Heorhiy Tsitaishvili
Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wisła Kraków, on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel to Georgian parents and raised in Ukraine, he represents the Georgia national team.
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| Full name | Giorgi Tsitaishvili | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Wisła Kraków (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Dynamo Kyiv | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | → Wisła Kraków (loan) | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ukraine U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ukraine U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ukraine U19 | 12 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ukraine U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ukraine U21 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2021– | Georgia | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Early life
Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descents through his grandmother,[1] was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, where his father Klimenti Tsitaishvili played as footballer. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school.[2] His first coaches were Yuriy Yeskin and Oleksiy Drotsenko.
Club career
Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk.[3] The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 0-1 away loss to FK Jablonec in the UEFA Europa League.
On 20 December 2020, Yuriy Maksymov the manager of Vorskla Poltava announced that Tsitaishvili will join his club on temporary basis.[4]
Chornomorets Odesa
In July 2021 he moved on loan to Chornomorets Odesa.[5] On 25 July 2021 he made his league debut in the losing away match against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium.[6]
International career
Tsitaishvili was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in five of his team's seven matches in the tournament, and scored a goal in the final against South Korea.
For the senior level, he switched his allegiance to Georgia. He made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kosovo. He started and played a full match in a 0–1 home loss.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 May 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Vorskla Poltava (loan) | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Chornomorets Odesa (loan) | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Wisła Kraków (loan) | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career total | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
1 Includes Ukrainian Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
3 Includes Ukrainian Super Cup matches.
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Georgia | |||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Golden talent of Ukraine: 2019
References
- "Я нікого не зраджував". Цітаішвілі пояснив зміну громадянства (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 19 November 2021.
- ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018.
- "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
- "«Динамо» віддало групу гравців в оренду «Чорноморцю»" (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2021.
- "Desna - Chornomorets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- "Georgia v Kosovo game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
- Heorhiy Tsitaishvili at Soccerway
- "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
External links
- Heorhiy Tsitaishvili at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Heorhiy Tsitaishvili at Soccerway