Davit Khocholava

Davit Khocholava (Georgian: დავით ხოჭოლავა, romanized: davit khoch'olava, pronounced [dɑvitʰ χɔt͡ʃʼɔlɑvɑ]; born 8 February 1993) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Copenhagen and the Georgia national team.

Davit Khocholava
დავით ხოჭოლავა
Khocholava playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 5
Youth career
2004–2009 Saburtalo Tbilisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Saburtalo Tbilisi 0 (0)
2010 → Olimpi Rustavi (loan) 2 (0)
2011 → Sioni Bolnisi (loan) 0 (0)
2011–2014 Dinamo Tbilisi 11 (0)
2014 → Kolkheti Poti (loan) 6 (1)
2014–2015 Shukura Kobuleti 25 (1)
2015–2017 Chornomorets Odesa 42 (3)
2017–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk 56 (3)
2021– Copenhagen 21 (1)
National team‡
2009–2010 Georgia U-17 13 (3)
2010–2011 Georgia U-19 5 (0)
2011–2012 Georgia U-21 5 (0)
2017– Georgia 33 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2019

Club career

Early years

Born in Tbilisi, Khocholava started his career in Saburtalo, where his first manager was Giorgi Devdariani.[1] Later some of the members of his team, including Valeri Kazaishvili, Giorgi Chanturia and Lasha Parunashvili, became Georgia internationals.[1] Khocholava was a striker during his youth career. However, Devdariani later offered him to play in defense and Davit accepted.[1]

Khocholava with Chornomorets Odesa in 2016

Khocholava signed for Dinamo Tbilisi in 2011. He found it difficult to become a member of the starting line-up, having a six-month loan spell at Kolkheti Poti in order to get some more playing time.[2] In 2014, he decided to leave Tbilisi-based club and moved to Shukura Kobuleti.[3] He was offered to the club after the recommendation of famous Georgian footballer Revaz Chelebadze, who played for Dinamo Tbilisi in Soviet era. He was the sporting director of the club.[1]

Khocholava spent the 2014–15 season with the club before signing for Chornomorets Odesa in summer 2015.[4] Davit became the regular member of the starting line-up. He was named in the symbolic team of the Ukrainian Premier League in March 2017.[5]

Shakhtar Donetsk

In April 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk confirmed that Khocholava had signed a five-year deal with the club, joining them at the start of the following season.[6]

Copenhagen

On 6 July 2021, Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen announced they had signed Khocholava on a four year deal.[7] On 8 August he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory in the Copenhagen Derby against rivals Brøndby IF.

International career

Khocholava was named in the Georgia national team's senior squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria in September 2016.[8] He made his debut for Georgie on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpi Rustavi (loan) 2010–11 Umaglesi Liga 2010000030
Dinamo Tbilisi 2011–12 Umaglesi Liga 5000000050
2012–13 3020000050
2013–14 30003[lower-alpha 1]00060
Total 110203000160
Kolkheti Poti (loan) 2013–14 Pirveli Liga 6100–0061
Shukura Kobuleti 2014–15 Umaglesi Liga 25141–00292
Chornomorets Odesa 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 18120–00201
2016–17 24200–00242
Total 423200000443
Shakhtar Donetsk 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 141404[lower-alpha 2]000221
2018–19 252305[lower-alpha 3]000332
2019–20 100104[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0160
2020–21 30002[lower-alpha 2]00050
Total 5238015010763
Career total 1388171180101749
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup

International
As of 18 April 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 201790
201870
201950
202040
202170
Total220

Honours

Olimpi Rustavi

Dinamo Tbilisi

Shakhtar Donetsk

Copenhagen

References
  1. "Interview with David Khocholava". Sportall.ge. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "News of "Kolkheti" Poti". Worldsport.ge. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. "Dinamo confirmed changes". Worldsport.ge. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. "Chornomorets confirm two more signings". Football.ua. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. "Khocholava - in the Symbolic Team of the Month in Ukraine". Worldsport.ge. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. "Khocholava to continue his career at Shakhtar". Shakhtar.com. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. "DAVID KHOCHOLAVA SIGNS FOR F.C. COPENHAGEN". fck.dk. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. "Georgia vs Austria". Sky Sports. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  9. "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.
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