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 | 26 | (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 7 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023 | |||
He is the winner of Ukrainian top league and the Georgian Cup.
Club career edit
Saburtalo edit
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 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-time 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]
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. 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.[10]
Senior edit
He was called up to the Georgia national football team for the first time in November 2022 by Willy Sagnol.[11] Gocholeishvili made his debut for his country in the friendly match against Morocco on 17 November.[12]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 7 April 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 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 95 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 9 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Georgian Super Cup
Honours edit
Team edit
Saburtalo Tbilisi
Shakhtar Donetsk
Individual edit
- Goal of the Year: 2021
Personal life edit
Gocholeishvili is married to Anna Okruashvili. Their first child Aleksandre was born in March 2024.[13]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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