Karlsruher SC appears to be losing its top scorer Budu Zivzivadze. According to reports from Georgia, the striker will soon sign with 1. FC Heidenheim.
Half a year before the end of his contract, Budu Zivzivadze apparently says goodbye to the KSC.
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Accordingly, Budu Zivzivadze will sign a contract with his new employer on Friday. This was reported by the well-informed Georgian sports channel Geo Team on Thursday evening.
“I have a contract until the summer, I want to stay until then to help the team,” the 30-year-old Georgian said in mid-December. “After that everything is possible – but that’s the case in winter too. In football you never know .”
Two years ago Zivzivadze cost 150,000 euros
In doing so, he fueled transfer rumors that even his coach couldn’t put down. “I’m in contact with Budu, he feels right at home, people love him. He appreciates that very much,” said KSC coach Christian Eichner after the last game of 2024, the 2-1 at SC Paderborn: “If anything comes up, If the club deals with it, we will have to discuss it.
In Paderborn, Zivzivadze once again impressed with a goal and an assist as well as a kicker grade of 2. Thanks to his twelve goals this season, the veteran and European Championship driver leads the top scorer list in the 2nd league in 2024.
Almost two years ago he moved from Fehervar FC in Hungary to Baden-Württemberg for 150,000 euros and during that time in the wildlife park he matured from being an enforcer with traits of a first-person shooter, initially purely focused on his own goals, to a team player par excellence.
Oversupply in the Heidenheim storm
Nevertheless, it was clear that if Zivzivadze had a great opportunity in the winter and KSC, which was not financially rosy, benefited from it, they would be willing to talk. In general, the veteran once said, he moved to the German 2nd league because “the 1st league is only one step away”.
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He would now climb this level in Heidenheim. The chairman of the board, Holger Sanwald, recently stated that they wanted to upgrade the attack. Apart from Marvin Pieringer (four goals this season) and Paul Wanner (three), no FCH professional has scored more than twice this Bundesliga season. But with Zivzivadze, Pieringer, Maximilian Breunig, Mikkel Kaufmann and Stefan Schimmer, there would be an oversupply in the attack center of the 16th table.
Since Wednesday evening, the Heidenheimers have been preparing for the difficult second half of the season in the training camp in Algorfa/Spain.
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