Davit Volkovi

Davit Volkovi (Georgian: დავით ვოლკოვი; born 3 June 1995) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as striker for Sabah in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

Davit Volkovi
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-03) 3 June 1995
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sabah
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Gagra 23 (10)
2013–2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 4 (0)
2013–2015Dinamo Tbilisi II 23 (7)
2016Chikhura Sachkhere 8 (4)
2016Sioni Bolnisi 14 (6)
2017 Zemun 1 (1)
2017–2019 Saburtalo Tbilisi 40 (16)
2019 Gabala 27 (7)
2020–2022 Zira 58 (20)
2022– Sabah 43 (11)
International career
2021– Georgia 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 February 2023

Club career

Georgia

Born in Georgian capital Tbilisi, Volkovi played the 2012–13 season with FC Gagra in the Georgian Premier League scoring 10 goals in 26 appearances. Being only 18 at the time, it was no surprise local power-house FC Dinamo Tbilisi brought him at the end of the season.[1] Initially, he played mostly for the second team which was competing in second level, the Pirveli Liga. By the end of his second year at reserves team, he was incorporated to the first team in the second half of the 2014–15 season.[1] He started the 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga as part of the main team and made 3 appearances as contribution for Dinamo Tbilisi winning their 16th national title, however the challenge for a spot in the starting eleven was huge with Dinamo having numerous experienced national team strikers, so during winter-break, Volkovi accepted a loan to FC Chikhura Sachkhere where he will play the second half of the season and score 4 goals in 8 appearances helping them finish 4th and qualify to the UEFA Europa League.[1] Instead of spending most time sitting in the glorious Dinamo Tbilisi bench waiting to be the substitute of some glorious Georgian football star striker, Volkovi enjoyed being helpful and leading the attack in other teams where he would have more space, so for the restructured 2016 Umaglesi Liga he accepted being loaned to FC Sioni Bolnisi, a club that in the past had good results in the league. However, Sioni ended relegated, but Volkovi by scoring 6 goals in 14 games ended as 4th best league topscorer.[1]

Serbia

At the end of the season he returned to Dinamo Tbilisi, and in February 2017 he accepted a permanent move abroad, to Serbia, to second-tier side FK Zemun. Zemun was by then in the winter-break of the 2016–17 Serbian First League season with good prospects of achieving promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. It took Volkovi some time to debut, and it was in the last round, and he debuted by scoring a goal and with Zemun finishing second and achieving promotion to the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga.[2]

Return to Georgia

After spending half a season at the bench in Serbian second tier, Volkovi was hungry of scoring goals. He had already demonstrated that when in the last round Zemun gave him a chance and he scored in his only league appearance. Zemun got the promotion, but with the uncertainty if he will receive a first team starter status or risk continuing on the bench, in summer 2017, Volkovi decided to return to Georgia and signed with top league side FC Saburtalo Tbilisi. He was a starter in the goalless first-round game against FC Kolkheti-1913 Poti but already in the second round Volkovi confirmed his goal-scoring skills and made a hattrick in a 6–0 victory against FC Locomotive Tbilisi.[1]

Azerbaijan

On 11 January 2019, Volkovi signed for Gabala from Saburtalo Tbilisi on a one-year contract.[3]

On 21 December 2019, Zira FK announced the singing of Volkovi on an 18-month contract starting 1 January 2020.[4]

On 12 June 2022, Sabah announced the singing of Volkovi to a two-year contract.[5]

International career

He made his debut for Georgia national football team on 11 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Sweden, a 2–0 home victory for Georgia.[6] He scored his first international goal four days later, the only goal in a friendly 1–0 victory over Uzbekistan.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 February 2023[8]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gagra 2012–13 Pirveli Liga 2310412711
Dinamo Tbilisi 2013–14 Umaglesi Liga 000000
2014–15 102232
2015–16 30100040
2016 00000000
Total 403200--72
Dinamo Tbilisi II (loan) 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 101101
2014–15 136136
Total 237------237
Chikhura Sachkhere (loan) 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 840084
Sioni Bolnisi (loan) 2016 Umaglesi Liga 14610156
Zemun 2016–17 Serbian First League 110011
Saburtalo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 1710001710
2018 28800288
Total 451800----4518
Gabala 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League 1323100163
2019–20 1452220187
Total 2775320--3410
Zira 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League 610061
2020–21 248522910
2021–22 2811503311
Total 5820102----6822
Sabah 2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League 21732249
Career total 22879261020--25290

International

As of match played 17 November 2022[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 202121
202220
Georgia 202311
Total52
As of match played 15 November 2021
Georgia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Volkovi goal[9]
List of international goals scored by Davit Volkovi
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
115 November 2021Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia2 Uzbekistan1–01–0Friendly[10]

Honours

Dinamo Tbilisi

Gabala

References

  1. Davit Volkovi at Soccerway
  2. Davit Volkovi at srbijafudbal.com
  3. "Qəbələ də yeni hücumçu". gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ""Zirə" PFK yeni futbolçu ilə anlaşıb. Komandamız Davit Volkov ilə müqavilə bağlayıb. 24 yaşlı gürcüstanlı hücumçu ilə müqavilənin müddəti 1 il yarımdı". facebook.com/. Zira FK Facebook. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. "DAVİT VOLKOV "SABAH"DA!". sabahfc.az (in Azerbaijani). Sabah FC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. "Georgia v Sweden game report". FIFA. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. "Georgia v Uzbekistan game report". ESPN. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. "D.Volkovi". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. Davit Volkovi at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. "Georgia vs. Uzbekistan 1–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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