Luka Lochoshvili
Luka Lochoshvili (Georgian: ლუკა ლოჩოშვილი; born 29 May 1998) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian club Wolfsberger AC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wolfsberger AC | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| 2017–2019 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi B | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Dinamo Tbilisi (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Žilina B (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Žilina (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | Wolfsberger AC | 36 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Georgia U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Georgia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Georgia U21 | 15 | (2) |
| 2021– | Georgia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:20, 28 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2021 | |||
Club career
Lochoshvili made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina against DAC Dunajská Streda on 6 April 2019.[1]
In February 2022, while playing for Wolfsberger AC against Austria in Vienna, Lochoshvili took out the tongue of Austria player Georg Teigl. Teigl collided with an opposition player and was lying unconscious, unable to breathe, as he had swallowed his own tongue.[2]
International career
He made his debut for the Georgia national football team on 5 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Spain, a 0–4 away loss. He started the game and played the whole match.[3]
References
- DAC VS. ŽILINA 1 - 0 06.04.2019, soccerway.com
- Lochoshvili als Teigls Lebensretter, orf.at, 2022-02-27.
- "Spain v Georgia game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
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