Zuriko Davitashvili

Zuriko Davitashvili (Georgian: ზურიკო დავითაშვილი, romanized: zurik'o davitashvili; born 15 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 2 club Bordeaux, on loan from Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi, and the Georgia national team. He also plays as an attacking midfielder.

Zuriko Davitashvili
Davitashvili with Arsenal Tula in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bordeaux
(on loan from Dinamo Batumi)
Number 30
Youth career
2013–2017 Dinamo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Dinamo Tbilisi 6 (0)
2018–2019 Locomotive Tbilisi 29 (3)
2019–2021 Rubin Kazan 28 (2)
2020–2021 → Rotor Volgograd (loan) 20 (0)
2021–2022 Arsenal Tula 20 (3)
2022– Dinamo Batumi 14 (6)
2022– → Bordeaux (loan) 26 (4)
International career‡
2016–2018 Georgia U17 28 (24)
2017–2018 Georgia U19 6 (1)
2019–2020 Georgia U21 4 (0)
2019– Georgia 24 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:50, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Davitashvili made his career debut for Dinamo Tbilisi on 29 September 2017 in a match against Kolkheti Poti. He came on the pitch in the 72nd minute.[1]

In 2018, he moved to Locomotive Tbilisi.[2] In the same year The Guardian named Davitashvili among 60 best young players worldwide.[3]

As a distinguished player of the Georgian U17 team, he received a golden medal from the Football Federation.[4] Тhis acknowledgement resulted from his highly prolific performance in two qualifying rounds of 2018 European U17 championship. Being captain of the team, he scored seven goals in six matches, including a poker against N.Macedonia.[5]

A year later he was named as the best young Georgian football player of the season.[6]

Russia

On 29 June 2019, Davitashvili signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[7] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Rubin on 15 July 2019 in the season opener against Lokomotiv Moscow, as a starter.[8]

UEFA included Zuriko Davitashvili in the list of fifty young talents in early 2020.[9]

On 20 August 2020, Davitashvili joined Rotor Volgograd on loan for the 2020–21 season.[10] On 16 July 2021, his contract with Rubin was terminated by mutual consent.[11] Four days later, he signed for Arsenal Tula.[12]

Return to Georgia

On 23 March 2022, Davitashvili signed with Dinamo Batumi. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA gave foreign players playing in Russia the permission to terminate their contract immediately.[13]

Loan to Bordeaux

On 2 September 2022 Davitashvili moved to Bordeaux on a one-year loan deal.[14] His goal in a debut game helped his new club to secure victory over Dijon on 17 September.[15]

International career

Before 2016, Davitashvili played for the Georgia under-17s. After 2017, he played for the Georgia under-19s.[16] He made his debut for Georgia national team on 5 September 2019 in a friendly against South Korea, as a starter.[17] Three days later in a friendly game against Bulgaria he netted his first goal.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Tbilisi 2017 Erovnuli Liga 6000—60
Locomotive Tbilisi 2018 Erovnuli Liga 19300—193
2019 Erovnuli Liga 10000—100
Total 29300—293
Rubin Kazan 2019–20 Russian Premier League 26200—262
2020–21 Russian Premier League 20——20
Total 28200—282
Rotor Volgograd (loan) 2020–21 Russian Premier League 20000—200
Arsenal Tula 2021–22 Russian Premier League 20331—234
Dinamo Batumi 2022 Erovnuli Liga 1460 04[lower-alpha 1] 1187
Bordeaux (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 2 26 4 2 1 — 28 5
Career total 14318524115221
  1. Two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

International goals
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Davitashvili goal.[19]
List of international goals scored by Zuriko Davitashvili
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 September 2021Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–41–4Friendly
2.12 October 2021Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo Kosovo2–12–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.5 June 2022Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad, Bulgaria Bulgaria1–05–22022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Georgia U17

Individual

  • Kazakhstan President Cup top scorer: 2017[21]
  • Best Georgian young player: 2019[22]

References
  1. "Kolkheti vs Dinamo Tbilisi". soccerway.com.
  2. "დადასტურდა: ზურიკო დავითაშვილის ახალი გუნდი ცნობილია" (in Georgian). fanebi.com. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. "Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. 11 October 2018.
  4. "სფფ-მ საუკეთესოები დააჯილდოვა - წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელად გიორგი ჩაკვეტაძე დაასახელეს" (in Georgian). sportall.ge. 28 December 2018.
  5. "დავითაშვილის პოკერი, საქართველო ევროპაზე გასვლის თეორიულ შანსს ინარჩუნებს". europop.ge (in Georgian). 27 March 2018.
  6. "GFF awards 2019". mygoals.ge (in Georgian).
  7. "ЗУРИКО ДАВИТАШВИЛИ – ИГРОК "РУБИНА"" [Zuriko Davitashvili is a Rubin player] (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 29 June 2019.
  8. "Game Report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 15 July 2019.
  9. "Fifty for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch". UEFA. 14 February 2020.
  10. "Зурико в "Роторе"" (in Russian). FC Rotor Volgograd. 20 August 2020.
  11. "ЗУРИКО ДАВИТАШВИЛИ ПОКИДАЕТ "РУБИН"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 16 July 2021.
  12. "ЗУРИКО, ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ В "АРСЕНАЛ"!" (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 20 July 2021.
  13. "ხვიჩა კვარაცხელია და ზურიკო დავითაშვილი "დინამო ბათუმში" ითამაშებენ" (in Georgian). Worldsport.ge. 23 March 2022.
  14. "ზურიკო ბორდოში ოფიციალურად გადავიდა - დავითაშვილი" (in Georgian). crystalsport.ge. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. "დებიუტი გოლით - ზურიკო დავითაშვილმა ბორდოს დიჟონთან მოაგებინა" (in Georgian). europop.ge. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  16. "Zuriko Davitashvili statistics". soccerway.com.
  17. "South Korea v Georgia game report". ESPN. 5 September 2019.
  18. "ბულგარეთი-საქართველო 4:1". 1tv.ge (in Georgian). 8 September 2021.
  19. "Georgien - Z. Davitashvili - Profil mit News, Karriere Statistiken und Historie - Soccerway". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  20. "President Cup 2017". atozwiki.com (in Russian).
  21. "ОПРЕДЕЛЕНЫ ЛУЧШИЕ ИГРОКИ КУБКА ПРЕЗИДЕНТА РК". kff.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
  22. "სფფ-მ წლის საუკეთესო ფეხბურთელები დაასახელა" (in Georgian). fanebi.com. 28 December 2019.
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