Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Tsitaishvili with Lech Poznań in 2022
Personal information
Full name Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Date of birth (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000
Place of birth Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Dynamo Kyiv
Youth career
2012–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Dynamo Kyiv 19 (0)
2021Vorskla Poltava (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 13 (1)
2022Wisła Kraków (loan) 7 (1)
2022–2023Lech Poznań (loan) 12 (1)
2022–2023Lech Poznań II (loan) 5 (0)
2023–Dinamo Batumi (loan) 17 (4)
International career
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)
2023 Georgia U21 5 (2)
2021– Georgia 14 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ukraine
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023

Giorgi Tsitaishvili (Ukrainian: Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, romanized: Heorhii Klymentiiovych Tsitaishvili; Georgian: გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel to Georgian parents and raised in Ukraine, he plays for the Georgia national team.

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

Dynamo Kyiv

Tsitaishvili in 2019 playing for Dynamo Kyiv

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.

Loan spells in Ukraine

On 20 December 2020, the manager of Vorskla Poltava Yuriy Maksymov announced that Tsitaishvili would be joining his club on a temporary basis.[4]

In July 2021, he moved on loan to Chornomorets Odesa.[5] On 25 July 2021, he made his league debut for Chornomorets in a 3–0 away loss against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium.[6]

Loan spells in Poland

On 7 March 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine would be suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022.[7] On 6 April 2022, Tsitaishvili moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a loan until the end of the season.[8] He appeared in seven league games, scoring one goal, before leaving the relegated team on 7 June 2022.

In late June, he left Dynamo's pre-season camp to return to Poland and join defending champions Lech Poznań on a one-year loan spell.[9] On 9 July 2022, he made his competitive debut for Lech as a starter in a 0–2 Polish Super Cup loss against Raków Częstochowa.[10]

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.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2023[12]
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 0010000010
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 5000100060
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 100101010130
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 4000000040
Total 190202010240
Vorskla Poltava (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 41000041
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 1312000151
Wisła Kraków (loan) 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 71000071
Lech Poznań (loan) 2022–23 Ekstraklasa 1211010010241
Lech Poznań II (loan) 2022–23 II liga 50000050
Dinamo Batumi (loan) 2023 Erovnuli Liga 174212000215
Career total 77871140201009

1 Includes Ukrainian Cup matches.
2 Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches.
3 Includes Ukrainian Super Cup and Polish Super Cup matches.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia
202120
2022111
202310
Total141

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 September 2022Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar2–02–12022–23 UEFA Nations League

Honours

Club

Dinamo Batumi

Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv U19

International

Ukraine U20

Individual

References

  1. "Я нікого не зраджував". Цітаішвілі пояснив зміну громадянства (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 19 November 2021.
  2. ГЕОРГІЙ ЦИТАЇШВІЛІ (in Ukrainian). FC Dynamo Kyiv Official Site. 14 December 2018.
  3. КУБОК УКРАЇНИ-2018. «ШАХТАР» ПЕРЕМІГ «ДИНАМО» ТА ЗДОБУВ ТРОФЕЙ УДВАНАДЦЯТЕ (in Ukrainian). FFU Official Site. 14 December 2018.
  4. "Юрий Максимов: "Ворскла" арендует у "Динамо" Цитаишвили"" (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2020.
  5. "«Динамо» віддало групу гравців в оренду «Чорноморцю»" (in Ukrainian). 21 July 2021.
  6. "Desna - Chornomorets". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  8. "Georgiy Tsitaishvili piłkarzem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. "Gio Tsitaishvili dołącza do Kolejorza" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 1 July 2022.
  10. "Tsitaishvili i Sousa z debiutami" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. "Georgia v Kosovo game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  12. Giorgi Tsitaishvili at Soccerway
  13. "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.

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