Giorgi Gocholeishvili
Giorgi Gocholeishvili (Georgian: გიორგი გოჩოლეიშვილი; born 14 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and Georgia national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giorgi Gocholeishvili | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutaisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 69 | (8) |
| 2023– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Georgia U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2022– | Georgia | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2023 | |||
Club career
Saburtalo
Giorgi Gocholeishvili was born in Kutaisi and is a product of Saburtalo Tbilisi academy. He made his debut for the club in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round losing match against Cypriot club Apollon Limassol on 27 August 2020.[2] He made his league debut for the club on 13 September 2020 in the 2020 Erovnuli Liga drawing match against Merani Tbilisi. In the 2021 season he became a starting squad player for the team and won the 2021 Georgian Cup after a 1–0 win against Samgurali Tsqaltubo in the final match.[3]
At the end of 2022, Gocholeishvili was named among best XI players of the Erovnuli Liga season.[4]
In total he played 85 matches, scored 8 goals and assisted 12 more for Saburtalo Tbilisi.[5]
Shakhtar Donetsk
In November 2022 he signed a five-year contract with the Ukrainian Premier League giant Shakhtar Donetsk effective from 1 January 2023.[6] He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk as a substitute player against Mynai on 28 February 2023.[7]
International career
Youth
Gocholeishvili played for the Georgia national under-21 football team for the first time in a 4–1 friendly win over Belarus in March 2021. He shone in a 3–2 friendly win against England on 16 November 2021, when he netted and provided an assist. Besides, Gocholeishvili won an annual Goal of the Year award, given by GFF in honour of the most spectacular goal scored during the entire season.[8]
Senior
He was called up to the Georgia national football team for the first time in November 2022 by Willy Sagnol.[9] Gocholeishvili made his debut for his country in the friendly match against Morocco on 17 November.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 September 2023
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saburtalo | 2020 | Erovnuli Liga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
| Total | 69 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 8 | ||
| Shakhtar | 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 88 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 9 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
- Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
Honours
Individual
- Goal of the Year: 2021
References
- "Gocholeishvili Giorgi". upl.ua. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- "Apollon-Saburtalo". uefa.com. 2020-08-27.
- "SAMGURALI VS. SABURTALO 0 - 1". int.soccerway.com. 2021-12-08.
- "GFF AWARDS 2022". europop.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022.
- "Шахтар підшукав підсилення правого флангу захисту в Грузії". football.ua. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- Георгій Гочолейшвілі — гравець Шахтаря (in Ukrainian). football.ua. 29 November 2022.
- "VBET League. 9th round Match #65". UPL official website. 2023-02-28.
- "GFF AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2021.
- საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა ამხანაგური მატჩისთვის (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 10 November 2022.
- მაროკოსთან მატჩში საქართველოს ნაკრების სასტარტო შემადგენლობა ცნობილია (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 17 November 2022.
External links
- Giorgi Gocholeishvili at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Giorgi Gocholeishvili at Soccerway