Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, romanized: Heorhii Klymentiiovych Tsitaishvili; Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel to Georgian parents and raised in Ukraine, he represents the Georgia national team.
.jpg.webp) Tsitaishvili with Lech Poznań in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Giorgi Tsitaishvili | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Wisła Kraków (loan) | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Lech Poznań (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Lech Poznań II (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | → Dinamo Batumi (loan) | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ukraine U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ukraine U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ukraine U19 | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ukraine U21 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Georgia U21 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Georgia | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Early life
Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descents through his grandmother,[1] was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, where his father Klimenti Tsitaishvili played as footballer. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[2] His first coaches were Yuriy Yeskin and Oleksiy Drotsenko.
Club career
Dynamo Kyiv
Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[3] The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 0–1 away loss to FK Jablonec in the UEFA Europa League.
Loan spells in Ukraine
On 20 December 2020, the manager of Vorskla Poltava Yuriy Maksymov announced that Tsitaishvili would be joining his club on a temporary basis.[4]
In July 2021, he moved on loan to Chornomorets Odesa.[5] On 25 July 2021, he made his league debut for Chornomorets in a 3–0 away loss against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium.[6]
Loan spells in Poland
On 7 March 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine would be suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022.[7] On 6 April 2022, Tsitaishvili moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a loan until the end of the season.[8] He appeared in seven league games, scoring one goal, before leaving the relegated team on 7 June 2022.
In late June, he left Dynamo's pre-season camp to return to Poland and join defending champions Lech Poznań on a one-year loan spell.[9] On 9 July 2022, he made his competitive debut for Lech as a starter in a 0–2 Polish Super Cup loss against Raków Częstochowa.[10]
International career
Tsitaishvili was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in five of his team's seven matches in the tournament, and scored a goal in the final against South Korea.
For the senior level, he switched his allegiance to Georgia. He made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kosovo. He started and played a full match in a 0–1 home loss.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 24 October 2023[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Wisła Kraków (loan) | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Lech Poznań (loan) | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań II (loan) | 2022–23 | II liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dinamo Batumi (loan) | 2023 | Erovnuli Liga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Career total | 71 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 8 | ||
1 Includes Ukrainian Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches.
3 Includes Ukrainian Super Cup and Polish Super Cup matches.
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Georgia | |||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | |
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 26 September 2022 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League |
References
- "Я нікого не зраджував". Цітаішвілі пояснив зміну громадянства (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 19 November 2021.
- ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
- "«Динамо» віддало групу гравців в оренду «Чорноморцю»" (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2021.
- "Desna - Chornomorets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
- "Georgiy Tsitaishvili piłkarzem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- "Gio Tsitaishvili dołącza do Kolejorza" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 1 July 2022.
- "Tsitaishvili i Sousa z debiutami" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- "Georgia v Kosovo game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
- Giorgi Tsitaishvili at Soccerway
- "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
External links
- Giorgi Tsitaishvili at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Giorgi Tsitaishvili at Soccerway