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.

Transfer history

1. FC HeidenheimJan 2025 – now

Karlsruher SCJan 2023 – Jan 2025

FFehérvár FC(back from loan)Jul 2022 – Jan 2023

Ujpest(on loan)Feb 2022 – Jul 2022

FFehérvár FCuntil Feb 2022

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 2 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 166 minutes, averaging a 7 match rating over his last 10 rated games. His season has spanned the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal.

When B. Zivzivadze plays, 1. FC Heidenheim's record this season is 3W-5D-13L — and his match ratings average 6.59 at home against 6.68 on the road.

Recent matches

May 16, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs FSV Mainz 05 (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
May 10, 2026: 3-1 win away at 1. FC Köln (83 minutes, 6.3 rating)
May 2, 2026: 3-3 draw away at Bayern München (81 minutes, 2 goals, 8.3 rating)
April 25, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs FC St. Pauli (89 minutes, 1 goal, 6.5 rating)
April 19, 2026: 1-2 loss away at SC Freiburg (45 minutes, 1 goal, 7.3 rating)
April 11, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Union Berlin (21 minutes, 1 goal, 7.9 rating)
April 4, 2026: 2-2 draw away at Borussia Mönchengladbach (62 minutes, 6.3 rating)
March 21, 2026: 3-3 draw at home vs Bayer Leverkusen (90 minutes, 6.9 rating)
March 14, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Eintracht Frankfurt (80 minutes, 6.7 rating)
March 7, 2026: 2-4 loss at home vs 1899 Hoffenheim (90 minutes, 6.3 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates B. Zivzivadze at 21.2 with a Season form score of 5.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Availability: B. Zivzivadze has missed 9 matches this season (6 through injury, 3 through suspension).

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 351 club appearances with 175 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, FFehérvár FC and Ujpest.

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

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