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 football team.[1]

Giorgi Gocholeishvili
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Gocholeishvili
Date of birth (2001-02-14) 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 9 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 Georgia U21 7 (1)
2022– Georgia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 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] In total he played 85 matches, scored 8 goals and assisted 12 more for Saburtalo Tbilisi.[4]

Shakhtar Donetsk

In November 2022 he signed a five-year contract with the Ukrainian Premier League giant Shakhtar Donetsk effective from 1 January 2023.[5] He made his debut for Shakhtar Donetsk as a substitute player against Mynai on 28 February 2023.[6]

International career

Youth

Gocholeishvili played for the Georgia national under-21 football team from 2021 to 2022 and scored 1 goal in 7 matches.

Senior

He was called up to the Georgia national football team for the first time in November 2022 by Willy Sagnol.[7] Gocholeishvili made his debut for his country in the friendly match against Morocco on 17 November.[8]

Honours

Saburtalo Tbilisi

References
  1. "Gocholeishvili Giorgi". upl.ua. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. "Apollon-Saburtalo". uefa.com. 2020-08-27.
  3. "SAMGURALI VS. SABURTALO 0 - 1". https://int.soccerway.com. 2021-12-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. "Шахтар підшукав підсилення правого флангу захисту в Грузії". football.ua. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. Георгій Гочолейшвілі — гравець Шахтаря (in Ukrainian). football.ua. 29 November 2022.
  6. "VBET League. 9th round Match #65". UPL official website. 2023-02-28.
  7. საქართველოს ნაკრების შემადგენლობა ამხანაგური მატჩისთვის (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 10 November 2022.
  8. მაროკოსთან მატჩში საქართველოს ნაკრების სასტარტო შემადგენლობა ცნობილია (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 17 November 2022.


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