Giorgi Gocholeishvili
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Copenhagen | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Saburtalo Tbilisi | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 69 | (8) |
| 2023– | Shakhtar | 28 | (1) |
| 2024– | → Copenhagen (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Georgia U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2022– | Georgia | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 | |||
Giorgi Gocholeishvili (Order of Honor) (Georgian: გიორგი გოჩოლეიშვილი; born 14 February 2001) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish club Copenhagen, on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk, and Georgia national team.[1]
He has won the Ukrainian Premier League and the Georgian Cup.
Club career
[edit]Saburtalo
[edit]Giorgi Gocholeishvili was born in Kutaisi and is a product of the Saburtalo Tbilisi academy. He made his debut for the club in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round match against Cypriot club Apollon Limassol on 27 August 2020, which Saburtalo would go on to lose 5-1.[2] He made his league debut for the club on 13 September 2020 in a 2020 Erovnuli Liga match against Merani Tbilisi, which ended in a 0-0 draw. By 2021, Gocholeishvili had become a starting player for the team and would help them win the 2021 Georgian Cup after a 1–0 win against Samgurali Tsqaltubo in the final, his first ever trophy.[3]
At the end of 2022, Gocholeishvili was named in the best XI players of the 2022 Erovnuli Liga season.[4]
In total he played 85 matches, scored 8 goals and assisted 12 for Saburtalo Tbilisi.[5]
Shakhtar Donetsk
[edit]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]
Gocholeishvili netted his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Chernomorets Odesa on 2 April 2023.[8] In his first full UEFA Champions League game against Barcelona on 8 November, Gocholeishvili displayed an impressive performance, provided an assist for the only goal of the match and subsequently got a reward by being named in Champions League Team of the Week.[9] He has won the league twice with Shakhtar.[10]
Copenhagen
[edit]On 29 July 2024, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen announced signing Gocholeishvili on a year-long loan deal.[11] The player made a debut for his new club in a UEFA Conference League qualifier against Czech side Banik ten days later.[12]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]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. Additoonally, Gocholeishvili won an annual Goal of the Year award, given by GFF in honour of the most spectacular goal scored during the entire season.[13]
Senior
[edit]Gocholeishvili was called up to the Georgia national football team for the first time in November 2022 by Willy Sagnol.[14] Gocholeishvili made his debut for his country in the friendly match against Morocco on 17 November.[15] He was called up to the Georgia team that competed in Euro 2024.
Personal life
[edit]Gocholeishvili is married to Anna Okruashvili. Their first child Aleksandre was born in March 2024.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 December 2024
| 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[a] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 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 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Copenhagen (loan) | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Career total | 109 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 9 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 16 November 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Saburtalo Tbilisi
Shakhtar Donetsk
References
[edit]- ^ "Gocholeishvili Giorgi". upl.ua. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Apollon-Saburtalo". uefa.com. 27 August 2020.
- ^ "SAMGURALI VS. SABURTALO 0 - 1". int.soccerway.com. 8 December 2021.
- ^ "GFF AWARDS 2022". europop.ge (in Georgian). 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "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. 28 February 2023.
- ^ "In the 19th round of the UPL, Shakhtar played against Chornomorets in Odesa". shakhtar.com. 2 April 2023.
- ^ "UEFA names Haaland, Kane, Saka, others in Champions League team". msn.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Шахтар — чемпіон України сезону-2023/24". football.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Georgian international defender joins FCK". fck.dk. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Copenhagen vs Banik match report". UEFA. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "GFF AWARDS 2021". europop.ge (in Georgian). 29 December 2021. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ერთ-ერთი ძვირადღირებული ქართველი ფეხბურთელის პირადი ცხოვრება და გზა დონეცკის "შახტარისკენ" - ვინ არის 23 წლის გიორგი გოჩოლეიშვილის რჩეული: "ეს ჩემი პირველი შვილია! ბედნიერი ვარ"". ambebi.ge (in Georgian). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Giorgi Gocholeishvili at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Giorgi Gocholeishvili at Soccerway
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kutaisi
- Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- Georgia (country) men's international footballers
- Danish Superliga players
- Georgia (country) men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- FC Iberia 1999 players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Erovnuli Liga players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Denmark
- Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia)