Davit Khocholava
დავით ხოჭოლავა
Khocholava with 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
Team 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 40 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Georgia U-17 13 (3)
2010–2011 Georgia U-19 5 (0)
2011–2012 Georgia U-21 5 (0)
2017– Georgia 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

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

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 Khocholava 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] He 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. On 22 May 2022, with the club he won the Danish Superliga in the season 2021–22 and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the season 2022–23.[8]

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.[9] He made his debut for Georgia on 23 January 2017 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 November 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National 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 70104[lower-alpha 2]000120
Total 5639017010833
Copenhagen 2021–22 Danish Superliga 2210012[lower-alpha 6]000341
2022–23 120217[lower-alpha 2]000211
Total 3412119000552
Career total 17692023901023611

International

As of 2 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 201790
201870
201950
202040
202170
202220
Total340

Honours

Olimpi Rustavi

Dinamo Tbilisi

Shakhtar Donetsk

Copenhagen

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "Mukairu on the verge of Major Success with FC Copenhagen". www.footballlive.ng. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Georgia vs Austria". Sky Sports. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Uzbekistan draws with Georgia in friendly". The Tashkent Times. 24 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Davit Khocholava at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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