Tornike Kapanadze (; born 4 June 1992), nicknamed Elva, is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 3 club Guria.
Kapanadze has won seven trophies in all three domestic competitions and received individual recognition with different clubs.
Career Kapanadze started his professional career at Samtredia in 2009, although his first achievement came with Samgurali in 2012–13, when he became the Pirveli Liga top goalscorer with 27 goals.
In 2013, Kanapadze netted his first two European goals in Torpedo Kutaisi's 3–3 draw against Žilina.
Early next year he moved to fellow Imeretian club Zestaponi.
Kapanadze enjoyed a long-time prolific period at his hometown team Torpedo Kutaisi. Apart from winning the league and the Cup, twice in a row he became the top goalscorer. In its inaugural 2017 year, the Erovnuli Liga named Kapanadze in Team of the Season. Following the 2018 season, he received the Player of the Season, Best Forward and Goal of the Year awards from the club. His scissor kick goal scored against Chikhura Sachkhere on 21 November 2018 was also widely recognized.
Kapanadze spent the 2020 season at Dinamo Tbilisi and the next year joined Dila Gori where he became the top scorer for two consecutive seasons.
In January 2023, Dinamo Batumi announced the signing of contract with Kapanadze. At the end of this season, he lifted the champion's trophy for the third time in his career.
As his contract expired in January 2024, the striker moved to Liga 2 side Sioni. Having played in 38 games across all competitions, he finished as the team's topscorer with 12 goals.
In early February 2025, Kapanadze signed for Samtredia to start his third stint.
A year later, he moved to Liga 3 side Guria.
Statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Samtredia 2009–10 Umaglesi Liga10–––10 2010–1110–––10 2014–1513443––177 Samgurali 2011–12 Pirveli Liga132–––132 2012–13302721––3228Total43292100004530 Torpedo Kutaisi 2011–12 Umaglesi/ Erovnuli Liga–10––10 2013–14 1762022–218 2015–16 25933––2812 2016 14451––195 2017 3414202 0103914 2018 2714546 31 03921 2019 28632201 0348Total1455321101253018168 Zestaponi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga73–––73 2014–1515310––163Total226100000236 Dinamo Tbilisi 2020 Erovnuli Liga 103102 0–133Dila 2021Erovnuli Liga2710202 0–3110 2022289311 0–3210Total55195130006320 Dinamo Batumi 2023 Erovnuli Liga252312 120324 Sioni 2024 Erovnuli Liga 2351210–203812Samtredia 2025 Erovnuli Liga 220210––212Total356530000409 Guria 2026 Liga 3 94–––94Career total379135391619670444157
Honours Team Erovnuli Liga (3): 2017, 2020, 2023
Georgian Cup (2): 2016, 2018
Georgian Super Cup (2): 2018, 2019
Individual Pirveli Liga topscorer: 2012–13
Erovnuli Liga Team of the Season: 2017
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